Building Trust: A conversation with Cradle Cincinnati’s Meredith Shockley-Smith
bi3 began fueling efforts to reduce infant mortality in Hamilton County nearly a decade ago by funding an unprecedented collaboration between competing health care systems and community-based organizations. The goal was to develop a new model of care that...
Read moreReaching Beyond Hospital Walls to Reduce Health Disparities: A conversation with Jeremiah Kirkland
bi3 is focused on creating sustainable systems and culture change. We are uniquely positioned to do this thanks to our strategic partnership with TriHealth, a leading integrated healthcare delivery system in southwest Ohio. This partnership allows us to readily...
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Cradle Cincinnati releases 2019 Annual Report
At bi3, we envision a day when every baby born in Hamilton County has an equal opportunity to achieve their highest level of health and well-being. We are encouraged by the work of our funded partner Cradle Cincinnati‘s to...
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Creating Impact: Dr. Meredith Shockley-Smith
Dr. Meredith Shockley-Smith is the Director of Community Strategies for Cradle Cincinnati, Hamilton County’s collaborative to reduce infant mortality in our community. Through funding from bi3, Meredith and her team have worked with the community to ensure every child...
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bi3 Awards $5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Deaths
Cradle Cincinnati will expand via a place-based method link families to services they need. At the same time, TriHealth’s Good Samaritan OB-GYN Center will expand the mom-centered approach to all moms seeking prenatal care and connection to community services...
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bi3 Awards $5 Million in New Grants to Reduce Infant Deaths
bi3 Awards $5 Million in Grants to Reduce Infant Deaths; Connect Women to Early Prenatal Care and Social Supports to Achieve Better Health Outcomes We are excited to announce that bi3 is awarding more than $5 million in new grants...
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Learn more about StartStrong
bi3 awarded a $3.2 million, three-year grant to a first-ever collaboration between Every Child Succeeds, Cincinnati Children’s and TriHealth to tackle infant mortality rates in Hamilton County – one of America’s highest. The resulting program, StartStrong, developed a unique...
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Unprecedented Collaboration Key Factor in Reducing Infant Mortality
New Care Model Shows Success in High-Risk Population Cincinnati, March 26, 2018 — bi3, Bethesda Inc.’s forward-looking grantmaking initiative to transform health, today released a new report from the StartStrong project, an initiative that has proven to reduce preterm...
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WCPO Profiles Innovative StartStrong Program
WCPO’s Kristyn Hartman and Lucy May recently spent time with StartStrong mom Cessalea Moore and her new baby, Cessamier, to demonstrate how the project is working to ensure the health of moms and babies to reduce infant mortality. Cessalea Moore was...
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