The Maternal Mental Health Hotline is a brand new, confidential, toll-free hotline for expecting and recent mothers experiencing mental health challenges. The Hotline provides 24/7 free support via voice and text in English and Spanish (and 60 additional languages via interpreter services). The Hotline is staffed by highly-trained and authorized mental health providers, maternal-child health providers, and peer counselors.

The Hotline was authorized and funded through Into the Light for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Act of 2022

With an initial $3 million investment from the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS), the hotline launched on Mother’s Day, May 8, 2022,The President’s Fiscal Yr 2023 Budget would greater than double this initial investment, allowing the HHS to expand the Maternal Mental Health Hotline’s expert staffing and construct additional capability.

“The Biden-Harris Administration has a daring vision for changing the best way we address, treat and integrate mental health—each out and in of health care settings. This recent Maternal Mental Health Hotline won’t only advance our priorities of tackling the nation’s mental health crisis, but in addition support our efforts to make sure healthy pregnancies and support recent parents.” HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra

CALL OR TEXT: 1-833-TLC-MAMA (1-833-852-6262)

Individuals who contact the hotline shall be offered a variety of support, including transient interventions from trained counselors who’re culturally and trauma-informed, in addition to referrals to each community-based and telehealth providers as needed. Callers will even receive evidence-based information and referrals to support groups and other community resources.

The Maternal Mental Health Hotline reflects the Biden-Harris Administration’s comprehensive approach to improving maternal health and equity because the President and Vice President first took office. HHS can also be funding seven states to support a Screening and Treatment for Maternal Depression Program to expand women’s health care providers’ training in mental health and to offer them with teleconsultation access to mental health specialists to support their patients’ mental health needs.

In its first nine months of operations, the Hotline answered 7,500 contacts from help-seekers (70% by phone, 30% by text).