Maternal Opioid Medical Support (MOMS)
Healing from substance use disorder (SUD) takes a network of treatment and resources that focuses on the whole family. The Hoops Family Children’s Hospital at Cabell Huntington Hospital has created a program that begins once a mother gives birth and provides comprehensive SUD treatment services that promotes the bonding between mother and baby.
The Maternal Opioid Medication Support (MOMS) program was developed to provide SUD treatment services to postpartum women while their babies are recovering from neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), which is withdrawal from certain substances that babies were exposed to before birth, in the Neonatal Therapeutic Unit (NTU). Women in the Maternal Addiction and Recovery Center (MARC) at Marshall Health are transferred to the MOMS program after they give birth.
Services provided:
- Medication-Assisted Therapy
- Women's Health Services
- Contraception
- Individual Counseling
- Case Management
- Pastoral Care
The goal is to provide medication stabilization, psychological and medical treatment, education and training that will create a solid foundation for a healthy, productive lifestyle that will benefit the mother and the whole family. This education includes a team of experts who address the specific needs of each mother and cover everything from counseling to occupational rehabilitation with a goal to end the cycle of addiction.
Mothers may stay in treatment as long as they wish, and are housed adjacent to the NTU to promote bonding with their child.
The MOMS program is funded through grants and donations. For more information about the MOMS program, please call 304-399-1623.