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Facing the Hidden Crisis: Maternal Suicide in the U.S.

Maternal suicide is an often overlooked yet leading cause of death in the perinatal period—especially during the first year after childbirth. Despite this, it has historically been undercounted or excluded […]

Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative CEO Annual letter

New Law Expands Paid Family Leave for NICU Parents

Embedding Mental Health in Quality Improvement: How CPCQC is Redefining Perinatal Quality in Colorado

Press Release-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.

Bridging the Gap: CPCQC’s SPARK Initiative and the Future of Postpartum Care in Colorado

This initiative is about more than just discharge instructions and follow-up appointments. It’s about making sure that every birthing person and newborn has access to the right care, at the right time, and with the right support—no matter their zip code, insurance status, or risk factors.

Strengthening Support for New Parents: The IMPACT BH Program Launches in New Communities

PCQC’s IMprove Perinatal Access, Coordination, and Treatment: Behavioral Health program (IMPACT BH) strengthens connections and collaboration among organizations serving pregnant and postpartum people—weaving a tight web of support to ensure no family in need of behavioral health services falls through the cracks.

Championing Maternal Well-Being: CPCQC Contributes to National Strategy On Maternal Mental Health

As Colorado’s Perinatal Quality Collaborative, CPCQC participated in the National Task Force on Maternal Mental Health to advocate for the unique needs of Colorado mothers, birthing people, infants, and families.

Birth is Just the Beginning: Matrescence and Maternal Health Quality

Becoming a mother is a huge, complicated life transition that can shake every fiber of a person’s being. The process even has its own name: matrescence.

Reductions in Cesarean Rates for Low-Risk Patients

In 2024, the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC) innovatively revamped its SOAR Primary Cesarean Reduction program into a one-year, intensive learning collaborative.

CPCQC Welcomes FAMLI in 2024

As an organization, we are proud of Colorado for prioritizing equitable access to paid family leave during the early postpartum period through FAMLI.

Bridging the Gap: The State of Rural Maternal Health in Colorado

Despite the state’s robust health care industry, there are still persistent maternal health disparities in certain areas, which puts some expectant mothers at a disadvantage.

Our Primary Cesarean Program is Planning a Re-launch in 2024

While cesarean deliveries can be lifesaving, there is no evidence that the high instance of cesareans in the United States (1 in 3 births) reduces infant or maternal morbidity and mortality. On the contrary, evidence shows cesarean sections are overused, putting some birthing people and infants at needless risk.

The Power of Partnerships

This fall, CPCQC gathered with partners across the state at the CHoSEN Forum. The semi-annual convening brought providers, organizations, and policymakers together to improve perinatal substance use outcomes.

Celebrating Tough as a Mother —3 Years of Empowering Moms in Recovery

Launched on Mother’s Day 2020, Tough as a Mother is a statewide campaign connecting pregnant and parenting mothers to substance use disorder treatment services and recovery support within their communities.

Working Together to Reduce Maternal Suicide

Improving outcomes for pregnant and postpartum people–especially those experiencing the greatest disparities–requires collectively investing in systems-level change.

Shifting the Curve to Reduce Maternal Mortality

We are awaiting the anticipated release of data and recommendations from Colorado’s Maternal Mortality Review Committee (MMRC) on pregnancy-associated and pregnancy-related deaths. However, from previously released reports and national trends, we have an idea of what the data will show.

Racial Disparities in Colorado Maternal Outcomes: A Call to Action

Recent data shows sobering statistics of increased rates of maternal mortality and persisting racial disparities nationwide. This data reminds us that we have so much more work to do to improve equity to access and care for moms, birthing people, and their babies across our country and in our state.

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