This session highlights how the Montana Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MPQC-AIM) has elevated the role of Patient Family Partners, integrating lived experience into perinatal mental health and substance use initiatives to strengthen program design, engagement, and maternal health outcomes.

Learn how integrated behavioral health in OB/GYN care improves perinatal mental health outcomes for rural patients using the Collaborative Care Model.

Study examining perinatal mental health and social support among rural LGBTQ2S+ parents, highlighting barriers, strengths, and recommendations to improve care, peer support, and community-based interventions.

Discover Montana’s new Community Justice Worker Project, training lay advocates to help families navigate legal challenges—from housing and debt to interpersonal violence and Medicaid—so early intervention can reduce stress and strengthen community support for new parents.