The National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention

Map of FIMR Programs

FIMR teams exist in 27 states and territories.  Click on each state or territory to learn more about their FIMR leadership, process and prevention work. To view a summary of FIMR programs in the US, see our Profile Dashboard at https://fatalityreviewdata.org/

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Map of US States and Territories with a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Programs

Alabama

Program Description

Administration

The state program is administered at the Alabama Department of Health, which supports the following local teams:

State Contact

Amy McAfee
Alabama Department of Public Health
201 Monroe Street, Suite 1350
Montgomery, AL 36104
Phone: 334-206-5955
Fax: 334-206-2983
Email: Amy.McAfee@adph.state.al.us

Mobile Region

Program Contact

Yvonne Baynard
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Coordinator
Mobile County Health Department
251 North Bayou Street
Mobile, AL 36603
Email: YBaynard@mchd.org

Second contact: Stephanie Woods-Crawford
Email: SWCrawford@mchd.org

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews
What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
48 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
22 #Infant Deaths

Region I

Program Contact

Tana-Kae Lewis
Perinatal Coordinator-Region 1
AL Dept. of Public Health-Perinatal Program Huntsville Hospital-Women & Children
101 Sivley Road
Huntsville, AL 35801
Phone: 256-265-7980
Fax: 256-265-7320
Email: Tana-Kae.Lewis@adph.state.al.us

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Region II

Program Contact

Janise Norman
Region II Perinatal Abstractor
AL Dept. of Public Health-State Perinatal Program
809 University Blvd E
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-759-6166
Fax: 205-750-5547
Email: janise.norman@adph.state.al.us

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews
What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
25 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
30 #Infant Deaths

Region III

Program Contact

Cathy Nichols
Region III Perinatal Coordinator
ADPH
1500 6th Ave S, OSC 274
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: 205-934-6254
Email: Cathy.Nichols@adph.state.al.us

Region IV

Program Contact

Csierra Payne, MSN, RN
Alabama Department of Public Health
1700 Center St. CWeb-1
Mobile, AL 36604
Phone: 251-410-4837
Email: csierra.payne@adph.state.al.us

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews
What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
19 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
17 #Infant Deaths

Region V

Program Contact

April Ray
Region V Nurse Supervisor
ADPH
2029 Normandie Drive
Montgomery, AL 36111
Email: April.Ray@adph.state.al.us

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews
What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a certain zip code

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
60 #Infant Deaths

California

Program Description

State Administration

The state FIMR program office is administered through the Department of Health and supports the following local programs:

Fresno County

Program Contact

Linda Hicks
FIMR/SIDS Coordinator
Fresno County Department of Public Health
1221 Fulton Mall, 2nd Floor
Fresno, CA 93721
Phone: (559) 417-5695
Fax: (559) 455-4705
Email: lhicks@fresnocountyca.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Residents of a certain county.

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

San Bernadino County

Program Contact

Samantha Colquitt, MPH & David Pratt, MPH
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Coordinators
San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
451 E Vanderbilt Way, 2nd Floor
San Bernardino, CA 92408
Phone: 909-893-0000

Email: fimr@dph.sbcounty.gov

Program Contact

Christopher Borges, MA
State SIDS/FIMR Coordinator
Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Division, California Department of Health
Phone: (916) 650-0374
Email: Christopher.Borges@cdph.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 650-0374

District of Columbia

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a city

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
0 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
40 #Infant Deaths

Program Contact

Jenna Beebe-Aryee
Supervisory Fatality Review Program Manager
D.C Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
401 E. Street SW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-465-6989
Fax: 202-698-9102
Email: jenna.beebe-aryee@dc.gov

Delaware

State Program Description

Administration

The state of Delaware has two FIMR teams: the Kent/Sussex Counties (K/S) team and the New Castle County (NCC) team.

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Other catchment area randomized process based on month/date of death utilizing odd/even system. Cases with high risk zip zones and maternal interviews utilize the LCP model in reviewing the cases.

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
40 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
40 #Infant Deaths

State Contact

Joan Kelley, RN
FIMR/MMR Program Coordinator
Child Death Review Commission (CDRC)
900 King Street, Suite 220
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: (302) 255-1766
Fax: (302) 577-1129
Email: Joan.kelley@state.de.us

Florida

Program Contact

Jasmine Fagg, RN
FIMR Coordinator
Maternal and Child Health
Florida Department of Health
Division of Community Health Promotion
Bureau of Family Health Services
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin A-13
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1723
Phone: 850-245-4469
Email: Jasmine.Fagg@flhealth.gov

Many of the Florida FIMR teams are supported by the Florida Department of Health. Others are independent of state oversight.

Florida Department of Health supported teams are:

Region 1 – Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, and Walton Counties

Program Contact

Claire Kirchharr, MPH, CPH
Associate Director
Escambia County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
318 N. Alcaniz Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Phone: 850-696-2291
Fax: 850-696-2551
Email: claire@healthystart.info

Allyson Anderson, JD
Executive Director
Escambia County Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
318 N. Alcaniz Street
Pensacola, FL 32501
Phone: 850-696-2291
Fax: 850-696-2551
Email: allyson@healthystart.info

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
12 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
27 #Infant Deaths

Region 2 – Bay, Gulf, Franklin, Holmes, Jackson, Washington, Calhoun, Liberty Counties

Program Contact

Tracey Leep
Program Coordinator
Bay, Franklin, Gulf Healthy Start Coalition, Inc.
2101 Northside Drive, Unit 101
Panama City, FL 32405
Phone: 850-872-4130
Fax: 850-747-5435
Email: tracey@healthystartbfg.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
12 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
16 #Infant Deaths

Region 3 – Gadaden, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor Counties

Program Contact

Bryclyn Jefferson
FIMR Program Coordinator
Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition
1311 N. Paul Russell Road, Suite A101
Tallahassee, FL 32301
Phone: 850-488-0288 x102
Fax: 850-922-3622
Email: bryclyn@capitalareahealthystart.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
16 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
14 #Infant Deaths

Region 4 – Hamilton, Columbus, Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Levy, Gilchrist, Alachua, Union, Bradford, Marion, Putnam Counties

Program Contact

Shelly Vickers
MCH Development Coordinator/FIMR Supervisor
Healthy Start of North Central Florida
1785 NW 80th Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: 352-313-6500 x8062
Email: svickers@wellflorida.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
16 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
24 #Infant Deaths

Region 5 – Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition

Program Contact

Tracy Claveau
FIMR Coordinator
Northeast Florida Healthy Start Coalition
751 Oak St. #610
Jacksonville, FL 32204
Phone: 850-774-3493
Fax: 904-723-5433
Email: tracy@claveauconsulting.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
21 #Infant Deaths

Region 6 – Flagler, Volusia, and Seminole Counties

Program Contact

Chér Philio
Marketing & Education Director
FIMR Region 6 Coordinator
The Healthy Start Coalition of Flagler & Volusia Counties, Inc (HSCFV)
109 Executive Circle
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
Phone: 386-252-4277
Fax: 386-252-4279
Email: cher.philio@healthystartfv.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews for multiple counties

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
13 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
21 #Infant Deaths

Region 7 – Orange County

Program Contact

Arelys Caraballo-Colon
Coordinator
Healthy Start Coalition of Orange County
1040 Woodcock Rd., Ste 215
Orlando, FL 32803
Email: Arelys@HealthyStartOrange.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
20 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
20 #Infant Deaths

Region 8 – Citrus, Hernando, Sumter, and Lake, Counties

Program Contact

Shelly Vickers
MCH Development Coordinator/FIMR Supervisor
Central Healthy Start Coalition
1785 NW 80th Blvd.
Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: 352-313-6500 x8062
Email: svickers@wellflorida.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
15 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
16 #Infant Deaths

Region 9 – Pasco County

Program Contact

Jessicca Quintero
Healthy Start Coalition of Pasco, Inc.
P.O. Box 1527 New Port Richey, Fl 34656
Phone (727) 207-8633
FAX: (727) 841-6555
Email: jquintero@healthystartcoalitionpasco.org

Region 10 – Pinellas County

Program Contact

Cassidy Mann
FIMR Coordinator
Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas Inc.
4000 Gateway Centre Suite 200
Pinellas Park, FL 33782
Phone: 727-507-6330
Fax: 727-507-6331
Email: info@healthystartpinellas.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
13 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
21 #Infant Deaths

Region 11 – Hillsborough County

Program Contact

Leisa Stanley
Associate Executive Director
Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County, Inc
2806 N Armenia Avenue, Suite 100
Tampa, FL 33607
Phone: 813-868-7378
Fax: 813-233-2809
Email: lstanley@hstart.org

Region 12 – Hardee, Highlands, and Polk Counties

Program Contact

Tonya Akwetey
Fetal Infant Mortality Review Coordinator
HS Coalition of Hardee, Highlands & Polk Counties, Inc.
650 E. Davidson Street
Bartow, FL 33830
Phone: 863-297-3043
Fax: (863) 519-8111
Email: takwetey@healthystarthhp.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
19 #Infant Deaths

Region 13 – Osceola County

Program Contact

Misbah Kauser
FIMR Coordinator
Healthy Start Coalition of Osceola County
813 New York Ave
St. Cloud, FL 34769
Phone: 407-891-9199
Email: info@HealthyStartOsceola.org

Region 14 – Brevard County

Program Contact

Lisa Haferkamp
Operations Director and FIMR Program Director
Healthy Start Coalition of Brevard County
642 Eyster Blvd. Suite A
Rockledge, FL 32955
Phone: 321.634.6101
Fax: 321.634.6108
Email: lhaferkamp@healthystartbrevard.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
19 #Infant Deaths

Region 15 – Indian River, Okeechobee, St. Lucie, and Martin Counties

Program Contact:

Mary Volsky
Indian River County Healthy Start Coalition
1555 Indian River Blvd. STE B241
Vero Beach, FL 32960
Email: volskym2@ccf.org

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
12 #Infant Deaths

Region 16 – Manatee, Sarasota, DeSoto, and Charlotte Counties

Program Contact

Sheera Thomas
FIMR Coordinator
Healthy Start Coalition of Sarasota County
1750 17th Street, Building A
Sarasota, FL 34234
Phone: 941-284-2124
Fax: 941-373-7073
Email: Sheera-Thomas@smh.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
19 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

Region 17 – Lee, Hendry, Glades, and Collier Counties

Program Contact

Melanie Black Amato
Special Projects Manager
Healthy Start Coalition of Southwest Florida
1921 Jefferson Ave
Fort Myers, FL 33901
Phone: 239-273-4823
Fax: 239-425-6921
Email: melanie@healthystartswfl.com

Region 18 – Palm Beach County

Program Contact

Daniza Robinson
Program Consultant
Florida Department of Health, Palm Beach County
800 Clematis Street
West Palm Beach Florida, 33401
Phone: 561-671- 4173
Email: Daniza.Robinson@flhealth.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
20 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
12 #Infant Deaths

Region 19 – Broward County

Program Contact

Zoe Werner
Program Manager
Broward Healthy Start Coalition
4620 N. State Road 7 Suite 102 Building H
Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319
Phone: 954-760-1688
Email: zwerner@browardhsc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
19 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
9 #Infant Deaths

Region 20 – Miami-Dade County

Program Contact

Heather Baker, Programs Director or Amy Olen, Consultant
Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade
7205 NW 19th Street, Suite 500
Miami, FL 33126
Phone: 305-541-0210
Fax: 305.541.0213
Email: LReiter@hscmd.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
12 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
16 #Infant Deaths

Region 21 – Monroe County

Program Contact

Michelle Leonard-Mularz
Director of Outreach and Education
Florida Keys Healthy Start Coalition, Inc
PO Box 6166
Key West, FL 33041
Phone: 305-293424
Fax: 305-293-8542
Email: michelle.mularz@keyshealthystart.org

Illinois

Chicago

Program Contact

Jose Ortiz, MSW, MPH
FIMR Administrator
University of Chicago Medical Center
5841 S. Maryland MC 2001 C-010
Chicago, IL 60637
Office: 773-834-5659
Cell: 773-726-3884
Fax: 773-702-1085
Email: fimr@bsd.uchicago.edu
Website: www.fimrchicago.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a city

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
7 #Infant Deaths

Indiana

Bartholomew Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Patty Pigman
Infant Mortality Prevention Coordinator
Healthy Communities, Columbus Regional Health
2400 E 17th St.
Columbus, IN 47201
Email: Pigman@CRH.org

Bartholomew Regional FIMR includes Bartholomew and Jennings Counties

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multicounty reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
7 #Infant Deaths

Cass County Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Trista Enge
Infant Mortality Prevention Coordinator
Logansport Memorial Hospital
1101 Michigan Ave.
Logansport, IN 46947
Email: tengel@logansportmemorial.org

Cass County Regional FIMR includes Pulaski, Fulton, Miami and Cass Counties.

Clark County Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Breeze Peele
LifeSpring Health Systems
breeze.peele@lifespringhealthsystems.org

Clark County Regional FIMR includes Clark, Floyd, Scott and Washington Counties.

Daviess Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Desiree’ Lewis
FIMR Coordinator
Daviess County Health Department
303 East Hefron Street
Washington, IN 47501
Phone: 812-254-8666
Fax: 812-254-8643
Email: dlewis@dchosp.org

Secondary contact:
Carrie Shaw
Email: CShaw2@dchosp.org

Program Description

Davies Regional FIMR includes Daviess, Martin and Pike Counties

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multicounty reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
2 #Infant Deaths

East Central FIMR

Program Contact:

Cynthia Blue
Wayne County Health Department
100 S 5th St, Richmond, IN 47374
Phone: 765.973.9245 ext 1521
Email: cblue@co.wayne.in.us

East Central Regional FIMR includes Randolph, Henry, Wayne, Rush, Fayette, and Union Counties.

Elkhart County FIMR

Program Contact:

Mayra Garcia
CAPS 
Email: mgarcia@capselkhart.org

Grant County Regional FIMR

Program Contact:

Abby Flenar
FIMR Coordinator
Marion Health
441 N. Wabash Ave.
Marion, IN 46952
Phone: 574-549-3006
Abby.Flenar@marionhealth.com

Program Description

Grant County Regional FIMR includes Grant, Blackford, and Tipton Counties.

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multicounty reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
7 #Infant Deaths

Hamilton County FIMR

Program Contacts

Kaylin Underhill kaylen.underhill@hamiltoncounty.in.gov
Emily Snyder emily.snyder@hamiltoncounty.in.gov

This team is forming in 2024; more detail to be provided at a later date.

Harrison County FIMR

Program Contact

Theresa Buechele
Harrison County Health Department
241 Atwood Street, Suite 100
Corydon, IN 47112
Email: tbuechele@harrisoncounty.in.gov

Howard County FIMR

Program Contact

Jennifer Sexton jennifer.sexton@howardcountyin.gov
Brenda Parker brenda.parker@howardcountyin.gov

This is a new team in 2024; more detail to be provided later.

Indianapolis Healthy Babies (Marion County)

Program Contact

Teri Conard
IHB-FIMR Coordinator
Marion County Public Health Department
3838 N. Rural Street
Indianapolis, IN 46205
Phone: 317-221-3103
Fax: 317-221-3103
Email: TConard@MarionHealth.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
20 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
52 #Infant Deaths

Knox County FIMR

Program Contact

Jessica Thompson, MPH, CPH
Good Samaritan Hospital
520 S Seventh St
Vincennes, IN 47591
Phone: 812.885.6820
Email: JThompson1@gshvin.org

La Porte County FIMR

Program Contact

Peggy Rose, FNP-BC, PHCNS-BC
FIMR Coordinator
La Porte County Health Department
809 State Street
La Porte, IN 46350
Phone: 219.325.5563
Email: prose@laporteco.in.gov

Northeastern IN Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Kathy Detweiler
Director
Parkview Health
11109 Parkview Plaza Dr.
Ft. Wayne, IN 46845
Phone: (260) 414-2212
Email: kathleen.detweiler@parkview.com

Co-coordinators: Alaina Schultz alaina.schultz@parkview.com and Stephanie Gehring, stephanie.gehring@parkview.com

Northeastern Regional FIMR includes Adams, Allen, De Kalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley Counties.

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of  multiple counties

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
58 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
62 #Infant Deaths

Northwestern IN Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Bernadette Taylor
FIMR Coordinator
Franciscan Health
1145 W. 5th Avenue
Gary, IN 46402
Phone: (219) 793-4367
Email: Bernadette.Taylor@franciscanalliance.org

Program Description

Northwestern Regional FIMR includes Jasper, Lake, and Newton Counties.

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Infant Deaths

Porter County FIMR

Program Contact

Hayley Gerstler
Porter County Health Department
Hayley.Gerstler@porterco.org

Shelby County FIMR

Program Contact

Amy Reel
Shelby County Health Department
areel@shelbyhealthindiana.com

South Central Region FIMR

Program Contact

Emily Bock
FIMR Coordinator
IU Health Community Health
333 E. Miller Drive
Bloomington IN 47401
Phone: 812.327.0945
Email: ebock1@iuhealth.org

South Central Region includes Brown, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, and Orange Counties

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
19 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
24 #Infant Deaths

Southwestern IN FIMR

Program Contact

Lynn Herr
Fetal, Infant and Child Fatality Coordinator
Vanderburgh County Health Department
420 Mulberry St.
Evansville, IN 47713
Phone: 812-435-5761
Fax: 812-435-5725
Email: lherr@vanderburghcounty.in.gov

Second contact:
Bonnie Miller
Email: bmiller@vanderburghcounty.in.gov

Southwestern IN FIMR includes Dubois, Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh, and Warrick Counties

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
12 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
8 #Infant Deaths

St. Joseph County FIMR

Program Contact

Sally Dixon, RN
FIMR Coordinator
Beacon Health System
710 N Niles Ave
South Bend, IN 46617
Phone: 574-210-1222
Email: sadixon@beaconhealthsystem.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
25 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
25 #Infant Deaths

Wabash Valley FIMR

Program Contact

Heather Anderson
FIMR Coordinator
West Central Indiana Healthy Start
1433 N 6 1/2 St
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Phone: 812-238-8168
Email: heaanderson@uhhg.org

Wabash Valley FIMR includes Clay, Parke, Sullivan, Vermillion, and Vigo Counties.

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multicounty reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
15 #Infant Deaths

West Central Regional FIMR

Program Contact

Aubrey Kitchel
FIMR Coordinator
West Central Indiana FIMR Project Coordinator
Tippecanoe County Health Department
1850 S 18th St, room 144D
Lafayette, IN 47901
Phone: 765-423-9131
Email: akitchel@tippecanoe.in.gov

West Central Regional FIMR includes Boone, Carroll, Clinton, Tippecanoe, and White Counties

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multicounty reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
12 #Infant Deaths

State Contact

Linzi Horsley
State Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program Coordinator
Division of Fatality Review & Prevention
Indiana State Department of Health
2 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 317-509-4119
Fax: 317-233-1342
Email: LHorsley@isdh.IN.gov

Program Description

State Administration

The state FIMR program is administered at the Department of Health and supports local FIMR teams in the following counties

Kansas

Sedgwick County

Program Contact

Sarah Milne, RN
Sedgwick County Division of Health
1900 East 9th Street
Wichita, KS 67214
Phone: 316-660-7169
Fax: 313-660-5273
Email: sarah.milne@sedgwick.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of certain zip codes

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

Shawnee County

Program Contact

Missy Middendorf
FIMR Coordinator
Family Health Division Manager
Shawnee County FIMR
2600 SW East Circle Dr.
Topeka, KS 66606
Phone: 758-251-5645
Email: Melisa.Middendorf@snco.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
7 #Infant Deaths

Wyandotte County

Program Contact

Jennifer Allen-Caudle
Project Hope Wyandotte County Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Board
Unified Gov. of Wyandotte/KCK Public Health Dept.
619 Ann Avenue
Kansas City, KS 66101
Phone: 913-573-6759
Fax: 913573-6729
Email: jallen@wycokck.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
18 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
6 #Infant Deaths

Louisiana

State Contact

Rosaria (Rosi)Trichilo
State Maternal and Child Health Coordinator
LA Dept. of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health
1450 Poydras Street Ste 2032
New Orleans, LA 70117
Phone: 504-568-2642
Fax: 504-568-3503
Email: Rosaria.Trichilo@LA.GOV

Program Description

State Administration

The Louisiana state FIMR program is administered out of the Department of Health and supports the following programs:

Region 1 – New Orleans

Program Contact

Rosa Bustamante-Forest, APRN, MPH
Region 1 MCH Coordinator
LA Dept of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health
1450 Poydras Street, Suite 2032
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: 504-568-2125
Fax: 504-568-3503
Email: Rosa.Bustamante-Forest@la.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
7 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
25 #Infant Deaths

Region 2 – Baton Rouge

Program Contact

Kelly Banksone
LA Region 2 Baton Rouge
628 N. 4th Street, BIN # 25
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Email: Kelly.bankston@la.gov

Region 3 – Lafourche, Saint John, Saint Charles, Saint James, Assumption and Terrebonne Parishes

Program Contact

Nicole Soudelier
Maternal & Child Health Coordinator
LA Dept. of Health – Bureau of Family Health
1434 Tiger Dr.
Thibodaux, LA 70301
Phone: 985-447-0916
Fax: 985-447-0920
Email: nicole.soudelier@la.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
10 #Infant Deaths

Region 4 – Lafayette, Evangeline, Saint Landry, Acadia, Saint Martin, Iberia, Vermilion and Saint Mary Parishes

Program Contact

Christine Cornell RN
Region 4 MCH Coordinator
OPH/BFH
825 Kaliste Saloom Rd. Brandywine lll, Ste 100
Lafayette, LA 70508
Phone: 337-262-5644
Fax: 337-262-5237
Email: christine.cornell@la.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
15 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
10 #Infant Deaths

Region 5 – Beauregard, Allen, Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis and Cameron Parishes

Program Contact

Bridget Redlich-Cole
Email: Bridget.Redlich-Cole@LA.GOV

Region 6 – Vernon, Sabine, Natchitoches, Winn, Grant, Rapides, LaSalle, Catahoula, Concordia and Avoyelles Parishes

Program Contact

Lisa Norman, RN
Maternal Child Health Coordinator
LA Dept. of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health
5604-B Coliseum Blvd.
Alexandria, LA 71303
Phone: 318-729-6881
Fax: 318-473-0778
Email: lisa.norman@la.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
11 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
18 #Infant Deaths

Region 7 – Shreveport

Program Contact

Shelley Ryan Gray BN, RN
Maternal Child Health Coordinator, Region 7
LA Dept. of Health, Office of Public Health
Bureau of Family Health
1525 Fairfield Avenue, Rm. 569
Shreveport, LA 71101
Phone: 318-676-5000
Fax: 318-676-7560
Email: shelley.ryangray@la.gov

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
16 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
17 #Infant Deaths

Region 8 – Ouachita, Union, Lincoln, Jackson, Caldwell, Richland, Morehouse, Franklin, West Carroll, East Carroll, Madison and Tensas Parishes

Program Contact

Sara Dickerson
Email: Sara.Dickerson@LA.GOV

Region 9 – Washington, Saint Tammany, Saint Helena Livingston and Tangipahoa Parishes

Program Contact

Martha Hennegan
Maternal Child Health Coordinator
LA Dept. of Health, Bureau of Family Health
15481 W. Club Deluxe Road
Hammond, LA 70403
Phone: 985-543-4880
Fax: 985-543-4888
Email: Martha.Hennegan@la.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
6 #Infant Deaths

Maryland

Program Contact

Thuy Nguyen
Infant Health Program Coordinator
Prevention and Health Promotion Administration
Maryland Department of Health
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
201 W. Preston St., Room 309
Baltimore, MD 21201
Fax: 410-333-5233
Email: thuy.nguyen@maryland.gov

Program Description

Administration

The Maryland Department of Health’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau is the lead agency for Maryland’s FIMR Program, which supports the following local teams:

Anne Arundel County

Program Contact

Denise Hindin
Perinatal Nurse, FIMR Coordinator
Anne Arundel County Dept of Health
3 Harry S. Truman Parkway, HD #14
Annapolis, MD 21401
Phone: 410-222-7223
Email: hdhind00@aacounty.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
5 #Infant Deaths

Baltimore City

Program Contact

Sinmidele Badero
FIMR Coordinator
Baltimore City Health Department
1001 E. Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-396-1562
Fax: 410-272-2722
Email: sinmidele.Badero@baltimorecity.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a city

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
9 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
15 #Infant Deaths

Baltimore County

Program Contact

Allison Blakely
FIMR Program Coordinator
Baltimore County Department of Health
6401 York Road, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21212
Phone: 410-887-2340
Fax: 410-887-4628
Email: ablakely@baltimorecountymd.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
60 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
45 #Infant Deaths

Charles County

Program Contact

Edith Kratzer
FIMR Coordinator
Charles County Department of Health
4545 Crain Hwy
White Plains, MD 20695
Email: edith.kratzer@maryland.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
5 #Infant Deaths

Montgomery County

Program Contact

Karen Bernal
Montgomery Co Dept of Health & Human Services
8630 Fenton Street, 10th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 240-777-1278
Email: Karen.Bernal@montgomerycountymd.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

Prince George’s County

Program Contact

Kristen Newman
Prince Georges County Health Department
3003 Hospital Dr., Room 3107
Cheverly, MD 20785
Phone: 301-583-3387
Email: knnewman@co.pg.md.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
6 #Infant Deaths

Wicomico County

Program Contact

April Webster
CHN Program Supervisor
Wicomico County Health Department
108 E. Main Street
Salisbury, MD 21801
Phone: 410-543-6942 ext 12815
Fax: 410-543-6964
Email: April.webster@maryland.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
9 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
8 #Infant Deaths

Maine

State Contact

Meghan Henshall
Maternal Fetal and Infant Morality Review Coordinator
Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: (207) 592-0265
Email: meghan.henshall@maine.gov

Program Description:

Maine has a state level panel, MFIMR, reviewing Maternal, Fetal, and Infant Deaths

Massachusetts

Boston FIMR

Program Contact

Joanne Suarez, MBe
Boston Public Health Commission
Email: jsuarez@bphc.org

Program Description

Reviews

Michigan

State Contact

Audra Brummel
Michigan FIMR Coordinator
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
109 W Michigan Ave
Lansing, MI 48933
Phone: 517-335-9017
Fax:
Email: BrummelA@michigan.gov

Program Description

State Administration
The Michigan FIMR Network is administered from the Department of Health and Human Services and supports the following local teams:

Berrien County

Program Contact

Tracy Clare, RN
Berrien County FIMR Coordinator
Berrien County Health Department
2149 E. Napier Avenue
Benton Harbor, MI 49022
269-927-5641
tclare@bchdmi.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?

Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
3 #Infant Deaths

Calhoun County

Program Contact

Andrea Morrison
Health Educator II
Calhoun County Public Health Department
190 E. Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49014
269.234-3764 – Office/Cell
269.969.6488 – Fax
Email: amorrison@calhouncountymi.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
16 #Infant Deaths

Detroit FIMR

Program Contact

Stephanie Smith
FIMR Coordinator
Detroit Health Dept., Local Maternal Child Health Program
55 W. 7 Mile Road
Detroit, MI 48203
Phone: 313-876-0388
Fax: 313-366-9439
Email: stephanie.smith@detroitmi.gov

Secondary contact:
Yvonne McGee
Email: Yvonne.McGee@detroitmi.gov

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a city

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
75 #Infant Deaths

Genesee County

Program Contact

Matthew Peters
FIMR Coordinator
Genesee County Health Dept
630 S. Saginaw Street, Suite 4
Flint, MI 48502
Phone: 810-768-7970
Email: mapeters@gchd.us

Program Description

Administration
The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan

Program Contact

Devin Smith MSN RN
Healthy Start Program Manager
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan
2956 Ashmun St.
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783
Phone: 906-632-6896
Fax: 906-632-1810
Email: devin.smith@itcmi.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Other catchment area We cover deaths to American Indian and Alaska Native families across the entire state of Michigan, including federally recognized tribes and urban centers.

Ingham County

Program Contact

Kelly Mitchell
Email:  KMitchell@ingham.org

Breena Cutter
Email: Bcutter@ingham.org

Jackson County

Program Contact

Jeanine Quetant
FIMR Coordinator
Jackson County Health Department
1715 Lansing Ave., Suite221
Jackson, MI 49202
Phone: 517-768-1672
Fax: 517-768-1640
Email: JQuetant@mijackson.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
13 #Infant Deaths

Kalmazoo County

Program Contact

Brenda O’Rourke
Maternal-Child Health Division Manager
Kalamazoo County Health & Community Services
3299 Gull Rd Wing 2, Floor 1, Room 120
Kalamazoo, MI 49048
Phone: 269-373-5024
Email: brorou@kalcounty.com

Co-coordinator: Nia Evans nia.evans@wmed.edu

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
19 #Infant Deaths

Kent County

Program Contact

Marissa Brown
Public Health Program Supervisor
Kent County Health Department
700 Fuller Ave NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: 616-648-6253
Email: marissa.brown@kentcountymi.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
61 #Infant Deaths

Macomb County

Program Contact

Sara Miller
FIMR Coordinator
Macomb County Health Department
43525 Elizabeth Road
Mt. Clemens, MI 48093
Phone: 586-465-8090
Fax: 586-573-2378
Email: Sara.Miller@macombgov.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
6 #Infant Deaths

Muskegon County

Program Contact

Shelia Wilson
Maternal Child Health Supervisor
Public Health Muskegon County
209 E Apple
Muskegon, MI 49442
Phone: 231-724-1244
Email: wilsonsh@co.muskegon.mi.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
5 #Infant Deaths

Oakland County

Program Contact

David Roth
Public Health Nursing Supervisor, Oakland County FIMR Coordinator
Oakland County Health Division
1200 N Telegraph, Bldg. 34E
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: 248-858-1378
Fax: 248-975-4473
Email: rothd@oakgov.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of certain zip codes

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
24 #Infant Deaths

Saginaw County

Program Contact

Deb Rhodes, RN
Saginaw County Dept of Public Health
1600 N. Michigan Ave.
Saginaw, MI 48602
Phone: 989-758-3757
Email: drhodes@saginawcounty.com

Secondary Contact:
Shanna Hensler
Email: shensler@saginawcounty.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
15 #Infant Deaths

Mississippi

Program Contact

Vernesia Wilson, PhD, MPH
Director, Maternal and Infant Health Bureau
Mississippi State Department of Health
570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: 601-576-7429
Email: Vernesia.Wilson@msdh.ms.gov

Program Description

State administration
The state program is administered at the Mississippi Department of Health, which supports the following FIMR programs:

Southern Mississippi

Program Contact

Cheryl Coleman Doyle, RN, MSHSA
FIMR Coordinator
Mississippi State Department of Health
1141 Bayview Avenue
Biloxi, MS 39530
Phone: 228-364-2457
Fax: 228-222-5554
Email: cherylcolemandoyle@gmail.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
34 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
16 #Infant Deaths

Delta Region

Program Contact

Arletha Howard
Project Director-Tougaloo College/Delta HealthPartners Healthy Start Initiative
Agency: Delta Regional FIMR
Tougaloo Delta Health
1054 MLK Street / P.O. Box 349
Marks, MS 38646
Phone: 662-326-3673
Email: ahoward@tougaloo.edu

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Infant Deaths

Missouri

State Contact

Angela Talbott
Division of Community and Public Health
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Email: Angela.Talbott@health.mo.gov

Missouri has ten regional teams.

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of certain zip codes

Montana

Program Contact

Maddie Diederichs
State FICMMR Coordinator
Department of Public Health & Human Services
1625 11th Avenue
Helena, MT 59620
Phone: (406) 444-3131
Email: Madison.Diederichs@mt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The FIMR program in Montana is administered through the Department of Health and Human Services and supports the following local programs:

Anaconda-Deer Lodge County

Program Contact

Lauren Bolton
Director Public Health – FICMMR Coordinator
Anaconda – Deer Lodge
115 W. Commercial Ave
Anaconda, MT 59711
Phone: 406-563-7863
Fax: 406-563-2387
Email: lbolten@adlc.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Beaverhead County

Program Contact

Katie Coppin, Director
Beaverhead County Public Health
41 Barrett Street
Dillon, MT 59725
Phone: 406-683-4771
Fax: 406-683-3188
Email: kcoppin@beaverheadcountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
0 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Big Horn County

Program Contact

Kelsey Roebling
Public Health Nurse
Big Horn County Public Health Department
200 N Mitchell Ave
Hardin, MT 59034
Phone: 406-665-8720
Fax: 406-665-1025
Email: kroebling@bighorncountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Carbon County

Program Contact

Erin Cross
Public Health Coordinator
Carbon County Public Health
P.O. Box 2289
Red Lodge, MT 59068
Phone: 406-446-9941
Fax: 406-447-1274
Email: ecross@co.carbon.mt.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Cascade County

Program Contact

L. Kim Mehaffey, RN
Family Health Services Division Manager
Cascade City/County HD
115 4th Steet South
Great Falls, MT 59401
Phone: 406-791-9262
Fax: 406-453-3357
Email: lmehaffey@cascadecountymt.gov or jjones@cascadecountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
9 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
3 #Infant Deaths

Central Montana FICMRR

Program Contact

Leann Fisk
FIMR Coordinator
Central Montana Health District
300 1st Ave North Suite 201
Lewistown, MT 59457
Phone: 406-535-3983
Fax: 406-535-3984
Email: Leann.Fisk@onechc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews: Counties of Fergus, Golden Valley, Judith Basin, Musselshell, Petroleum and Wheatland

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Custer County

Program Contact

Kami Doughty
MCH Nurse
OneHealth
210 S. Winchester
Miles City, MT 59301
Phone: 406-874-8700
Fax: 406-234-9453
Email: kami.doughty@onechc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Dawson County

Program Contact

Andeen Raymond
Public Health Nurse
Dawson County Health Department
207 West Bell
Glendive, MT 59330
Phone: 406-377-5213
Fax: 406-377-2022
Email: raymonda@dawsoncountymontana.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Fergus County

Program Contact

Heather Thom
Email: hthom@co.fergus.mt.us

Flathead City-County

Hannah Griffin
FICMMR Coordinator
Flathead City-County Health Department
1035 1st Avenue West
Kalispell, MT 59901
Phone: 406-751-8110
Fax: 406-751-8111
Email: hgriffin@flathead.mt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Gallatin County

Program Contact

Jess Wagner
Public Health Nurse
Gallatin City County Health Department
215 W. Mendenhall St.
Bozeman, MT 59715
Phone: 406-582-3100
Fax: 406-582-3112
Email: jessica.wagner@gallatin.mt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
11 #Infant Deaths

Granite County

Program Contact

Deb Robinson, RN
Granite FIMR Coordinator
Granite County
PO Box 312
Drummond, MT 59832
Phone: 406-531-5442
Fax: 406-534-7624
Email: drobinson@co.granite.mt.us

Second Contact:
Jackie Bolster
Email: jbolster@co.granite.mt.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

Hill County

Program Contact

Tami Schoen
FICMMR Coordinator
Hill County Health Department
302 4th Ave
Havre, MT 59501
Phone: 406-265-5481 x256
Fax: 406-265-6976
Email: schoent@hillcounty.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
2 #Infant Deaths

Lake County

Program Contact

Leigh Johnson, RN
Public Health Nurse, FICMMR Coordinator
Lake County Public Health Department
802 Main Street
Polson, MT 59860
Phone: 406-883-7314
Fax: 406-883-7290
Email: ljohnson@lakemt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Lewis and Clark County

Program Contact

Marisa Johnson, RN or AC Rothenbuecher, Division Administrator
Community Health Promotion Division
Lewis and Clark Public Health
1930 9th Ave
Helena, MT 59601
Phone: 406-457-8958
Fax: 406-457-8990
Email: mjohnson@lccountymt.gov or arothenbuecher@lccountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
7 #Infant Deaths

Liberty County

Program Contact

Melissa Kantorowicz
Liberty, MT FIMR Coordinator
Liberty County Public Health Department
618 E. Adams
Chester, MT 59522
Phone: 406-759-8256
Fax: 406-759-5923
Email: publichealth@libertycountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

Lincoln County

Program Contact

Trista Gilmore, LPN
Email: tgilmore@libby.org

Madison County

Program Contact

‎Emilie Sayler
MPH, MPA, Director
Madison County Public Health
PO Box 278
Virginia City, MT 59755
Phone: 406-204-0712
Fax: 406-843-5231
Email: esayler@madisoncountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Mineral County

Program Contact

Jackie Allard
Mineral County MCH Block Grant Manager
Mineral County Health Department
1203 5th Ave E.
Superior, MT 59872
Phone: 406-274-7772
Fax: 406-822-3745
Email: jallard@co.mineral.mt.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

Missoula County

Program Contact

Brice Curry
FICMMR Coordinator
Missoula Public Health
301 W. Alder St.
Missoula, MT 59802
Phone: 406-240-3972
Fax: 406-258-3950
Email:bcurry@missoulacounty.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

Park County

Program Contact

Juanita Bueter RN, BSN
Park County Health Department
414 E Callender
Livingston, MT 59047
Phone: 406-224-2629
Email: jbueter@parkcounty.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Infant Deaths

Powell County

Program Contact

Samantha Ray
Public Health Nurse
Powell County Public Health
1100 Hollenback Lane
Deer Lodge, MT 59722
Phone: 406-490-3941
Fax: 406-846-3704
Email: sray@dlmed.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Ravalli County

Program Contact

Tiffany Webber, RN, Dir.
Director, Ravalli County Public Health
Ravalli
205 Bedford Street Ste L
Hamilton, MT 59840
Phone: 406-375-6673
Fax: 406-375-6680
Email: twebber@rc.mt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Richland County

Program Contact

Kathy Helmuth
Health Assurance Nurse Director
Richland Health Department
1201 West Holly Street, Suite #1
Sidney, MT 59270
Phone: 406-433-2207
Email: khelmuth@richland.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

Roosevelt County

Program Contact

Crystal DeCoteau, RN
Roosevelt County Health Department
124 Custer St, Suite A
Wolf Point MT 59201
Email: cdecoteau@rooseveltcounty.org

Sanders County

Program Contact

Kjirsten Mercer, RN
Sanders County Health Department
P.O. Box 519
Thompson Falls, MT 59873
Phone: 406-827-6925
Fax: 406-827-6988
Email: kmercer@sanderscounty.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Sheridan County

Program Contact

Cherie Duncan
Director
Sheridan County Public Health Department
100 West Laurel Avenue
Plentywood, MT 59254
Phone: 406-765-3410
Fax: 406-765-3495
Email: cduncan@co.sheridan.mt.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Silver Bow County

Program Contact

Keisha Stosich
Butte-Silver Bow Health Department
25 W. Front
Butte, MT 59701
Email: kstosich@bsb.mt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
1 #Infant Deaths

Stillwater County

Program Contact

Natasha Sailer
Stillwater Billings Clinic
407 N. A Street
Columbus, MT 59019
Phone: 406-322-1080
Fax: 406-322-9969
Email: nsailer@billingsclinic.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Sweet Grass County

Program Contact

Jennifer Chappell
Public Health RN
Sweet Grass Public Health
P.O. Box 509
Big Timber, MT 59011
Phone: 406-932-5449
Fax: 406-932-3027
Email: jchappell@pmcmt.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
1 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Valley County

Program Contact

Mykel Krebs
Director
Valley County Health Department
501 Court Square Box 11
Glasgow, MT 59230
Phone: 406-228-6261
Fax: 406-228-6242
Email: mkrebs@valleycountymt.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

Yellowstone County

Program Contact

Chris Hunter
FICMMR Coordinator
Yellowstone City/County HD (Riverstone Health)
123 South 27th Street
Billings, MT 59101
Phone: 406-247-3382
Fax: 406-651-6460
Email: christine.hun@riverstonehealth.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
11 #Infant Deaths

Nevada

Nevada has one local team:

Northern Nevada Public Health FIMR

Program Contact

Rebecca Gonzales
Washoe County Health District
1001 East Ninth St., Building B. Rm 107
Reno, NV 89512
Phone: 775-328-2477
Fax: 775-328-3751
Email: rgonzales@nnph.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
40 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
29 #Infant Deaths

Nebraska

Nebraska has one local program:

Douglas County

Program Contacts

Diana Ortiz
Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Coordinator
Douglas County Health Department
1111 S. 41st Street
Omaha, NE 68105
Phone: (402) 444-6407
Fax: (402) 996-8424 (Secure to email)
diana.ortiz@douglascounty-ne.gov
fimr@douglascounty-ne.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews Residents of Douglas County

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
25-30 #Infant Deaths

New Jersey

State Contact

Adwoa Nantwi
Research Scientist / FIMR Coordinator
New Jersey Department of Health
MCH Epidemiology
Phone: 609.513.5789
Email: Adwoa.Nantwi@doh.nj.gov

Administration

The state FIMR program is administered at the New Jersey Department of Health, which supports the following local teams:

The Cooperative – Southern NJ

Program Contact

Jennie Sherlock-Loeb
Chief Clinical Officer
The Cooperative
2500 McClellan Ave
Pennsauken, NJ 08109
Phone: 856-665-6000
Fax: 856-963-0989
Email: jsherlock@snjpc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
28 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
8 #Infant Deaths

Central Jersey Family Health Consortium

Program Contact

Ann Mruk
Director Professional Development and Education
Central Jersey Family Health Consortium
30 Silverline Dr., Suite 1
North Brunswick, NJ 08902
Phone: 732-937-5437 ext. 155
Email: amruk@cjfhc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
47 #Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

The Partnership for Maternal & Child Health of Northern New Jersey

Program Contact

Kimberly Lourenco, MPA
FIMR Program Manager
Partnership for Maternal and Child Health of Northern New Jersey
50 Park Place, Suite 700
Newark, NJ 07102
Phone: (973) 459-6725
Email: klourenco@pmch.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
70 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
24 #Infant Deaths

North Carolina

Local Team Contact

Leandra Vernon
Guilford County FIMR
Fetal Infant Mortality Review Coordinator
Guilford County DHHS- Every Baby Guilford
1203 Maple Street 3rd FL
Greensboro, NC 27405
Phone: 336-641-4699
Email: lvernon@guilfordcountync.gov

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

For more information, please contact:

Richard Sablan
Maternal, Infant, Child and Adolescent Health (MICAH) Program
Email: richard.sablan@chcc.health

Ohio

State Contact

Aubrie M. Sanchez, MS, MPH, CCRP
Public Health Consultant
Child Fatality Review (CFR) & Fetal Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) Programs
Ohio Department of Health
246 North High Street, 4th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 930-0187
Email: aubrie.sanchez@odh.ohio.gov

Website: https://odh.ohio.gov/know-our-programs/Fetal-Infant-Mortality-Review/fimr

Program Description

Administration

The state program is administered at the Ohio Department of Health, which supports local teams in the following counties:

Butler County

Program Contact

Leah Elliott
FIMR Coordinator/Epidemiologist
Butler County Health Department
301 S. 3rd St
Hamilton, OH 45011
Email: leah.elliott@bcohio.gov

Second contact:
Brein Everhart
Program Manager
Email: brein.everhart@bcohio.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
2 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Cuyahoga County

Program Contact

Holly Galicki
Program Manager
Cuyahoga County Board of Health
5550 Venture Drive
Parma, OH 44130
Phone: 216-201-2001 ext.1529
Fax: 216-676-1325
Email: hgalicki@ccbh.net

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
13 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
3 #Infant Deaths

Franklin County

Program Contact

Hannah Hajjar
Mortality Reviews Coordinator
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: 614-645-5261
Email: HLHajjar@columbus.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
17 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
16 #Infant Deaths

Hamilton County

Program Contact

Anne Arble
Director of Epidemiology and Assessment
Hamilton County Health Department
250 William Howard Taft Rd., 2nd Fl
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Email: hcph.mch@hamilton-co.org

Additional contacts:
Sarah Huber and Sam Horrocks at the same email address above.

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
9 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

Lorain County

Program Contact

Heather Pasterak
Lorain County Public Health
Community Health Program Manager
9880 South Murray Ridge Rd.
Elyria, OH 44035
Office: (440) 322-6367
Direct: (440) 284-3211
Email: hpasterak@loraincountyhealth.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Fetal losses 24 wks. gestation or greater and infants (birth to 12 months)

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
3 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
2 #Infant Deaths

Toledo-Lucas County

Program Contact

Yashika Bhorge
FIMR Coordinator
Toledo-Lucas County Health Department
635 North Erie Street
Toledo, OH 43604
Phone: 419-213-4274
Fax: 419-213-4017
Email: ybhoge@co.lucas.oh.us

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
15 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
35 #Infant Deaths

Mahoning County

Program Contact

Tracy Styka
FIMR/CFR Coordinator
Mahoning County District Board of Health
50 Westchester Drive
Youngstown, OH 44515
Phone: 330-270-2855 x109
Fax: 330-270-0625
Email: tstyka@mahoninghealth.org

Additional contact:
Jen Patrick jpatrick@mahoninghealth.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
4 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
8 #Infant Deaths

Montgomery County

Program Contact

Moses T. Kamanzi
FIMR Project Manager
Public Health Dayton & Montgomery County
1320 E. Fifth Street
Dayton, OH
Phone: 937.225.6355
Fax: 937.660.9511
Email: MKAMANZI@PHDMC.ORG mkamanzi@phdmc.org

Additional contact:
Chelsea Sadinski
FIMR Supervisor
csadinski@phdmc.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
9 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
4 #Infant Deaths

Stark County

Program Contact

Shannon Gahagan
Canton City Health District
420 Market Ave. North
Canton, OH 44702
Phone: 234-410-3087
Fax:
Email: gahagans@starkhealth.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
40 #Infant Deaths

Summit County

Program Contact

Rachel Flossie, RN
Family Health Supervisor – HFA/CFRB/FIMR
Summit County Public Health
1867 W. Market Street
Akron, OH 44313
Office: (330) 926-5732
Mobile: (330) 208-6878
Fax: (330) 752-7157
Email: rflossie@schd.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths

Oklahoma

Oklahoma has two local programs:

Central Oklahoma

Program Contact

Minh Chu
Oklahoma City County Health Department
2700 NE 63rd St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73111
Phone: 405-419-4224
Fax: 888-651-1720
Email: jana_beihl@occhd.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
64 #Infant Deaths

Tulsa

Program Contact

Kayla Robison
Data Abstractor
Tulsa Health Department
5051 South 129th East Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74134
Phone: 918-595-4464
Fax: 918-595-4598
Email: krobison@tulsa-health.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
43 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
53 #Infant Deaths

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has one local team:

Philadelphia

Program Contact

Yuan He, MD MPH
FIMR Director, Maternal, Child, & Family Health Pediatric Policy Advisor
Philadelphia Department of Public Health
1101 Market St. 9th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
Email: Yuan.He@phila.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Infant Deaths

Allegheny County

Program Contact

Lisa Jones
Program Manager
Allegheny County Health Department
807 Wallace Ave 4th Floor
Wilkinsburg, PA 15221
412.247.7954
Fax: 412.247.7950
Email: lisa.jones@alleghenycounty.us

Secondary contact:
Jada Sherriel
Email: jshirriel@hsipgh.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
8 #Fetal/Stillborn Deaths
8 #Infant Deaths

Puerto Rico

Program Contact

Teresa Taboas, MPHE, MAEd, MIS (she/hers)
Title V Home Visiting Program Coordinator
MCAH Division, Puerto Rico Department of Health
P.O. BOX 70184
San Juan, PR 70184
Phone: 787-765-2929 4550
Fax: 787-294-0726
Email: ttaboas@salud.pr.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Other catchment area: HVP participants of all the island

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
5 #Infant Deaths

Texas

Texas has four local teams:

Dallas County

Program Contact

Tiauna Jefferson
Program Coordinator
Dallas County FIMR
4917 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75235
Phone: 214.590.2584
Fax: 214.590.1672
Email: TIAUNA.JEFFERSON@phhs.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
21 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
3 #Infant Deaths

San Antonio-Bexar County

Program Contact

Kori M Eberle, M.S.
San Antonio Metropolitan Health District
210 N Rio Grande Street
San Antonio, TX 78202
Phone: 210-207-4665
Fax: 210-207-4731
Email: Kori.Eberle@sanantonio.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
13 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
17 #Infant Deaths

Tarrant County

Program Contact

Lauren Butschek-Neisler
Mortality Review Coordinator
Tarrant County Public Health
1101 S. Main St
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Phone: (817)248-6246
Fax: (817) 850-2367
Email: LJNeisler@tarrantcountytx.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
27 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
20 #Infant Deaths

South Carolina

State Contact

Janet Duff and Nicholas Resciniti
FIMR Nurse Administrator
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
Bureau of Maternal and Child Health
Email: duffj@dhec.sc.gov

Tennessee

State Contact

Autumn Montgomery-Hayes, MSPH
Fetal and Infant Mortality Reduction Program Director
Tennessee Department of Health
Division of Family Health and Wellness
Phone: 615-770-0455
Email: autumn.montgomery-hayes@tn.gov

Program Description

State Administration

The Tennessee FIMR program is administered out of the Department of Health and supports the following local programs:

Hamilton County FIMR

Program Contact

Marissa Thompson
FIMR Program Manager
Chattanooga Hamilton County Health Department
921 E. 3rd St.
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423-209-8151
Fax: 423-209-8241
Email: marissat@hamiltontn.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
11 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
12 #Infant Deaths

Knox County

Program Contact

Chelsea Gouty
FIMR Coordinator
Knox County Health Department
140 Dameron Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
Email: chelsea.gouty@knoxcounty.org

Adrien Jones
Program Manager, Maternal and Child Health
Knox County Health Department
140 Dameron Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37917
Phone: Office: 865-215-5819
Cell: 731-445-6938
Email: adrien.jones@knoxcounty.org

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
21 #Infant Deaths

Davidson County FIMR

Program Contact

Heather Snell
Fetal Infant Mortality Review Director
Metro Nashville Public Health Department
2500 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209
Phone: 615-340-0552
Fax: 615-340-0552
Email: Heather.Snell@nashville.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
43 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
15 #Infant Deaths

Shelby County

Program Contact

Janai Walton
FIMR, Manager
Shelby County Health Department
814 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901-222-9263
Fax: 901-222-7995
Email: Janai.Walton@shelbycountytn.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
11 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
40 #Infant Deaths

Utah

Utah has one local program:

Perinatal Mortality Review Committee

Program Contact

Suzanne Smith
Perinatal Mortality Review Coordinator
Utah Department of Health and Human Services
3760 Highland Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84106
Phone: 801-273-2868
Fax: 801-536-0483
Email: suzannesmith@utah.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Regional or multiple county reviews

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
60 #Infant Deaths

Washington

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a single county

Program Contact

Lisa Ostler BSN, RN, NC-BC
CDR/FIMR Coordinator & Injury/Violence Prevention
Thurston County PHSS
412 Lilly Rd NE
Olympia, WA 98506
Phone: 360-789-7718
Email: lisa.m.ostler@co.thurston.wa.us

West Virginia

State Contact

Dedriell D. Taylor, Ed.D., MSM-HCA
Program Director
Office of Maternal, Child, and Family Health (OMCFH)
Bureau for Public Health
West Virginia Department of Health
Phone: 304-414-0534
Email: dedriell.d.taylor@wv.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
No

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Other catchment area: Statewide by year of death

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
150 #Infant Deaths

Wisconsin

States Contact

Joanna O’Donnell
Project Coordinator
Children’s Health Alliance of WI
6737 W. Washington St. Suite 1111
West Allis, WI 53214
Phone: (414) 337-4560
Fax: (414) 266-4876
Email: JODonnell@childrenswi.org

Program Description

FIMR programs in Wisconsin are administered through the Department of Health and Family Services, which supports local FIMR programs in the following locations:

Dane County

Program Contact

Sarah Huges
Public Health Supervisor
Public Health Madison and Dane County
2300 S. Park St. Suite 2010
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: 608-243-0404
Fax: 608-266-4858
Email: SHughes@publichealthmdc.com

Secondary contact:
Hannah Huset
Public Health Nurse | Public Health Madison & Dane County
2300 South Park St, Rm 2010, Madison, WI 53713
Phone: (608) 234-8231
Email: HHuset@publichealthmdc.com

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
10 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
10 #Infant Deaths

Milwaukee County

Program Contact

Melissa Seidl
FIMR / Vital Statistics Manager
City of Milwaukee Health Dept
840 N Broadway, Rm 115
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone: 414-286-5012
Fax: 414-286-2036
Email: mseidl@milwaukee.gov

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a county

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
20 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
25 #Infant Deaths

Rock County

Program Contact

Kristi Ferrara
Public Health RN
Rock County Public Health
Janesville WI
Phone: 608-757-5440
Email: kristi.ferrara@co.rock.wi.us

Abbi Brown
Rock County Public Health
Public Health Nurse
Phone: 608-364-2010
Email: Abbigail.brown@co.rock.wi.us

District of Columbia

Program Description

Administration

The typical FIMR operates as a two tiered system, with a Community Review Team (CRT) and a separate Community Action Team (CAT). The CAT is often charged with taking the recommendations of the CRT and putting them into action. Does your FIMR use a two tiered system with a functioning CAT?
Yes

Reviews

What is the catchment area for your FIMR program?
Reviews residents of a city

What is the average number of cases reviewed by your FIMR team annually?
0 #Stillbirths/Fetal Deaths
40 #Infant Deaths

Program Contact

Jenna Beebe-Aryee
Supervisory Fatality Review Program Manager
D.C Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
401 E. Street SW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20024
Phone: 202-465-6989
Fax: 202-698-9102
Email: jenna.beebe-aryee@dc.gov