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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Recently, several hospitals were given an award by a MD safety committee for best-run neonatal withdrawal protocols.  I know Hopkins got one and 1-2 community hospitals.  Look it up because it generally implies the presence of a comprehensive program geares at young addicted mothers.  DC maternity scene is complex at the moment due tp the closure of several L&D hospital units.[/quote]

thank you thank you for this info.

we are getting quite involved with Community of Hope and Mary's Place.

There is a lot of info ppl are asking about the gap between her parents death and now. She has spent the last few years technically under the care of an elderly grandmother. But she's been in and out of mental hospitals and rehab and quickly dropped out of a dc high school she was attending. she met her child's father at 90 day program for mental patients/drug users and they moved in together after they got out and it made an awful situation worse as I am sure you can imagine.

I am taking a break from all of this for the next week or so. There is of course the thoughtfulness I need to bring to my own family and tending to the ins and outs of my own small children, but from this week I was frequently reminded of the fact that I legally can't do much of this on her behalf. Phone calls and advocacy has to come from her or services won't be provided in most cases.

through my work I am quite aware of the awful maternity care situation in washington right now for poor women, and I have also been focusing on the incredibly precarious situation at HUD due to the government shut down and how this might affect her future, as she will need those resources. as this shutdown continues it will affect the most vulnerable among us.

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