Closing Gaps in Maternal Mental Health
The Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health is a national think tank, nonprofit organization advancing policies that support a health care system that routinely detects and treats maternal mental health disorders for every mother, every time.
Today we are pleased to unveil our annual impact report.
Highlights include:
Hosting the 10th Maternal Mental Health FORUM, a 2-day event held in L.A. and webcast across the country, bringing together 650 cross-sector change agents and inspiring change.
Releasing the ‘State of the State Report’ which identified gaps that have been closed and have yet to be closed in Maternal Mental Health.
This week Congress passed the “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021” (aka the COVID Relieve package) a 5000+ page bill. Last year 2020 Mom pushed to secure funding for the Health and Human Services Administration (HHS) to produce a Federal Interagency Report to Congress noting what each agency is doing to address maternal mental health, and what gaps might exist in coordination, resources, etc.
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