Partnership Opportunities

If you are interested in becoming a partner and promoting text4baby in your community, we encourage you to learn more by visiting our Partner Portal and our Partner FAQ page. You can email partners@text4baby.org if you’d like to sign up!

Partners

Text4baby is made possible through a broad, public-private partnership that includes government agencies, corporations, academic institutions, professional associations and non-profit organizations.

Founding Partners:

HMHB

Voxiva

The Wireless Foundation

WPP

Founding Sponsor:

Johnson and Johnson



Premier Sponsors:

WellPoint

Pfizer

CareFirst

U.S. Government Partners:

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System


Media Partner:

Implementing Partners:

Babycenter.com

The George Washington University

Syniverse

Danya International



Telecom Partners:

Alltel
Assurance Wireless
AT&T
Bluegrass Cellular
Boost Mobile
Cellular South
Cellcom
Centennial Cellular
Cincinnati Bell
Cricket
Metro PCS
N-Telos
Nex-Tech Wireless
Sprint Nextel
T-Mobile
U.S. Cellular
Verizon Wireless
Virgin Mobile USA

Outreach Partners


Federally Qualified Health Centers

BJK People’s Health Centers (St. Louis, MO)
Blackstone Valley Community Healthcare (Pawtucket, RI)
Bridge Community Health Clinic (Wausau, WI)
Central Counties Health Centers, Inc. (Springfield, IL)
Central Virginia Health Services, Inc. (New Canton, VA)
Centro San Vicente (El Paso, TX)
Chicago Family Health Center (Chicago, IL)
Clinica Sierra Vista (Bakersfield, CA)
Community Health Center, Inc. (Middletown, CT)
Community Health Center of Franklin County (Turners Falls, MA)
Community Health Center of Snohomish County (Everett, WA)
Community Health of Central Washington (Yakima, WA)
Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas (Pittsburg, KS)
Cornell Scott-Hill Health Corporation (New Haven, CT)
East Texas Community Health Services, Inc.(Nacogdoches, TX)
 Franklin Road Women’s Health Center/ University Community Health Services (Nashville, TN)
Golden Valley Health Centers (Merced, CA)
Grace Hill Neighborhood Health Centers (St. Louis, MO)
Health Federation of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
Honoring Our Children (Lac Courte Oreilles Community Health Center, Hayward, WI)
Iliuliuk Family and Health Services (Unalaska, AK)
Kodiak Community Health Center (Kodiak, AK)
La Familia Medical Center (Santa Fe, NM)
Northeast Missouri Health Council (Kirksville, MO)
Open Door Health Services (Muncie, IN)
Penobscot Community Health Care (Bangor, ME)
PrimaryPlus-OB/GYN (Vanceburg, KY)
Samuel U. Rodgers Health Center WIC Clinic (Kansas City, MO)
Shenandoah Women’s Health (Martinsburg, WV)
South County Community Health Center (East Palo Alto, CA)
Tri-State Community Health Center (Hancock, MD)
University Community Health Services (Nashville, TN)
Waimanalo Health Center (Waimanalo, HI)
Whitney M. Young Health Center (Albany, NY)
Wirt County Health Services Association, Inc. (Elizabeth, WV)

Hospitals, Health Delivery Networks, and Clinics

Allied Pediatrics of New York (Riverhead, NY)
Baltimore Washington Medical Center (Glen Burnie, MD)
Charleston Area Medical Center (Charleston, WV)
Children’s Hospital and Medical Center (Omaha, NE)
Crozer-Chester Medical Center WIC Program (Chester, PA)
HealthEast Nurse-Midwives (Woodbury, MN)
Inova Health Care Services (Alexandria, VA)
Marian Medical Center (Santa Maria, CA)
Mercy Inpatient Medical Associates (Springfield, MA)
United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley (Parlier, CA)
Vanguard Health Systems (AZ, IL, MA, TX)
Venice Family Clinic (Santa Monica, CA)
Wesley Medical Center LLC d/b/a Wesley Medical Center (Wichita, KS)
West End Women’s Health Center (Nashville, TN)
West Virginia University Hospitals – East (Martinsburg, WV)

State Government Agencies:

Note: Asterisk (*) signifies that organization is the state lead agency for text4baby.

Alabama Department of Public Health*
Florida Department of Health*
Florida Department of Revenue
Kansas Department of Health and Environment*
Louisiana Office of Public Health, Maternal and Child Health Program*
Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene*
Minnesota Department of Education
Minnesota Department of Health*
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services*
Nevada State Health Division*
New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health Services*
New Mexico Department of Health*
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services*
Pennsylvania Department of Health*
State of South Dakota Department of Health*
Utah Department of Health Maternal and Infant Health Program*
Virginia Department of Health*
Washington State Department of Health*
Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Public Health*
Wyoming Department of Health*

Businesses:

babygooroo.com
BabySpot.com
Expecting Fitness, Inc.
General Mills, Inc.
The H.J. Heinz Company
Just Us Women Productions, LLC dba All Things Birth
Mi Trompito Children’s Playclothes (La Jolla, CA)
Omnia Education
Patricianananderson.com
Rx4good, LLC
St. Andrew Development, Inc. (York, PA)

Healthy Start Programs & Coalitions

Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. (Baltimore, MD)
Cleveland MomsFirst Project (Cleveland, OH)
Family Road Healthy Start Program (Baton Rouge, LA)
Healthy Start Coalition of Santa Rosa County, Inc. (Milton, FL)
Heart of Georgia Healthy Start Coalition (Dublin, GA)
Louisville Metro Healthy Start (Louisville, KY)
Nashville Healthy Start (Nashville, TN)
New Haven Healthy Start (New Haven, CT)
Northwest Indiana Healthy Start (Hammond, IN)
Orange County Healthy Start Coalition (Orlando, FL)

Head Start/Early Head Start Programs:

BHK Child Development Board (Houghton, MI)
Keystone Service Systems, Inc./Capital Area Head Start (Harrisburg, PA)
Luzerne County Head Start, Inc. (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Options Early Head Start (West Covina, CA)
PACT Early Head Start/Head Start Program (Honolulu, HI)
Young Families Early Head Start (Billings, MT)

Colleges and Universities

University of Kansas Institute for Educational Research and Public Service (Lawrence, KS)
University of Texas Medical Branch (Galveston, TX)
The Weill Cornell Medical College – Clinical and Translational Science Center (New York, NY)

Health Plans:

Note: State designations reflect where service is provided. “National” denotes service in 5 or more states.

Aetna (National)
Alameda Alliance for Health (CA)
AmeriChoice, A UnitedHealth Group Company (National)
AMERIGROUP Corporation (National)
AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan (PA)
AmeriHealth Mercy of Indiana, LLC d/b/a Hoosier Alliance (IN)
Blue Care Network of Michigan (MI)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (NC)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (MA)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Healthy Start Program (MN)
Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan (MA)
California Physicians’ Service, dba Blue Shield of California (CA)
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan (NY)
CareOregon (OR)
CenCal Health (CA)
Central California Alliance for Health (CA)
Children’s Mercy Family Health Partners (MO)
CIGNA Health Corporation (National)
Colorado Access (CO)
Community Health Network of Connecticut, Inc. (CT)
Coventry Health Care, including:
  1. Coventry of Nebraska (NE)
  2. OmniCare Health Plan, Inc. (MO)
  3. The Diamond Plan (MD)
  4. Carelink Health Plans, Inc. (WV)
  5. Coventry Cares (PA)
DAKOTACARE (SD)
EmblemHealth Services Company, LLC (NY)
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (MA, ME, NH)
HealthCare USA (MO)
HealthPartners (MN)
Health Partners of Philadelphia, Inc. (PA)
Health Net, Inc. (CA, AZ, OR)
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey (NJ)
Hudson Health Plan (NY)
Independence Blue Cross (PA)
Independent Health Association, Inc. (NY)
Keystone Mercy Health Plan (PA)
Medica (MN, WI, ND, SD)
MDwise, Inc. (IN)
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (National)
Neighborhood Health Plan (MA)
Neighborhood Health Plan of Rhode Island (RI)
ODS Health Plan, Inc. (OR)
Partnership Health Plan of California (CA)
Passport Health Plan (KY)
Phoenix Health Plan  (AZ)
Select Health of South Carolina, Inc. (SC)
Southern Health Services, Inc./CareNet (VA)
UCare (MN, WI)
Unity Health Insurance (WI)
Wellcare Health Plans, Inc. (National)
WINhealth Partners (WY)

Federal Agencies:

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
U.S. Department of Defense Military Health System
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Supplemental Food Programs Division
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

Media:

MTV Networks

Pharmacies:

Brookshire Brothers Food & Pharmacy

Health Services Management Companies

Alere Women’s and Children’s Health (National)
LifeCare, Inc.  (National)

Local Nonprofit Organizations:

A Better Childbirth Program (Tampa, FL)
Alliance Healthcare Foundation (co-chair, San Diego Coalition)
Baby’s Bounty (Las Vegas, NV)
Baby Lifestyles (Pleasant Hill, CA)
Blue Valley Parents as Teachers (Overland Park, KS)
Bread for the City (Washington, DC)
Central New Jersey Maternal and Child Health Consortium, Inc. (North Brunswick, NJ)
Charlevoix, Emmet, and Northern Antrim Counties Great Start Collaborative and Parent Coalition (Charlevoix, MI)
Children’s Connections, Inc. (Lubbock, TX)
The Children’s Services Board of Galveston County (Galveston, TX)
Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties, Inc. (Concord, NH)
The Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, Inc. – WIC Program (Chicago, IL)
Community Health Alliance of Pasadena  (Pasadena, CA)
Comprehensive Health Investment Project (CHIP) of Virginia, including:
  • Portsmouth
  • Jefferson Area
  • Arlington
  • Roanoke Valley
  • Chesapeake
  • Norfolk
Crittenton Centers (IL)
Delaware Valley Healthcare Council (Philadelphia, PA)
Doulas Care (MI)
Early Learning Coalition (Pensacola, FL)
El Nido Family Centers (Mission Hills, CA)
Essex Pregnancy and Parenting Connection (Newark, NJ)
Family Maternity Center of the Northern Neck (Lancaster, VA)
First 5 Amador (Amador, CA)
First 5 LA (Los Angeles, CA)
First 5 Solano (Fairfield, CA)
Galveston County Food Bank – Gleanings From The Harvest (Galveston, TX)
Good Beginnings (Claremont, NH)
Greene County Family Planning (Catskill, NY)
Health Masters Club (Orlando, FL)
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County, Inc. (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Beach County (FL)
Hope House of South Central Wisconsin (Baraboo, WI)
Hope Whispers Community Organization, Inc. (Canton, OH)
The Hub Family Resource Center (Dover, NH)
Infant Toddler Family Daycare (Fairfax, VA)
Josiah Hill III Clinic (Portland, OR)
LifeWorks (Austin, TX)
Little Elm Public Library (Little Elm, TX)
Lower Hudson Valley Perinatal Network (Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, & Westchester counties, NY)
Mabel Morris Early Head Start Program (Philadelphia, PA)
Maternity Care Coalition (Philadelphia, PA)
Mercy Care Forest Park (Springfield, MA)
Mercy Medical Center Family Life Center for Maternity (MA)
Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Inc. (Portageville, MO)
Northern New Jersey Maternal-Child Health Consortium/Reproductive Health Access Information Network (Patterson, NJ)
Opportunity Knocks for Middletown’s Young Children Collaborative (Middlesex Hospital Family Advocacy Program) (Middletown, CT)
Philadelphia Nurse-Family Partnership (Philadelphia, PA)
Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, Inc. (Hempstead, NY)
Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
Providence Prenatal Center (Holyoke, MA )
Queens Health Coalition (Queens, NY)
Regence Health Network, Inc. (Amarillo, TX)
San Diego Medical Society Foundation (co-chair, San Diego Coalition)
Shelby County Breastfeeding Coalition (Cordova, TN)
Smart Beginnings – Martinsville and Henry County (Martinsville, VA)
Tobacco Free Allegheny (Pittsburgh, PA)
United Way Family Resource Network (Morgantown, WV)
United Way of Madison County (Anderson, IN)

State Nonprofit Organizations:

Please note: Asterisk (*) signifies that organization is the state lead agency for text4baby.

All About Women, Inc. (TN)
Association of Perinatal Networks of New York (NY)*
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (AZ)
Cloud County Community College Early Childhood Resource and Referral Agency (KS)
District of Columbia Breastfeeding Coalition (Washington, DC)
Florida Healthcare Coalition (FL)
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia (GA)
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Hawai’i (HI)*
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies -The Montana Coalition (MT)*
Illinois Maternal and Child Health Coalition (IL)*
Lily’s Kids, Inc. A Non-profit Organization for Children (CT)*
Maryland Family Network  (MD)
Mental Health America of Georgia (GA)
Mississippi Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (MS)
Mommies Helping Mommies Nannies and Domestics, LLC (CO)
Nevada Immunization Coalition (NV)
New Hampshire Minority Health Coalition (NH)
North Carolina Chapter of March of Dimes (NC)
North Carolina Healthy Start Foundation (NC)
The Oklahoma Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (OK)*
The Partnership for Family Success Training and Technical Assistance Center (NJ)
Parents Plus, Inc. (WI)
Oklahoma City Inter-Tribal Health Board (Oklahoma City, OK)
Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers (PA)
Pennsylvania Perinatal Partnership (PA)
Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin (WI)
Prevent Child Abuse Arizona (AZ)
Prevent Child Abuse North Dakota (ND)
Sudden Infant Death Services of the Mid-Atlantic (DC, MD,VA)
Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois, Inc. (IL)
United Way of Connecticut (CT)
West Virginia Hospital Association Day One Program (WV)
West Virginia Perinatal Partnership (WV)
Wisconsin Women’s Health Foundation (WV)

National Nonprofit Organizations:

American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Nurse-Midwives
America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
American Public Health Association
The AOA Foundation - InfantSEE program
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses
BirthNetwork National
Circle of Parents
CityMatCH
Corporate Voices for Working Families
Filicide Education and Prevention Association
FirstCandle
Healthy Child Healthy World
Juvenile Products Manufacturer’s Association
March of Dimes
Migrant Clinicians’ Network
National Association of County and City Health Officials
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
National Business Group on Health
National Center for Parents as Teachers
National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome
National Council of La Raza
The National Crittenton Foundation
National Healthy Start Association
National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation
National Nursing Centers Consortium
National WIC Association
The Organization of Teratology Information Specialists
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Postpartum Support International
Preeclampsia Foundation
White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood
WhyHunger

County & City Health Departments:

Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc. (Littleton, NH)
Bentonet et al County WIC Program (Crawfordsville, IN)
Bethlehem Health Bureau (Bethlehem, PA)
Carteret County Health Department (Morehead City, NC)
Catoosa County Board of Health (Ringgold, GA)
Cheyenne-Laramie County Health Department (WY)
Christian County Health Department (Ozark, MO)
City of Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support (Minneapolis, MN)
City of Richmond Early Childhood Development Initiative (Richmond, VA)
Clatsop County Department of Public Health (Astoria, OR)
Coconino County Health Department (Flagstaff, AZ)
Columbus County Health Department (Whiteville, NC)
Cudahy Health Department (Cudahy, WI)
Douglas County Health Department (Omaha, NE)
East Metro Health District (Lawrenceville, GA)
Erie County Department of Health (Erie, PA)
Erie County Health Department (Sandusky, OH)
Findlay City Health Department (Findlay, OH)
Ford-Iroquois Public Health Department  (Watseka, IL)
Four Corners Health Department (York, NE)
Health Department of Northwest Michigan (Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Otsego counties, MI)
Jefferson County Public Health (Golden, CO)
Johnson County Public Health (Iowa City, IA)
Juneau County Health Department (Mauston, WI)
Kane County Health Department (Aurora, IL)
Lake Cumberland District Health Department (Somerset, KY)
Lane County Public Health Division (Eugene, OR)
Marathon County Health Department (Wausau, WI)
Mobile County Health Department (Mobile, AL)
Multnomah County Health Department (Portland, OR)
Nassau County Department of Health Perinatal Services Network (Hempstead, NY)
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene (New York, NY) (See NYC Coalition members here)
Onslow County Health Department (Jacksonville, NC)
Philadelphia Department of Health, Maternal Child and Family Health (Philadelphia, PA)
Plumas County Public Health Agency (Quincy, CA)
Rooks County Health Department (Stockton, KS)
Sanders County Health Department (Thompson Falls, MT)
Santa Barbara County Public Health Department (Santa Barbara, CA)
SEK Multi County Health Department  (Anderson County, KS)
Southeast District Health Department (Auburn, NE)
Southern Nevada Health District (Las Vegas, NV)
Springfield Department of Health and Human Services (Springfield, MA)
Tompkins County Health Department (Ithaca, NY)
Utah County WIC Program (Provo, UT)
Vanderburgh County Health Department (Evansville, IN)
Ventura County Public Health (Oxnard, CA)
Washington County: One Community: A Healthy Maine Partnership (Machias, ME)
Washtenaw County Public Health (Ypsilanti, MI)
Western Upper Peninsula Health Department (Hancock, MI)
Women’s Services of Wyandotte County (Kansas City, KS)
Wood County Health Department (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)

Outreach partners spread the word about text4baby in many different ways and encourage the women they reach to sign up for the service. Still have questions? Visit our Partner FAQs page.

For more information on becoming a partner, contact partners@text4baby.org.
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