PIKE COUNTY, PA — The Wright Center for Community Health has received a nearly $60,000 grant to expand treatment and recovery services in Pike County for pregnant women and new mothers with substance use disorders.

 The funding will support the Healthy Maternal Opiate Medical Support (Healthy MOMS) program, a multi-agency effort that The Wright Center co-founded five years ago to help combat the opioid crisis. 

The program serves women and their families throughout much of Northeast Pennsylvania.

 The newly awarded grant will be used to assist Pike County Children and Youth Services’ clients who are referred to the program. The support was provided by two federal agencies—the Administration for Children and Families and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration—and was made available through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services and Pike County. 

 Healthy MOMS aims to help pregnant women and new mothers achieve and maintain sobriety. To date, it has supported more than 450 mothers and 233 babies.

 Participants are offered blanket services, including medication-assisted treatment and addiction services, primary health care, OB-GYN care, counseling, parenting tips, legal advice and various other supports. Each mom ideally remains engaged in the program until her child turns two years old.

More information about the project and its partners is available at HealthyMOMS.org or by calling 570/995-7821.