New Haven MOMS Partnership

The purpose of this project is to expand and enhance the New Haven Mental health Outreach for
Mothers (MOMs) Coalition beyond pregnancy and depression to include a broader definition of
mental illness (depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders), and a larger target
population (low-income, racially and ethnically diverse, pregnant and parenting women) in the
City of New Haven. Through this expansion, the Coalition will bring together the community of
women, their families and advocates, healthcare providers, policy and agency leaders, and
academics, to inform the development and conduct of public health approaches around the
mental health of low-income, racially and ethnically diverse, pregnant and parenting women.
The specific goals of this Phase I proposal are:

1. To conduct a community-led needs assessment on the mental health of low-income,
ethnically and racially diverse pregnant and parenting women in the City of New Haven.

2. To provide randomized intervention services to improve signs/symptoms of
depression/stress/trauma among mothers living in public housing in New Haven, CT

Inclusion Criteria:

- CES-D score >=16

- Child under the age of 18 (participant must be a mother)

- Resident of public housing authority complex in New Haven, CT or an affiliated Section
8 recipient

Exclusion Criteria:

- Positive for psychosis

- Active suicidal ideation

- Non-English or Spanish speakers

- Unable to provide informed consent

- Unwilling to accept randomization

- Moving within the intervention & follow-up period