The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) awarded a $2,499,925 Project Grant under the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance (CFDA 93.243) program to the Comanche County Hospital Authority, doing business as Comanche County Memorial Hospital, located in Lawton, Oklahoma. The grant will fund the Lawton Community Health Center Maternal Behavioral Health Services program, which aims to establish a network of maternal behavioral health care, strengthen community referral pathways, and improve maternal behavioral health outcomes and reduce mortality in the perinatal and postpartum period. Key aspects of the program include: 1) Establishing a dedicated behavioral health team to provide maternal mental health and substance use services, 2) Engaging a perinatal addiction medicine physician to provide medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder and specialized mental health/substance use services, 3) Training clinic staff on stigma reduction and engagement strategies, 4) Offering travel vouchers and cost coverage to address financial barriers to maternal behavioral health care access, and 5) Developing a regional infrastructure and clinician training to improve screening, identification, assessment, referral, and follow-up for perinatal and postpartum individuals. Over the 5-year project period, the program aims to serve 4,550 pregnant and postpartum individuals in the 12-county service area in Southwest Oklahoma.
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