Washington
Updated: June 2026
- Name of MHI Grantee Site: Washington State Department of Health
- State: Washington
- Organization Type: Title V, Health Department
- HRSA Grant Service Areas/Priorities: Urban, Rural, Tribal
- MHI Key Contact: Caroline Sedano
- MHI Key Contact Email: caroline.sedano@doh.wa.gov
- MHI Grantee/Taskforce Website: https://doh.wa.gov/you-and-your-family/womens-health/washington-state-perinatal-collaborative-wspc
Current Innovations:
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Innovation Description |
Category Topic(s) |
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Built tribal RFA process designed and guided by Indigenous community members (Contracts executed and & Tribal partners are now carrying out the work in their contracts). |
Community Engagement – Tribal & Indigenous Engagement Community Engagement – Community Led & Culturally Rooted Approaches |
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Blue Bands Initiative (Hypertension & Preeclampsia) implementation. |
Community Engagement – Patient Education & Engagement Direct Clinical Care – AIM Patient Safety Bundles & QI Initiatives |
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Birth Center Support Grants to address critical needs. |
Direct Clinical Care – Integrated Care Models Community Engagement – Community Grants |
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Public MHI Data Snapshots for each task force priority area. |
Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Public Dashboards & Scorecards |
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Rural Hospital Obstetric Simulation Training. |
Workforce Training – Simulations & OB Emergency Preparedness Community Engagement – Rural Engagement |
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Creation of a rural nursing pathway for nursing students at 2 nursing schools. |
Workforce Training – General Workforce Development Community Engagement – Rural Engagement |
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Medicaid Behavioral Health “Discovery Sprint” (barriers mental health providers face working with Medicaid). |
Maternal Health Data Enhancements – Non-Medical Health Data Collection |
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Perinatal Mental Health Toolkits – Collaboration with Washington’s Health Care Authority to develop a series of evidence-based toolkits to support providers in caring for individuals during pregnancy and the first year postpartum. These easy-to-use resources focus on some of the most common behavioral health challenges in the perinatal period. |
Workforce Training – Mental Health & Substance Use Trainings |
Resources
- Coming soon!
