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Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies

Brie Oliver, RN, executive director

Stephanie Morton, MSW, program manager

SafeSleep for Baby

New partnership with CTF and DPHHS to blanket the state in cribs to reduce Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

SafeSeats for Baby

Resources available to families in need of a car seat or booster.

Linked with technician for safe install.

Period of PURPLE Crying Program *Most parents of newborns learn about PURPLE Crying in

the hospital*Important program for caregivers of babies effected by neonatal abstinence syndrome*Training available.

Mother Love

*Montana-made screening algorithm coming early 2019*Building a peer support network*Keeping a list of support workers with PMAD training

*Training available:….Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders….Child development and untreated/ undiagnosed PMADS….Screening protocol and creating a vetted referral guide

Maternal Mental Health

Building Bridges for Better Births: B4 Coaliton

Working in partnership with the Montana Healthcare Foundation’s Addressing Perinatal Substance Abuse Initiative

Currently funded sites:*St. James in Butte*St. Pat’s and Community in Missoula*Benefis in Great Falls

Providing support, networking, and building collaborations between hospitals and community-based parenting programs working to support families effected by drug and alcohol abuse.

Zero to Five Montana

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HEALTHY & THRIVING

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Zero to Five Strategic Initiative: 2018 – 2023 and beyond

Additional Investors: LocalRegional, Statewide, National and GovernmentFunder

MONTANA

15 – 20 Local

Collaboratives

University of Montana Office of Research

(Fiscal Agent)

❖ Center for Children Families and Workforce

❖ ChildWise

❖ Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies

Headwaters Foundation

Our Relationships

How do we all work together?Headwaters Anchor orgs

UM Office of (Erin)Research, fiscal agent (Reed) Local Local Local Local

Collab. Collab. Collab. Collab. Coord., Coord., Coord., Coord.,

Center for Children & Families. Healthy Mothers, Healthy

BabiesChildwise

All Collaborative Project Manager Research/Policy Team

Coordinator

Advocacy ManagerCommunications Officer

Montana Children’s Data Partnership Program An initiative to increase impact of early childhood efforts,

starting by shared measurements.

Consensus-based decisions made by a curated group representing a broad and diverse stakeholder group.

A project of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, The Montana Coalition

Measure

Prenatal care initiated in 1st trimester

Low birth weight babies

Post-partum visit within 60 days

Access to quality care/early education

3rd grade reading

Immunizations on-time by age 2

Quality well child check

Home visits

0-5 Foster care rates

0-5 Homeless rate

WIC rates

A project of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, The Montana Coalition

Current Opportunities to Collaborate

Join us in:

Our efforts to share measurements across programs, build a data dashboard, and use it across the early childhood and maternal and child health system

Improving awareness of and support for perinatal mood and anxiety disorders and substance use disorders in pregnancy

The Montana ECC to take advantage of opportunities offered by Zero to Five to improve collaboration across Montana

Contact Information

• Brie Oliver, RN, executive director brie@hmhb-mt.org

• Stephanie Morton, MSW, program manager stephanie@hmhb-mt.org

• SafeSleep and SafeSeats program assistant terry@hmhb-mt.org