About us
About us
Our Mission
We are committed to developing a sustainable statewide infrastructure that coordinates, strengthens, and supports services that improve behavioral health outcomes for mothers, children and families affected by perinatal substance use.
Our Vision
Our vision is to open doors to a seamless network of coordinated services that will support and improve behavioral health outcomes for mothers, children and families affected by perinatal substance use and put them on a path of healthier living.
Our Structure
Three governing bodies inform and guide the Missouri Maternal Health Action Network. These include the Moms’ Advocacy Network, the Planning Committee, and the Steering Committee.
Missouri Maternal Health Action Network
The Action Network is comprised of key stakeholders and strategic partners such as service providers, organizations, and mothers with lived experience from across the state of Missouri. The Action Network works to develop action plans and recommendations to foster effective cross-system collaborations and address barriers preventing mothers affected by substance use from receiving needed services, aiming to improve behavioral health outcomes for mothers, children, and families affected by perinatal substance use.
The Moms’ Advocacy Network
A leadership and self-advocacy group made of mothers from across the state of Missouri who have been affected by substance use. Their collective voice, experiences, perspectives, and knowledge guide the direction of the Missouri Maternal Health Action Network.
The Planning Committee
Workgroup chairs working alongside the Mom Advocacy Leader who actively oversee specific long or short-term initiatives with the primary responsibility of advising core priority workgroups in developing strategic action plans and recommendations.
The Steering Committee
Comprised of system leaders and key stakeholders who help steer the overall direction of the Action Network toward system change. The Steering Committee provides system updates and assists in establishing intentional collaborations and strategic action plans.
CORE PRIORITY WORKGROUPS
Action Network members who serve to develop strategic action plans and recommendations for Missouri-specific core priority areas, as decided by the Moms’ Advocacy Network, the Planning Committee, and the Steering Committee.
Workgroups establish intentional collaborations and strategic action plans to address:
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- Barriers affecting cross-system collaboration.
- Delivery of support services to mothers affected by substance use.
- Access and navigation of support services to mothers affected by substance use.
CORE PRIORITY areas
Education Access and Quality
Environment and Economic Circumstances
Social and Community Context
System Capacity and Legislative Policy
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Workgroups are made of Action Network members who serve to develop strategic action plans and recommendations for Missouri-specific core priority areas, as decided by the Moms’ Advocacy Network, the Planning Committee, and the Steering Committee.
Workgroups establish intentional collaborations and strategic action plans to address:
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- Barriers affecting cross-system collaboration.
- Delivery of support services to mothers affected by substance use.
- Access and navigation of support services to mothers affected by substance use.
The Planning Committee is comprised of workgroup chairs working alongside the Mom Advocacy Leader and are responsible for identifying key points of interest to help guide the direction of the Action Network. The Planning Committee works to identify gaps and barriers preventing systems from providing and mothers affected by perinatal substance use from receiving needed services.
Danielle Chiang, Ph. D, and Bryce Starr, M.S., lead the overall work of the Missouri Maternal Health Action Network as employees of the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Institute for Human Development. They collaborate with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Title V supporting maternal and child health.
Key Stakeholders
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-KANSAS CITY
INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
missouri department of health and senior services (DHSS)
The Uplift Connection
ties program
Strategic Partners
- Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO)
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
- Addiction Recovery Program at CMH/Dallas County Live Well Alliance
- Advocacy 360
- Amethyst Place
- Andrew County Health Department
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- Behavioral Health Network of Greater St. Louis (BHN)
- Center for Excellence in CHILD Well-being
- Children’s Mercy Hospital
- Clay County Public Health Center
- Community Health Worker Association of Missouri
- Cornerstones of Care
- Cottonwood Springs Hospital
- Dallas County Health Department
- Generate Health
- HCC Network
- Jackson County Health Department
- Macon County Health Department
- Madison County Health Department
- March of Dimes
- Missouri Association of School Nurses
- Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium
- Missouri Child Psychiatry Access Project (MO-CPAP)
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood
- Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood, Quality Programs
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS)
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH)
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH), Bureau of Community Health and Wellness
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH), Bureau of Genetics and Healthy Childhood (GHC)
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH), Healthy Families and Youth
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH), Healthy Families and Youth
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Division of Community and Public Health (DCPH), Section for Women’s Health (SWH)
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Office of Dental Health
- Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS), Title V
- Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH)
- Missouri Department of Mental Health, Behavioral Health Division, Children’s Services
- Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS)
- Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), Family Support Division
- Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS), Managed Care
- Missouri Family Partnership
- Missouri Hospital Association
- Missouri Primary Care Association
- Missouri Rural Health Association
- Missouri WIC
- Nurses for Newborns
- Nurture KC
- Office of Community Health Improvement
- Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)
- Pettis County Health Center
- Promise 1000
- Simply Strategy
- Springfield/Greene County Health Department
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- St. Louis Integrated Health Network
- St. Louis University, College for Public Health and Social Justice, MCH Center for Excellence
- St. Luke’s Hospital
- United 4 Children
- University of Missouri-Kansas City
- Uzazi Village
- Washington University, Center for Health Economics and Policy
- Washington University, Department of Psychiatry
- Washington University, Department of Psychiatry, iCHASM Lab
- Washington University, School of Medicine
- Washington University, School of Medicine; MFM/ObGyn
- Wyman Center
Our Funding
This project is/was funded in part by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Title V Maternal Child Health Services Multisector Action Network Contract #DH230051861, and is/was supported by the Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant #B04MC47428, Maternal and Child Health Services for $12,834,718, of which $0 is from non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
