Read the full letter - PDF MMHLA authored a letter (with over 125 additional organizations signing on) to the Senate Appropriations Committee encouraging funding of a Maternal Mental Health Hotline at $3.5 million. The [...]
MMHLA is seeking an intern -- preferably a graduate student in public health, public policy, or nonprofit management -- to assist in launching a multi-disciplinary Advisory Committee. The intern will work approximately 10 hours a week. This is [...]
Comments Organization Letter In July 2020, the Child and Adult Core Set Annual Review Stakeholder WorkGroup (“the Workgroup”) met to assess the Core Set of performance measurements used by Medicaid and CHIP (The Children’s [...]
Learn More Here MMHLA has been selected by the Perigee Fund for a Policy and Advocacy Capacity Building Grant. This transformational multi-year commitment will bring together MMHLA and sister organizations 2020Mom and Postpartum Support International to [...]
MMHLA is excited to release a set of Fact Sheets on maternal mental health and related topics. These Fact Sheets provide easy-to-understand information on a wide range of topics, including: Maternal Mental [...]
MMHLA took the lead in gathering 40 like-minded organizations to ask Congress to support maternal metnal health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the letter to House Appropriations leadership HERE. The current pandemic has created significant stress and anxiety for pregnant [...]
Maternal Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Virtual Congressional Briefing May 19, 2020 1:30 -- 2:30 pm EDT The pandemic is impacting mental health, especially of new mothers and mothers-to-be, with a disproportionate impact on women of color [...]
UPDATE ON COVID-19 & MATERNAL HEALTH April 3, 2020 MMHLA'S NEW CORONAVIRUS WEBPAGE MMHLA's CORONAVIRUS webpage is a one-stop shop for information about COVID-19 and its impact on maternal health and maternal mental health. View Newsletter [...]
Here’s a roundup of information and resources regarding coronavirus and maternal health. Learn More
Black mothers are dying at THREE TIMES the rate of white women in the United States. To address this important issue, members of Congress, led by the Black Maternal Health Caucus, have introduced a series of bills [...]
