Healthy Start Evaluation

NYAM’s Center for Evaluation and Applied Research (CEAR) is the evaluator for two Healthy Start Programs in New York City—Bronx Healthy Start and Queens Healthy Start—which are federally funded programs that serve pregnant and new parents, children and families. CEAR works collaboratively with both programs to collect data to assess program impact and guide quality improvement for better health outcomes before, during and after pregnancy and to reduce racial and ethnic differences in rates of infant death and negative maternal health outcomes. CEAR also leads a learning collaborative that brings together the programs to learn from each other and promote best practices.