St. David's Foundation Awards $2.04M to Four Hays County Perinatal-Care Organizations, Including CommuniCare Health Centers

St. David's Foundation awarded four grants totaling $2.04 million (announced April 13, 2026) to Hays County organizations providing perinatal care, part of a broader rural-focused shift after initially concentrating funding in Travis County. CommuniCare Health Centers (FQHC) will use its grant to expand rural Hays County services and bring its 'centering' group prenatal-care model — which gathers pregnant patients with similar due dates from higher-risk populations for shared prenatal visits — into the rural part of the county; the three other grantees are Community Action Inc. of Central Texas (home visiting), HEAL Alliance, and Hill Country Women's Health Collective (new providers, expanded ultrasound services, enhanced Spanish-language interpretation, and support for low-risk home births).

The grants respond to a documented gap: 25.6% of expecting mothers in Hays County received no first-trimester prenatal care in 2024, per Texas Department of State Health Services data.