Over $1M Awarded to Initiate Perinatal Behavioral Health Consultation and Access Programs Across Pennsylvania
2024年7月30日 - 2:37AM
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With funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services
and the Pennsylvania Department of Health, the Jewish Healthcare
Foundation (JHF) has awarded over $1 million across three regional
grantees to standup a statewide perinatal behavioral health
consultation and access program for providers in prenatal,
labor/delivery, and postpartum care settings.
Earlier this year, Thriving PA released a report about Perinatal
Psychiatric Access Programs, and over 25 maternal health groups
across Pennsylvania prioritized this program in a collective plan
in response to substance use disorders and mental health conditions
continuing to be the leading causes of pregnancy-related deaths in
Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania will become the 30th state with this
type of program.
The goals of the Perinatal Behavioral Health Consultation &
Access Program during its first implementation year include
creating the consultation, resource referral, and educational
services for perinatal providers, educating providers about the
services, and developing provider-to-provider relationships to
achieve effective utilization of the services.
The regional grantees include:
- Southwest and Northwest: UPMC Western Psychiatric in
partnership with UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
- Lehigh/Capital and Northeast: Penn State University Hershey
Medical Center
- Southeast: Philadelphia Department of Public Health in
partnership with Penn Medicine’s Center for Addiction Medicine and
Policy and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
JHF is operating as the fiscal agent for federal Coronavirus
State Fiscal Recovery Funds provided through the Pennsylvania
Department of Human Services to reduce maternal mortality, reduce
maternal morbidity, and/or support new families in Pennsylvania.
Funding for this program was also made available through the
Pennsylvania Department of Health’s CDC grant, “Preventing Maternal
Deaths: Supporting Maternal Mortality Review Committees.”
About the Jewish Healthcare Foundation
The Jewish Healthcare Foundation (JHF) and its three operating
arms — the Pittsburgh Regional Health Initiative (PRHI), Health
Careers Futures (HCF), and the Women's Health Activist Movement
Global (WHAMglobal) — offer a unique brand of activist philanthropy
to advance healthcare innovation, advocacy, collaboration, and
education in the interest of better health. For more information,
visit jhf.org.
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