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First Year Cleveland wants every baby to celebrate their first birthday
First Year Cleveland will share $1.8M with local groups to prevent infant deaths
Ideastream Public Media | By Taylor Wizner Published March 3, 2026 at 4:52 PM EST Local organizations are using grants to combat stubbornly high infant mortality rates in Cuyahoga County. First Year Cleveland, a nonprofit focused on maternal and children’s health,...
Restore the help for Ohio’s most vulnerable cut from DeWine’s budget proposal: Angela Newman-White
A printout of the Ohio Senate's 9,198-page, two-year state budget plan sits in front of Senate President Matt Huffman, left, on the morning of June 15, hours before the Senate passed its version of the bill. The Senate excised many pro-family and pro-child provisions...
Mother’s Day is also about our shared responsibility to improve maternal and infant health – especially needed for Black mothers: Angela Newman-White
Do you work with families before, during, or after the birth of a child? Join your colleagues for training to support you and the families you serve. CEs are pending for social work, nursing, family therapy, and counseling. Please RSVP. ...
The Landscape: Working to reduce high rate of infant deaths in Cuyahoga County
Angela Newman-White was recently named executive director of First Year Cleveland, a public-private partnership that works to lower Cuyahoga County's high rate of infant mortality, especially among Black mothers. Newman-White joined The Landscape to discuss the...