Missouri Maternal Health Action Network - MHAN

01/19/2026

No markets on MLK Day but we'll be back Tuesday through Thursday this week! Check out the schedule and come shop for affordable, nourishing food close to home. We can’t wait to see you!

01/19/2026

01/18/2026

🌟 Calling All Peer Specialist Supervisors!
This training is designed for both current and aspiring CPS supervisors. Gain the knowledge and tools needed to effectively support your team.

👉 What you’ll need:
✅ Technology to watch 4 training videos
✅ Access to join a Zoom meeting

Don’t wait—sign up today: https://rpb.li/es9AM

01/18/2026

Here is this week's mobile line-up. Please share! Any adjustments due to weather will be posted in the comments.

For other options or questions about the events or schedule, please visit: https://stlfoodbank.org/events/.

Verification of personal information is not required to participate. All are welcome to receive food while supplies last.

01/17/2026

For those who have felt a pull toward birth work, ancestral care, and community healing, this is an opportunity to learn more before taking the next step.

Okunsola’s School of Traditional Midwifery is hosting a virtual Interest Circle for those who want to understand the program, the commitment, and the responsibility of this work in deepening cultural midwifery care. This space is designed to share how the school is structured, what training looks like, and who this path is meant for, with time for questions and conversation.

Virtual Interest Circle dates
Sunday, January 18 at 2:00 PM CST
Sunday, February 1 at 4:00 PM CST

Registration is available through the link on our website under “Become a Midwife” at jamaabirthvillage.org

01/17/2026

Missouri has approved a recovery high school for Kansas City teens battling addiction.

01/16/2026

✨ Check out this week’s Weekly Snapshot! ✨

Every week, the Maternal Health Action Network (MHAN) works to keep you in the know by highlighting key system updates, organizational news, upcoming events, training and professional development opportunities, and resources from across Missouri.

View the full Snapshot at https://moactionnetwork.org/weekly-snapshot-55/

💡 THIS WEEK’S TOP STORIES:

🎉 Network Milestones: MHAN Recognized as an Emerging Practice by AMCHP
MHAN has been formally acknowledged as an Emerging Practice, recognizing leadership in community to clinical integration, lived experience engagement, and statewide maternal health systems building.

🏛️ A Foundation for Growth: Governor Kehoe’s 2026 State of the State Address
Governor Kehoe shared his 2026 priorities and FY 2027 budget proposal, emphasizing fiscal responsibility, economic growth, and continued investment in services that support Missouri families.

📝 Proposed Federal Register Data Collection: Public Comment Opportunity
A new Federal Register notice invites public input on a proposed CDC data collection, offering stakeholders an opportunity to help shape future public health data efforts.

💻 Upcoming MHAP Virtual Trainings: Bipolar in the Perinatal Period (Part 2)
Free virtual trainings focused on pharmaceutical and non pharmaceutical management during pregnancy and postpartum, with education credits available.

🧩 2026 Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) Virtual Training Registration Open
Registration is now open for 2026 CPS virtual trainings supporting individuals with lived experience preparing for peer support roles across behavioral health and community settings.

🤝 Help Shape Stronger Postpartum Care in St. Louis
Providers are invited to join virtual focus groups to help improve care coordination and system transitions during the first year after birth.

🌿 Doulas, Who’s Holding You? A Self Care Workshop
A workshop designed to support doula wellbeing through grounding practices, burnout prevention, and sustainable self care tools.

📅 Maternal SUD and NAS Summit Save the Date
Join providers and partners March 31 through April 1, 2026, in Columbia, Missouri, to advance care and collaboration related to maternal substance use disorder and neonatal abstinence syndrome.

🧠 Integrating Harm Reduction Into Health Care for Medicaid Members
A new brief outlines practical strategies for integrating harm reduction approaches into Medicaid serving health care settings.

🤍 ACOG Stillbirth Care Toolkit for Health Professionals
A comprehensive toolkit to support compassionate, patient centered care for families experiencing stillbirth from diagnosis through postpartum and beyond.

➕ And more!

Did you miss last week’s Snapshot? No worries. Stay current on system updates, organizational news, and more by visiting https://moactionnetwork.org/category/weekly-snapshot/

For more information, contact mo_actionnetwork@umkc.edu or visit moactionnetwork.org

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01/15/2026

Missouri Parents Act invites you to join our Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT) — a FREE virtual, multi-day training series focused on employment opportunities and resources for young adults with disabilities.

📅 Virtually over 2 weeks
🗓️ Mondays, Tuesdays & Wednesdays
⏰ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM each day

This training is open to Missouri families, transition-age students, young adults with disabilities, and the professionals who support them.

Training topics include:
• Exploring job possibilities
• Transition to adulthood & the IEP
• Employer and employee supports
• Employment resources & Medicaid
• Working while maintaining benefits
• State & local agency resources

👉 Register today:
🔗 missouriparentsact.org/mofeat

📞 Questions? Call 1-800-743-7634

01/14/2026

01/14/2026

After decades of bipartisan support, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) abruptly issued letters and actions cancelling Congressionally-appropriated grants for lifesaving mental health and substance use programs. Grantees, including Mental Health America affiliates, were notified overnight that their funding would be cut, effective immediately.

Mental Health America strongly urges the Administration to restore, and Congress to protect, hundreds of Federal grants which support su***de and overdose prevention and treatment, maternal health services, first-responder support, and other front-line care for millions of Americans.

Contact your representatives now and urge them to restore funding and protect urgently needed care and support. https://mhanational.salsalabs.org/samhsagrantalert

Read our full statement: https://mhanational.org/news/mental-health-america-urges-congress-to-protect-funding-for-lifesaving-addiction-and-mental-health-services