Framework For Change

In 2015, with funding from two private foundations, 2020 Mom convened a multi-stakeholder task force that ran for 18 months, combed through research and heard from experts around the U.S. The framework noted important gaps in maternal mental health including national and state gaps, and the role that trade associations, government and others must play to close them. The detailed paper and action plan, inclusive of California data, as well as national research, was issued in 2017 and has propelled change across the U.S.

The non-profit received a second grant to distribute the paper, request written responses from key stakeholders named in the paper, and to track progress. A follow-up report on progress was issued in late 2019, highlighting key progress including updates on position statements from national bodies like the U.S. Preventive Services Taskforce and the American Medical Association; development of a HEDIS measure to monitor state and national maternal depression screening rates, and more.