Cutting-Edge Practice

Improve Perinatal Access Coordination and Treatment: Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH)

State/Jurisdiction: Colorado
Setting: Clinical Community
Population: Families & Caregivers Medical & Public Health Professionals Women & Maternal
Topic Area: Access to Quality Healthcare Safe and Connected Communities Primary & Preventative Care Health Screening Mental Health & Substance Use Workforce Development Data Assessment & Evaluation Community Wellness
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The IMprove Perinatal Access, Coordination, and Treatment: Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH) program strengthens connections and collaboration among organizations serving pregnant and postpartum women—weaving a tight web of support to ensure no family in need of behavioral health services falls through the cracks. Successful behavioral health care doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It’s the product of a collaborative, integrated system that helps people access high-quality services in the places that are right for them. Throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period, parents may receive services from a hospital, a doctor’s office, or other organizations based in the community. IMPACT BH supports these partners in working together—offering training and resources through a collective impact grant program —to make sure families receive the best possible behavioral health care and support.

IMPACT BH is a short-term grant program and set of core strategies which aims to: decrease leading preventable causes of maternal morbidity and mortality, advance maternal and child health outcomes, and support communities in developing seamless transitions of care for their pregnant and newly parenting families. Strategies include comprehensive cross-sector behavioral health screening, increased workforce capacity to effectively respond to perinatal behavioral health, an array of perinatal navigation models, peer support services, and technical assistance and training around perinatal mental health, substance use, improving outcomes, and program sustainability. The program aims to support rural or frontier communities who have less access to behavioral health resources and primarily serves under/uninsured individuals.

IMPACT BH is provided to Colorado counties by Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC) in partnership with Colorado’s Behavioral Health Administration (BHA).

The Perinatal Substance Use Disorder Implementation & Policy Hub project is supported by the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE) and Perigee Fund. The content presented is the responsibility of the featured practices and policies and does not necessarily reflect the views of FORE, Perigee Fund, or AMCHP.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative
Aly Boral
aboral@cpcqc.org

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