Comprehensive residential treatment programs for pregnant and postpartum women and their children and family members are getting funding support from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

SAMHSA recently awarded eight grants totaling $10.6 million over three years to provide comprehensive residential treatment services -- including links to primary care, mental health and social services -- for pregnant and postpartum women.

"When a mother is affected by alcohol or drug use, the whole family is affected," noted Assistant Surgeon General Eric Broderick, DDS, MPH, acting deputy director of SAMHSA. "These grants not only focus on the treatment needs of the mother, they also facilitate recovery and build resilience for every member of the family."

Grantees included:

• the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, which received $375,000 in first-year funding to expand the capacity of Arkansas CARES;
• PROTOTYPES in Culver City, Calif., which received $500,000 to expand availability of comprehensive, integrated, high-quality residential substance abuse treatment services for low-income women, ages 18 and over;
• Mental Health Systems (MHS), Inc., of San Diego, awarded $500,000 to deliver evidence-based interventions and support services;
• Walden House, Inc., of San Francisco, awarded $434,311 in first-year funding to support the Liberating Our Families from Drugs and Incarceration (LOFFDI) Program;
• Village South, Inc., of Miami, Fla., which received $250,000 to expand its Families in Transition Program;
• Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Inc., of Fall River, Mass., which received $500,000 to promote the expansion of the SSTARBIRTH Pregnant and Postpartum Women's Program;
• Heartland Family Service of Omaha, Neb., which got $465,699 to develop a residential treatment center for pregnant women and women parenting young children; and
• LifeWorks NW of Portland, Ore., which received $500,000 in first-year grant funding for its Project Network, which serves African-American women with addictions and mental illness.