Maternal Mental Health is our focus
Leadership
meet our board
Anne DeCaire , President
Dani Hamilton, Secretary (Alumna)
Bonnie Porter, Treasurer
Janice Boc Myers, Director of Volunteers
Leah-Kate Lounsbury, Community Engagement
Megan Pegram, Marketing and Volunteer
Emily Smith (Alumna), Woman's Health
Lauren Denis (Alumna), Special Programs
Shawnisha Thomas, Postpartum Support International, Delaware
Development Committee 2026
Zaynah Henry, Alumna
Nathalie Romance, Alumna
Advisors 2026
Margie Kandra (Nemours)
Kathryn M Godfrey (Christiana Care)
2023 - 2025 Past Advisors
Taziah Stanley & Skylar Stafford (cohort 1)
Zelia Taylor-Pearson DNP, RN
The History and founding Program
Impact by engaging
Referring Providers & Ally Community Organizations
- The Birth Center, Holistic Women's Healthcare LLC
- Westside Health
- Serene Minds
- Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence
- Balanced Mind Journey
- Alapocas Collaborative Care
- Good Wellness, Tina Grossman PMHNP, FNP
- Down Syndrome Association of Delaware
- Breastfeeding and More, Inc. Tracy Stadter, RN, IBCLC
- Delawellmoms Amy Didden LCSW
- The Sleep Sister April Russo RN
- All About Women
- Women Living Well
- Lotus Rehabilitation Janelle Antonio PT, DPT, CLT
- Center for Women's Emotional Wellness
- Balanced Breast Feeding
- Sunrise Mental Health & Midwifery, Dawn Moore PMHNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CNM
- Wing Mom of Delaware
- Newark Pediatrics
- Parents As Teachers, Kimberly M. Hardy, M.Ed.
- Sadhana Yoga and Physical Therapy For Women, Dr. Anne Duch
- Saint Francis Women's Center Greenhill, Dr. Nancy Fan
- Pea in the Pod Chiropractics, Dr. Brenda Fairchild
- Samantha Sheffler CD (DONA)
- Rachel Curtis, MA, IBCLC, PMH-C, The Golden Hour Lactation
- Megan Ellow, LCSW, Owner, Nest Counseling
Postpartum Support International - Delaware Chapter https://psichapters.com/de/
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State of Delaware: DEThrives for Pregnancy / Postpartum Resources
Our story
President Biden signed the nearly $1.9 trillion dollar American Rescue Plan Act to provide COVID-19 relief to Americans. On December 1, 2021 Governor John Carney and Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long created a community-based mental health service fund. This funding supports the delivery of mental health services in Delaware communities. From this grant opportunity, Josie's Grace was created to address the amplified mental distress in the perinatal dyad. Josie's Grace elevates the public health and hope of our communities by providing early access and free programming during the fourth trimester. Funding will provide a location and nursing care to new mothers experiencing high stress. This trauma-informed and psychiatric nurse practitioner-developed curriculum is maternal and infant mental health focused.
After the initially funded year, the plan to establish a non-profit for sustainability in our community has begun to shape.
Update: That Parent Place 501c3 attained exempt status as of December 2023.
Provider Bio
Anne DeCaire APRN, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C
Anne earned her Masters of Science in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing at the University of Delaware and has been practicing in Delaware as a nurse in pediatrics, preconception health, behavioral health and psychiatry for over 20 years. Anne is the President of Perinatal Prana LLC, a community-based maternal and infant mental health company that was established post-pandemic early 2022. Josie's Grace is an ARPA grant-funded program with the potential to develop into more extensive programming based on outcomes and feedback of the women and infants it will serve of Delaware.
Provider and Patient Resources on Maternal Mental Illness
Postpartum support international
Local, national and international support for all birthing people, families and communities impacted by mental illness, disparities, isolation and more.....
Delaware Therapists for Mamas / Birthing Persons of Color
Local therapy support listserve for the BIPOC communities of Delaware
MGH - Harvard Center for Womens Mental Health
This website provides a range of current information including discussion of new research findings in women’s mental health and how such investigations inform day-to-day clinical practice.
NIMH - Maternal Suidice Rates / Perinatal Period
A 2017 report highlighting maternal mortality data from 2008 to 2017 collected by nine states showed that suicide accounted for 6.5% of maternal deaths.