The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution Tuesday to establish a fund aimed at addressing racial disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes.

The Maternal Health Trust Fund, introduced by Supervisor Lisa Gauthier, will allow the county to accept donations used for increasing access to support services for residents who are pregnant or are in the postpartum stages. The services will be directed toward racial and ethnic groups that have shown disproportionate rates of maternal and infant mortality, preterm births and low birth weights.

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.