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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., November 13, 2025 – Corewell Health™ has been awarded grant funding from a global women’s health initiative to support the health system’s efforts to provide postpartum care for women and newborns. Over 4,000 organizations from 119 countries applied, and after a rigorous peer and expert review process, Corewell Health was named one of 80+ awardees.  

The three-year grant from Action for Women’s Health will enable Corewell Health to advance its MI Postpartum Promise, a statewide initiative dedicated to helping mothers across Michigan recover and thrive after childbirth.  

Between 2016 and 2020, nearly 60% of Michigan’s pregnancy-associated deaths occurred more than 43 days after childbirth, according to the Michigan Department of Health & Human Services, highlighting the significant need for expanded and ongoing support for mothers. This grant will enable Corewell Health to develop and pilot an 18-month postpartum care model to improve the health, recovery and wellbeing of mothers and their newborns through medical, social and practical services. 

“This grant empowers our teams to close a critical gap in care and provide mothers with the support they need after childbirth”, said Carlos Cubia, executive vice president, chief community health impact & belonging officer, Corewell Health. “We are grateful for this opportunity to strengthen postpartum services and improve health outcomes for families across Michigan.” 

Corewell Health will engage a broad network of community partners and specialists to coordinate the expanded postpartum care model – uniting medical providers, social workers, dieticians, lactation consultants, doulas, community health workers and others to support families throughout the entire postpartum journey.  

Action for Women’s Health is funded by Pivotal, a group of impact organizations founded by Melinda French Gates, and managed by Lever for Change, an organization with a track record of identifying bold ideas to solve the world’s most pressing problems.  

For more information about maternal health services and programs at Corewell Health, visit this website.  

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About Corewell Health™  

People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 60,000+ dedicated people—including more than 11,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 16,000 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities—and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness. For more information, visit corewellhealth.org.

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Alexis Bolo Neal

alexis.boloneal@corewellhealth.org