In 2024, the State of Missouri extended Medicaid coverage to doulas for up to 12 months postpartum. We hear about the work doulas do and how critical that postpartum period is in this episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks.

The Birth Place at Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar serves eight rural counties. Patients often come from an hour or more away. Hear how they work to make sure everyone in their community has a chance for care and support on the latest episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks.

Learn how the PQC and its partners across the state are pinpointing preventable issues in maternal health and working together to drive education and action in this episode of our series Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks.

Springfield mom Veronica Peterson shares her story of how one health care provider went above and beyond to make sure her wishes were fulfilled.

The state's Office of Minority Health works to make sure Black women get the care they need when they're expecting a baby.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department program offers home visits by community health nurses after a family brings home a baby.

Those with lived experience are paired with women facing addiction in the program offered by Preferred Family Health (Centerstone).

Seeing a health care provider during and after pregnancy (and even before) can lead to better health outcomes for mom and baby.

In this segment of the series "Sense of Community: Maternal Health in the Ozarks," you'll get an overview of maternal mortality and morbidity in Missouri and learn what's being done to address it.

As Making a Difference continues its focus on loneliness, we tell you how the Springfield-Greene County Library is working to bring people of all ages together.