2025-11-17T14:29:25-06:00 2024-12-31 411534805 CARPENTER EVERT & ASSOCIATES LTD 7760 FRANCE AVE S SUITE 940 BLOOMINGTON MN 55435 990 2024-01-01 824855661 OSTARA INITIATIVE OSTA 6123823095 PO BOX 18603 MINNEAPOLIS MN 554185541 COLLEEN BELL BOARD CHAIR 6123823095 2025-11-17 1 0 NEAL EVERT P00046853 9528310085 2025-11-17 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z COLLEEN BELL PO BOX 18603 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55418 1158602 0 X OSTARAINITIATIVE.ORG X 2016 MN WE EXIST TO COLLECTIVELY TRANSFORM SYSTEMS BY REIMAGINING JUSTICE, ADVANCING HEALTH, AND RECLAIMING DIGNITY IN OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE. 6 6 18 35 0 0 1606847 1149993 28950 4824 2538 3785 0 0 1638335 1158602 0 0 0 0 506758 1107293 0 43772 158718 407432 498411 914190 1649476 724145 -490874 1171899 679608 33912 32495 1137987 647113 X WE EXIST TO COLLECTIVELY TRANSFORM SYSTEMS BY REIMAGINING JUSTICE, ADVANCING HEALTH, AND RECLAIMING DIGNITY IN OUR POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR ALL PREGNANT AND PARENTING PEOPLE. 0 0 1284866 4824 MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECTIN 2024, THE MINNESOTA PRISON DOULA PROJECT (MNPDP) SERVED OVER 600 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS AND LAUNCHED A COMMUNITY CHAPTER TO EXTEND CARE BEYOND INCARCERATION. TRAINED DOULAS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE PROVIDED PRENATAL, BIRTH, AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT, WHILE THE ORGANIZATION EXPANDED ITS 12-WEEK PARENTING GROUPS, TRAUMA-INFORMED PEER SUPPORT, AND VIRTUAL FAMILY REUNIFICATION SERVICES. MNPDP ADDRESSED HEALTH DISPARITIES THAT INCREASE INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS' RISKS FOR CHRONIC ILLNESS, MATERNAL STRESS, AND POOR REINTEGRATION OUTCOMES, WHILE RECOGNIZING PARENTAL INCARCERATION AS A CRITICAL ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCE (ACE) THAT DISRUPTS CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. TO COUNTER THESE IMPACTS, MNPDP DELIVERED A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARECONNECTING FAMILIES TO HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT, HEALTHCARE, LEGAL AID, TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND PARENTING RESOURCESENSURING HEALTHIER BIRTHS, STRONGER FAMILIES, AND SAFER REENTRY. ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECTIN 2024, THE ALABAMA PRISON BIRTH PROJECT (APBP) PROVIDED TRAUMA-INFORMED PERINATAL AND PARENTING SUPPORT TO 29 JUSTICE-IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. SERVICES INCLUDED 1:1 DOULA CARE (62 VISITS), BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM SUPPORT FOR 7 PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, AND 9 STRUCTURED PARENT-CHILD VISITATION SESSIONS TO FOSTER MATERNAL BONDING. GROUP PROGRAMMING WAS OFFERED 46 TIMES FOR 866 CLIENT EDUCATION HOURS, WHILE 1:1 PEER MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT SESSIONS OCCURRED 69 TIMES. THREE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN LACTATION SUPPORT SERVICES AND EXPRESSED 3,131 OUNCES OF BREAST MILK. APBP ADDRESSED NUTRITION INSECURITY BY PROVIDING 433 HEALTHY MEALS TO PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM PARTICIPANTS. FIFTEEN VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME AND SKILLS TO MEAL PREPARATION AND BLANKET AND HAT CRAFTING. 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