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The Case Study: The Women Affirming Motherhood Program
Author(s) -
Dillman Lisa,
Scott Caitlin,
Kinarsky Alana R.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new directions for evaluation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.374
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1534-875X
pISSN - 1097-6736
DOI - 10.1002/ev.20376
Subject(s) - foundation (evidence) , program evaluation , work (physics) , social work , psychology , medical education , public relations , sociology , political science , medicine , public administration , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
This chapter describes the Women Affirming Motherhood (WAM) program, which serves as the case study for the issue. WAM is a 2‐year‐old program in the Midwest whose mission is to provide prenatal and postnatal care to underserved women. The program is led by a former resident of the community and one of her college peers; it is largely administered by a “fleet” of social workers who visit program participants monthly and provide a range of services. WAM recently received a $1.5 million grant from a foundation interested in collective impact. While they have extensive foundation support, their collaborative work is new, and they are in the process of learning what it will entail.