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Maternal Mental Health Resource Center
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What Makes Us Unique
We have expertise in the role healthcare payers (employers and state Medicaid agencies), health insurers, and managed care organizations have in effectuating change in the U.S. health delivery system.
We have a track record for both collaborating with and convening multiple cross-sector stakeholders to advance maternal mental health policy solutions, and for further prioritizing maternal mental health for these partners through legislative change.
What Makes Us Unique
We have expertise in the role healthcare payers (employers and state Medicaid agencies), health insurers, and managed care organizations have in effectuating change in the U.S. health delivery system.
We have a track record for both collaborating with and convening multiple cross-sector stakeholders to advance maternal mental health policy solutions, and for further prioritizing maternal mental health for these partners through legislative change.
What Makes Us Unique
We have expertise in the role healthcare payers (employers and state Medicaid agencies), health insurers, and managed care organizations have in effectuating change in the U.S. health delivery system.
We have a track record for both collaborating with and convening multiple cross-sector stakeholders to advance maternal mental health policy solutions, and for further prioritizing maternal mental health for these partners through legislative change.
What Makes Us Unique
We have expertise in the role healthcare payers (employers and state Medicaid agencies), health insurers, and managed care organizations have in effectuating change in the U.S. health delivery system.
We have a track record for both collaborating with and convening multiple cross-sector stakeholders to advance maternal mental health policy solutions, and for further prioritizing maternal mental health for these partners through legislative change.
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improving Mental Health
Finding meaning and connection with your baby
- Women who find meaning in their loss report decreased mental distress, increased marital satisfaction, ongoing bonds with their deceased child, and better physical health (Caccitore, 2013; Jaffe, 2014).
- It is not uncommon for mothers to remain connected to their baby and continue the relationship through ritual for many years after the death of their baby (Caccitore, 2013; Cote_Arsenault & Mahlangu, 1999; Jaffe, 2014; Uren & Wastell, 2002).
- Parents feel empowered when they create their own rituals to maintain this connection (Brin, 2004).
- It may take many years to come to a sense of meaning and experience healing (Caccitore & Bushfield, 2007).
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2020 Mom is Working to Propel Use of Certified Peer Specialists
To augment well established behavioral health treatment professional shortages, to provide those in need with a trusted and knowledgeable support, to provide those with lived experience meaningful and needed paid work opportunities, and to build the capacity of obstetric providers (who are serving as the maternal medical home) in addressing maternal mental health disorders, 2020 Mom is proud to be propelling the training and employment of state-certified peer specialists.
With philanthropic support, two studies have been conducted or launched.
Team
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Joy Burkhard, MBA
CEO
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Rebecca Britt, MA
Director of Communications and Impact
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Cindy Herrick, MA, PMH-C, CPSS, MHFA
Senior Editorial and Research Manager
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Brooke Lerman
Board of Directors Project Manager
Joy Burkhard, MBA
CEO
Joy founded the Policy Center after experiencing failures of our healthcare “system” through the birth of her first child and losing a family member to suicide. She began to see a path forward, with her volunteer state policy experience and nearly 25 years working for a large health insurer. She has unparalleled expertise in understanding the complexities of U.S. healthcare and the levers for improvement, including payment, measurement/quality improvement, and health policy, which serves as the foundation for our work. Joy is a highly respected collaborator and passionate advocate, recognized as a go-to authority on maternal mental health.
Rebecca Britt, MA
Director of Communications and Impact
Rebecca joined PCMMH after leading the strategic planning work for the Policy Center, aligning strategic goals with streamlined processes and evaluative measures to optimize our programs. With a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work and background as a social worker, she brings understanding of the need for systems-level change. As Director of Communications and Impact, Rebecca ensures effective communication of our research and reports. She has supported projects like developing county-level data to illustrate MMH provider shortages and creating state MMH report cards, foundational resources for systems change. Rebecca holds a Master’s in Program Evaluation and a certification in Results-Based Accountability.
Cindy Herrick, MA, PMH-C, CPSS, MHFA
Senior Editorial and Research Manager
As Senior Editorial and Research Manager, Cindy develops publications and briefs that summarize critical research and statistics for the field which include evidence-based clinical and policy recommendations. She brings her lived experience suffering from maternal mental health disorders to the work and is passionate about addressing disparities. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Nursing Science & Healthcare Innovation and is also a certified peer support specialist and certified in Perinatal Mental Health. With over a decade of experience in MMH and a strong academic foundation, Cindy uses her skills to bridge the gap between evidence-based research and policy in MMH.
Brooke Lerman
Board of Directors Project Manager
Brooke joined the Policy Center, formerly 2020 Mom, in 2019 and currently supports the Executive Director and both the Policy Center Board of Directors and Mom Congress Advisory Board. She has enjoyed growing in her Project Management Role. She has a background in Early Childhood Education with a strong emphasis in Special Education, specifically Autism.
Brooke lives in Bend, Oregon, with her loving husband, Dan, whom she married in 2012. She became a new mother in 2019 to a baby girl, Aspen Jade, and welcomed a baby boy, Reed Thomas, in the Fall of 2021. Her personal experience with perinatal and postpartum depression and anxiety with her son has driven her passion for addressing maternal mental health care. In her free time, Brooke treasures time spent outdoors hiking, hunting, mountain biking, and creating memories with family and friends.
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