Author: tjones@cpcqc.org

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Date: Monday, May 21, 2025

Contact: Aly Boral, CPCQC Integrated Care Program Manager, aboral@cpcqc.org 

IMproving Perinatal Access, Coordination, and Treatment Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH) Program to Enhance Perinatal Behavioral Health Services in New Counties

The Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC) is proud to announce the launch of the IMPACT BH program in new counties beginning July 1, 2025. 

Behavioral health plays a central role in perinatal health. Unintentional overdose and suicide accounted for 39% of pregnancy-associated deaths in Colorado from 2016 to 2020, according to the Colorado Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC). In response, CPCQC launched the IMprove Perinatal Access, Coordination, and Treatment for Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH) program in partnership with the Colorado Behavioral Health Administration to serve the 1 in 5 people who are affected by perinatal mental health conditions (PMHCs). 

IMprove Perinatal Access, Coordination, and Treatment: Behavioral Health (IMPACT BH) helps communities strengthen and integrate their local perinatal behavioral health services. The program: enhances a diversity of local perinatal navigation and peer support services; provides perinatal mental health and substance use training to local healthcare providers; and helps integrate local perinatal behavioral health services through improved coordination, communication, and trust. Collectively, IMPACT BH counties work to ensure that no local mother, infant, or family falls through the cracks. 

“CPCQC is excited to introduce the IMPACT BH program to new counties” says Kylie Hibshman, Director of Integrated Behavioral Health at CPCQC. ”Together with our partners, we’re working to ensure that perinatal people access safe, effective, and respectful care from conception through one year postpartum.”