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BloomWorks to run targeted sprints to improve family-centered perinatal SUD care
Summary
BloomWorks outlined three planned 12-week discovery sprints focused on family-centered perinatal substance-use treatment, targeting regionally grounded, actionable recommendations to increase capacity and reduce barriers such as eligibility limits and fear of child-welfare involvement.
BloomWorks told the work group it will launch a set of focused discovery sprints to identify short-term, implementable improvements to family-centered perinatal substance-use disorder (SUD) care.
Daniel (BloomWorks) described a North Star of ensuring people can find and engage in culturally responsive, family-centered care without fear of punitive consequences. The three sprints will center (1) family experience seeking care, (2) provider experience and constraints, and (3) a flexible sprint to follow up on priority findings. Work will be place-based, likely in a single region, to produce deep, actionable insights and artifacts such as journey maps and provider workflow diagrams.
BloomWorks noted persistent barriers: limited capacity (especially residential beds and pregnancy/postpartum programs), eligibility and access barriers, long wait lists, and families' fear of child-welfare involvement. The team said they are coordinating with Health Care Authority, Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and other partners to explore levers such as funding, reimbursement, workforce and regulatory changes.
Members asked how the work will connect with statewide efforts, including the governor's child-welfare work group and inventories of services; BloomWorks said it will align with those inventories and share findings to inform statewide action. The team aims to start the first sprint in July and to share interim results with the work group as they emerge.
BloomWorks asked for help from the group in identifying local partners and agencies to ground the place-based work and in ensuring perspectives from people with the greatest barriers are included.
