NEONATAL OPIOID WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME COALITION
NOWS is a collaboration among healthcare and human service providers across sectors who serve pregnant and parenting people. With backbone support from Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health’s Joining Forces for Children initiative, NOWS works closely with Lancaster County Children and Youth Agency to proactively support families impacted by substance use. This proactive, preventative approach aims to ensure that parents/caregivers have the skills and resources needed to safely parent their children and minimize child welfare involvement.
Our Goals
1
Prevent Substance Use During Pregnancy
2
Mitigate the Impacts of Substance Use During Pregnancy
3
Increase Access to Evidence-Informed & Evidence-Based Family Services
4
Increase Communication Among Providers Across Sectors
5
Reduce Negative Attitudes and Beliefs about People who Use Substances
Our Partners
A Woman's Concern
Align Life Ministries
ARS Treatment Center
Bethany Christian Services
CAP/Parents as Teachers
Compass Mark
Lancaster County Children and Youth
Gaudenzia/Vantage
Healthy Beginnings Plus/STEPS
Joining Forces for Children
Lancaster County Drug and Alcohol Commission
Lancaster County Early Intervention
LGH Addiction Medicine
Nurse Family Partnership
PA National Guard Counterdrug Task Force
Pinnacle Health Lititz NICU
Spanish American Civic Association
Union Community Care
UPMC Lititz
Wellspan
Women & Babies Hospital