HMHB is a non-profit organization that has been working to improve access to healthcare for Georgia's women and children since 1973. Originally called the Continuum Alliance, HMHB has over 40 years of experience advocating, educating, and connecting families throughout the state to healthcare services. One of the ways HMHB connects Georgians to resources is through the bilingual information referr
al call center. The call center is a statewide 800 number that links Georgians to resources in their community. Incoming calls address a variety of concerns including affordable health services, the Women, Infants, and Children program, and child abuse prevention resources. HMHB also performs outgoing calls on behalf of Children 1st, a program that reaches out to the families of infants born with certain risk factors. These calls are designed to provide families with resources to support their child’s development. HMHB also has the most comprehensive healthcare database in the state of Georgia, which lists available resources for every county. This database includes providers who accept Medicaid/Peachcare patients or offer low cost/sliding scale fees for services. HMHB specialists use this database to make referrals and inform Georgians about healthcare resources. In addition to making referrals, HMHB’s outreach program offers information regarding maternal and child health directly to local communities. Traveling throughout the state, HMHB offers educational classes in English and Spanish that cover topics such as prenatal care, proper breastfeeding techniques, and perinatal HIV prevention. HMHB also engages in advocacy work to help expand legislation that supports health care for women, babies and families. HMHB promotes a variety of issues including: increasing the state’s tobacco tax to meet the national average, incentivizing doctors to treat Medicaid/Peachcare patients by increasing reimbursement rates, improving access to prenatal care, and approving state licensure of qualified breastfeeding consultants to promote safe breastfeeding.
