Perinatal Outreach and Encouragement (for Moms) - POEM
Resource Details
The POEM (Perinatal Outreach & Encouragement for Moms) program offers free parent-to-parent support and connections to mental health care and community resources for moms and birthing persons in Ohio. POEM serves as a single-entry point of care through the perinatal (pregnancy and postpartum) period.
POEM provides a talk/text support line, mentoring, support groups, access to specialized clinical services, and collaboration with MHAOhio’s Get Connected program to aid in housing, legal, and case management needs. The Rise branch of POEM provides services exclusively by and for Black and African American moms and birthing persons.
Working closely with mental health care organizations, providers, advocates, and people seeking mental health resources on a daily basis gives the POEM team a complete picture of maternal mental health. POEM is the only program of its kind, and one of the largest and longest-running Peer-led maternal mental health programs in the U.S.