Learning Collaborative: Perinatal Care & Maternal Support

According to the Perigee Fund Maternal Mental Health report, millions of mothers, pregnant women, and birthing people experience mood disorders, anxiety, depression, or trauma-related challenges each year. These issues affect not only the parent, but also children’s social-emotional, cognitive, and physical development.

This Learning Collaborative will highlight innovative programs and statewide efforts to better support perinatal behavioral health:

• The Perigee Foundation will share their statewide work to advance perinatal behavioral-health support.
• Benton-Franklin Health District’s Perinatal Health Collaborative will discuss their regional initiatives in the Tri-Cities area.
• The PERC Center (UW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences) will provide strategies and resources for practitioners supporting parents facing mental-health or substance-use concerns.
• Perinatal Support Washington will highlight peer-support programs available to parents experiencing behavioral-health challenges.

Join this discussion to explore how our community can build stronger, more coordinated systems of care for expecting and postpartum parents. Register now.