Healthy Babies Project 
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$100: 1 breast pump and 1 car seat for an expectant mom;
$500: 100 books for the children's book club;
$1300: nursing equipment for home visitation to reach 30 families per month
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The infant mortality rate in the US is 5 deaths per 1,000, but here in our nation's capital the statistics are worse: close to 10 deaths per 1,000 - with even higher numbers in Wards 5 and 6. Sobering statistics indeed. Healthy Babies Project aims to reduce the rates of infant death and low birth weight; improve infant health and prevent and reduce child abuse and neglect; teach effective parenting to all new parents, including teens and fathers; and provide comprehensive and structured health, prenatal, and childbirth education services. HBP currently works with almost 200 families, and its own infant death rate is zero. Ninety percent of all HBP children are up-to-date on immunizations, and this year not one case of child abuse or neglect was opened for any family in the program. HBP brings expectant parents under its wing to nurture, educate, and encourage them actively to participate in their young family's care - a true bright spot in the otherwise dark healthcare landscape of underserved communities. Please, help spread the light!
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