In 2022, Mayor Mattie Parker convened a coalition of local leaders to figure out how Tarrant County could best tackle the growing issue of maternal morbidity.

Three years later, in a ballroom at Texas Christian University, she reiterated the importance of confronting an issue like maternal health head-on, quoting advice given to her by her friend and former U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren.

“You can’t romanticize or admire the problem. You have to focus on the solutions,” Parker said.

Monday saw the launch of the North Texas Maternal Health Accelerator , a collaboration to reduce high maternal morbidity rates in the Fort Worth-Dallas region.

The accelerator boasts a coalition of over 120 partner organizations and 11 principal philanthropic partners, which have committed nearly $25 mi

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