ICH is supporting the hospital to develop outreach and educational materials that meet the needs of pregnant Spanish and Haitian Creole speakers in their communities.
ICH conducted an implementation evaluation of the Centering Pregnancy model, which provides prenatal care in a supportive group setting.
ICH conducted an evaluation of the Massachusetts Pregnant and Parenting Teen Initiative, which provides parent-centered case management with the goal of increasing life opportunities and enhancing family stability among young families.
ICH evaluated READYGO, a professional development program for early childhood educators that aims to build capacity to provide trauma-informed education and care to preschool students.
The Perinatal Quality Improvement Network of Massachusetts (PNQIN), together with the Health Policy Commission, engaged with ICH to develop novel family-driven quality measures of hospital care for families who experienced prenatal opioid exposure.
For over 15 years, ICH has been the evaluator for Agenda For Children, a literacy initiative of the City of Cambridge. ICH has helped AFC program staff track participation and understand the impact of several programs designed to educate parents of children ages 0-7 about how to support language and literacy development so their children will enter school ready to learn how to read and write.