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Workshop F

Patient Care & Best Practices

F4 - New Jersey’s Maternal Wrap Around Program: Intensive Case Management and Recovery Support for Pregnant and Parenting Individuals

Wednesday, October 8, 2025
10:00am - 11:30am EST
Location: Salons A-B
Earn 1.5 CE Hour(s)
Presentation Summary: Pregnant and parenting individuals (PPIs) with substance use disorder (SUD) face many barriers to treatment, including fear of legal or child welfare consequences, stigma, and lack of access to healthcare services. MWRAP alleviates these barriers to services through comprehensive care coordination implemented across all 21 counties, while leveraging the five major timeframes when intervention in the life of substance affected infants (SAI) to reduce potential harm of prenatal substance exposure that could lead to neonatal abstinence syndrome NAS, also promoting maternal health to improve birth outcomes. This presentation provides an overview, highlights best practices, and includes an evaluation of data.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this activity, participants will:
  • Describe the current literature on substance use disorder and pregnancy.
  • Describe the MWRAP program framework and understand the purpose of the program.
  • Assess the impact of the MWRAP program on the maternal and infant health outcomes of participants.