Mother and Child Alliance (MACA)
Healthy Babies come from Healthy Moms
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline
The 24/7 Illinois Perinatal HIV Hotline was established in 2003 to provide clinical and social service providers with access to immediate medical and social service consultation for the care of pregnant women living with HIV, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Hotline is housed at Prentice Women’s Hospital of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is funded by the Illinois Department of Public Health.
Rapid HIV Screening
1 in 4 babies born to moms living with HIV can get HIV during pregnancy, childbirth, or through breastfeeding. That risk can be reduced to less than 1% if the mom is screened and treated optimally before delivery.
Many women do not know their HIV status before they get pregnant. An early screen is important because it gives care providers more time to provide optimal treatment. The third trimester screen is important because it is possible to contract HIV during pregnancy.
MACA leadership, volunteers, partners, and supportive legislators helped to develop an important part of the HIV prevention safety net by passing the Illinois Perinatal HIV Prevention Act to ensure good process around pregnancy to help prevent illness.
Perinatal Enhanced Case Management Program
Case managers help prepare women for a healthy pregnancy, healthy birth, healthy baby, and a healthy life.
MACA provides a specialized case management program designed for women who need extra support during their pregnancies for managing HIV. We are in process of expanding our program for preventing congenital syphilis.
Coordinated services funded primarily by the Illinois Department of Public Health ensure our moms get the help and support they need to ensure a healthy birth and receive postpartum care for disease-specific interventions.
Prenatal Classes and New Moms Support Group
Prenatal classes offered with a unique focus on HIV in pregnancy. Proven to help support pregnant women better prepare for a healthy delivery and newborn care.
Classes are open to the community by referral to ensure confidentiality.
Generally delivered in 3 sessions of up to 4 hours each. Partners and close family members are welcome so all can learn together about HIV, pregnancy, and parenthood.
Conducted throughout the year as needed with class sizes ranging from 3 to 10 women plus families and support staff.
Where we work
Awards
Dance Marathon Recipient 2006
Northwestern University Dance Marathon
Exceptional Case Management Services 2007
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonas Salk Health Leadership Award 2010
March of Dimes
Healthy Chicago Award 2013
Chicago Department of Public Health
Advocate of the Year 2005
AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
Shining Star Partnership 2004
Levy Cares
Healthy Chicago Award 2013
Chicago Department of Public Health
External reviews

Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsAverage number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Young adults, Ethnic and racial groups, Parents, Social and economic status, Health
Related Program
Perinatal Enhanced Case Management Program
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We are counting the number of pregnant or parenting persons served within a given year, not necessarily the number of pregnancies.
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Mother and Child Alliance (MACA)
Board of directorsas of 10/06/2022
Ilana Rosen
Discovery USA
Term: 2019 - 2022
LeSherri James
Howard Brown Health Center
Emily Miller
Brown University
Chardai Johnson
BMO Harris Bank
Nicole Lynch
The Hartford
Stephen Schrantz
University of Chicago Hospitals, IKON
Stephen Schrantz
University of Chicago
Ilana Rosen
Discovery, USA
Xavier Reynaldo Ramirez
Carle Hospital
Humera Sayeed
Deloitte Consulting
Anjali Nakhooda
Vestcom
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
Who works and leads organizations that serve our diverse communities? Candid partnered with CHANGE Philanthropy on this demographic section.
Leadership
The organization's leader identifies as:
Race & ethnicity
Gender identity
Sexual orientation
Disability
Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.