The 2026-2031 Strategic Plan
Diversity Uplifts, Inc., the Network's backbone organization, published our second strategic plan in October 2026. We built it with our Leadership Team, workgroups, and members.
The plan draws on a SWOT analysis of the county's maternal health landscape, our 2024-2025 Consumer Survey, and state and national frameworks including the California Maternal Health Strategic Plan, the Birthing Care Pathway Report, and the 2024 San Bernardino County Title V Needs Assessment. The same priorities surfaced across all of them. Equitable access to care. A strong perinatal workforce. Coordinated systems. Mental health support. Attention to social drivers of health. Transparent use of data.
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MHN's Priority Populations
Pregnancy intensifies challenges a family already faces. We used county data and member input to name the groups where our efforts are most needed.
Teens and Adolescents
Pregnant adolescents face higher risks of preterm birth, eclampsia, hemorrhage, and perinatal depression, along with interrupted education and thin support systems.
Justice-Impacted
Care is often consistent during incarceration but breaks down on reentry, and families may be separated from their infants.
Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence
Violence often emerges during pregnancy and postpartum, when housing, food, and financial pressures collide with the demands of a new baby.
High-Disparity Populations
Black and African American, American Indian, and Pacific Islander families, and families in rural areas, the high desert, and maternity deserts.
Unhoused and Housing Insecure
The care system struggles most to support these families, whose needs often overlap with violence, mental illness, chronic conditions, and child welfare involvement.
Across Every Identity
Disparities cut across every identity San Bernardino families hold. These five groups are where we concentrate, not the limit of whom we aim to increase health outcomes for.
How the Network is Structured
Backbone Organization
Diversity Uplifts, Inc. keeps the collaboration running. The backbone convenes meetings, manages communications, moves data across sectors, tracks implementation, and publishes an annual report.
MHN Members
More than 450 providers and drivers of change from over 200 organizations that serve families locally shape action plans, implement them, share data, and adapt their work as they learn.
Leadership Team
Cross-sector leaders from across the county meet monthly to review progress, make strategic decisions, and advocate for the Network's direction. Members then align their own organization's work to the collaborative plan of action.
MHN Workgroups
The Justice-Impacted Core Team connects incarcerated pregnant people to care during incarceration and reentry. The Data Subcommittee aligns data efforts and runs network and community surveys. New workgroups form as priorities shift.
How We Measure Success
We track 15 maternal health indicators across eight areas, drawn from CDPH, MIHA, CDC Wonder, HCAI, DHCS, and the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. We will monitor them over the next five years against state and national standards.
Access & Utilization of Care
Prenatal visit attendance: early and adequate. Postpartum visit attendance. Dental care during pregnancy. Insured deliveries, including Medi-Cal, private insurance, uninsured, and out-of-hospital births.
Behavioral & Mental Health
Perinatal anxiety and depression. Screening rates for perinatal mental health, countywide and among members. Any substance use disorder at delivery.
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Birth Outcomes
Preterm birth rate, under 37 weeks of gestation. Interpregnancy interval, or birth spacing.
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Infant Feeding
Breastfeeding intention and duration.
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Maternal Health Complications
Selected maternal complications, including hypertension, preeclampsia, and obstetric hemorrhage. Severe maternal morbidity. Maternal mortality.
Pre-Existing Conditions
Maternal health conditions at delivery, including asthma, hypertension, and diabetes.
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Social Determinants & Support
Availability of support services, including mental health, grief and loss support, housing, and fatherhood programs.
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Workforce Capacity
Number of providers and care supports for county residents, including midwives, OB-GYNs, PMH-C providers, lactation professionals, and Medi-Cal doulas.
Previous Strategic Plans
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