Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative Responds to the Closure of Obstetric Services at Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center
As Colorado’s leading institution dedicated to improving perinatal health outcomes for mothers and infants, the Colorado Perinatal Care Quality Collaborative (CPCQC) responded to the Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center (AVRMC) announcement of the closure of its obstetric services, effective April 30, 2025.
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.
SB24-175, Improving Perinatal Health Outcomes, Is Signed Into Law!
The new law allocates $1.3 million dollars to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for use by the prevention services division to address inequities in care and disparate outcomes among birthing people and their infants.
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.
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.