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OC Health Care Agency (HCA) Interviews – March 2024

The Orange County Health Care Agency (HCA) is working with community, county and health care partners to conduct a health needs assessment for the maternal, child, and adolescent (MCA) population.  As part of this assessment, they are looking to engage community members in priority populations to participate in focus groups and/or interviews to hear first-hand [Read More]

March 8th, 2024|

Being there for mom and baby

You can donate here “I didn’t think I would be needing the very agency that I was referring mothers to, but I did.” Dear Friend of MOMS Orange County, Cooing happily with her mom and big sister, 4-month-old Juliette is the picture of health. Yet, no one would have predicted such a healthy outcome when her [Read More]

November 27th, 2023|

We Welcome Our Newest Board Members

MOMS Orange County proudly announces the appointment of three new board members including Dr. Lisa Cowan, Kathy O’Donnell and Victor Villanueva. Lisa Cowan, DNP is the Executive Director of Women’s and Children’s Services at Providence St. Joseph and formerly served as the Regional Director of Maternal Child Health for a major health system in Northern [Read More]

August 30th, 2023|

Milk Depot Opens with a Celebration

The community gathered on Aug. 18 for the opening of Orange County’s only breast milk collection center at MOMS Orange County, a partnership with Mothers Milk Bank which screens, stores, processes and distributes human milk to hospitals and families for their medically fragile infants. The celebration saw mothers from the community bring donations of surplus [Read More]

August 29th, 2023|

Helping to Prevent Window Falls in Children

Over the past year, MOMS has been working with Children’s Hospital of Orange County to educate families in our program on window falls prevention. The effort was rolled out through our home visitation program and incorporated into the mother-baby home visit when the baby reached four months of age. The project involved assessing clients’ baseline [Read More]

August 29th, 2023|

Congresswoman Young Kim Visits MOMS

U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) visited MOMS Orange County last week and met our moms and babies. "I'm so grateful to the MOMS Orange County team for all the important work they do to support moms, moms-to-be, and babies across Orange County," she said. "As Maternity Care Caucus co-chair, I'm working on policies to reduce [Read More]

August 4th, 2023|

Allyson Brooks, MD, FACOG – Board President

Hoag’s Allyson Brooks, MD, FACOG Named Board President of MOMS Orange County MOMS Orange County proudly announces the appointment of its new board president, Allyson Brooks, MD, FACOG. Dr. Brooks is the Executive Medical Director of Hoag’s Women's Health Institute and Senior Physician Executive at Hoag Hospital. “I am both excited and humbled to [Read More]

June 29th, 2023|

HBBF 2023 Post

Click for Event Photos HBBF Ushers in Mother's Day with a Roar Gala raises $126K to expand vital programs Surrounded by bold muscle cars and glistening, classic vehicles, 160 friends gathered May 13 for an extraordinary evening, Healthy Beginnings, Bright Futures, raising $126,000 to help expand access to two important resources: Maternal mental health [Read More]

May 26th, 2023|

The village starts here

A Circle of Support for New Mothers Minh and her husband are the dedicated parents of two healthy daughters — Michelle, 4-1/2 and 2-year-old Ada. When Ada was just weeks old, Minh was referred by her birth hospital to MOMS Orange County for breastfeeding support. She is proud that, as a result, she [Read More]

November 28th, 2022|
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