This summer, Yale Child Study Center's Elevate Policy Lab is turning up the heat on connection, collaboration, and community. As the national steward of the MOMS Partnership®, Elevate is launching a renewed effort to strengthen ties between MOMS teams across the eastern seaboard—and to grow a vibrant, interconnected MOMS Partnership Network.
The goal? To bring together new and established teams to learn from one another, deepen engagement, and keep momentum strong for maternal mental health programming across the country.
The initiative began in June with the first-ever MOMS Partnership Network meeting, a virtual gathering that introduced MOMS staff from eight participating sites and celebrated their shared commitment to supporting moms in their communities. The meeting set the tone for what’s to come: a space where partners can connect, reflect, and grow together.
In July, the network took another big step forward. Elevate launched the first in a series of new biannual check-ins with long-standing MOMS sites, including DC MOMS, Vermont MOMS, and NYC DHS MOMS at BronxWorks. These conversations were more than updates—they were opportunities for bi-directional learning, where teams shared their experiences adapting the MOMS model to meet the needs of their unique populations, and Elevate Policy Lab shared resources, insights, and technical assistance.
Elevate is synthesizing learnings across sites—identifying common threads as well as local innovations—to inform and inspire the entire MOMS Partnership Network. The goal is to create a growing, evolving space for peer learning and support—where MOMS teams don’t just implement a model, but learn and grow together.
As summer continues, so does the energy behind this work. Elevate is committed to nurturing the MOMS Partnership Network as a platform for mutual learning and collaboration—so that together, more mothers, in more communities, can be reached with the support they deserve.