MOMS Orange County

Founded in 1992, MOMS grew out of a public-private partnership created to help solve a severe prenatal care crisis in Orange County.  The mission of MOMS is to help mothers and their families have healthy babies by providing health coordination, education, and access to community services.  MOMS is a uniquely qualified organization that provides access to prenatal care, health screenings, infant development screenings, health education and referral services through monthly home visits and group classes. The health of the community has improved because at MOMS, mothers access prenatal care, babies are born healthy and reach their developmental milestones on time, and fathers are prepared for a positive role in the family. MOMS has demonstrated through rigorous outside evaluation that its program is not only sound but is bringing children in a highly disadvantaged population to health and developmental levels that exceed those set by the general population. MOMS serves more than 3,000 low-income families annually and has been recognized by the First 5 OC (Children & Families Commission of Orange County), the Orange County Heath Care Agency, the California Department of Health Services, and the United States Congress for its innovative work in the community and impact on the health of women and babies in Orange County.