maternal health Archives | Appleseed Foundation

May 30, 2025National Update, NewsAL Appleseed, Alabama, criminal justice reform, incarceration, maternal health, Missouri, MO Appleseed, OK Appleseed, Oklahoma, partnershipsby The Appleseed Network

A New Playbook for Survivor Justice: NFL Foundation Backs Appleseed’s Three-State Collaboration

The criminal-legal system too often treats women’s trauma as an afterthought. Today, that is starting to change, thanks to a landmark partnership between the NFL Foundation and three Appleseed Network centers in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Alabama. Through a two-year, three-state …

April 23, 2025Newsadvocacy, AR Appleseed, Arkansas, legislation, maternal healthby The Appleseed Network

Arkansas Appleseed Helps Deliver a Victory for Maternal and Infant Health

In a major win for families across Arkansas, Governor Sarah Sanders has signed House Bill 1333 into law—now Act 627—requiring all insurers in the state, including Medicaid, to cover breastfeeding support and lactation consulting services. This critical step forward was …

January 9, 2025National Update, NewsAR Appleseed, Arkansas, healthcare, maternal healthby Bobby Howard, PhD

Addressing Maternal Health in Arkansas

This week, the Arkansas Times was kind to publish an opinion piece we wrote regarding the history of Arkansas’s Medicaid expansion and the critical importance of our state’s Medicaid programs. Our state legislative session begins January 13th, and we anticipate …