Perinatal Support Washington

10/16/2026

‼ THIS SUNDAY ‼

Join Perinatal Support Washington for the annual Walk to Remember, a meaningful community gathering to honor babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and other pregnancy and infant losses.

🗓 Sunday, October 18, 2026
🕤 9:30 AM
📍 Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, Renton
🎟 Free to attend (suggested donation appreciated)
📝 Register: perinatalsupport.org/events

💜 Please share this event to help reach families who may need this community.

10/15/2026

🕯️ October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day 🕯️

Today, we honor and remember the babies gone too soon and hold space for everyone who has experienced pregnancy or infant loss. Whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or the loss of a newborn or infant, no one should have to grieve alone.

Join the International Wave of Light by lighting a candle at 7 PM local time tonight and letting it burn for at least one hour in memory of the babies gone too soon. Across the world, these lights remind grieving families that they are seen, loved, and not alone.

At Perinatal Support Washington, we hold space for grief and believe every family deserves compassion, connection, and support.

If you are in need of emotional support, please call our Warm Line at 1-888-404-7763 to speak with a loss peer.

Please join us this Sunday, October 18th at Gene Coulon Park for the Walk to Remember, a community unity event for those affected by pregnancy and infant loss: perinatalsupport.org/events

10/14/2026

PS-WA was honored to receive the 2026 Dads Ally Award at last month's Washington Fatherhood Summit. The award celebrates organizations that support fathers and strengthen families. The nomination specifically called out that PS-WA "has dramatically stepped up their support of, and advocacy on behalf of dads in the past 4 years" including helping hundreds of dads through 1:1 peer support and a weekly dads support group.

In the photos: Nathan Friend, our Warm Line Peer Support Specialist for Dads, gave a plenary talk at the Fatherhood Summit about the importance of supporting dads' mental health during the perinatal period.

Senior Warm Line Program Manager Victoria Cherniak accepted the award from Anne Stone of the Washington Fatherhood Council and Sen. Claire Wilson (30th LD).

The 2026 Fatherhood Summit was planned by the Washington State Fatherhood Council and sponsored by the Departments of Corrections, Health, and Children, Youth and Families.

10/10/2026

Every year on October 10th, we celebrate World Mental Health Day to raise awareness and help break down mental health stigma. This year's theme is "Lived Experiences Heard: Real Voices, Real Change"

The theme's key points include:
💚Lived Experience as Expertise: Centering the voices, perspectives, and wisdom of individuals who have personally experienced mental health conditions, treatment, and recovery.
💚Policy and Service Shaping: Moving away from tokenism to ensure people with lived experience actively design, evaluate, and reform mental health policies and care systems.
💚Deinstitutionalization: Supporting transitions from traditional psychiatric institutions to community-centered, rights-based recovery care.
💚Meaningful Engagement: Building active collaborations between governments, advocacy groups, and individuals to address stigma, housing, work, and support.

At PS-WA, we are a community-led, community-driven resource that focuses on peer support across all of our programs. By centering staff's lived experience, we are offering culturally and experientially matched providers to make sure parents and providers are seen, heard, and see themselves reflected in their care.



Photos: WFMH, Mental Health Foundation

10/09/2026

‼ We're Hiring ‼

PS-WA is seeking a Clinical Supervisor -Independent Contractor to support our Clinical Therapy Program. This program is both a training ground for interns and a direct service for families who otherwise couldn't access or afford therapy.

This role is for meant for WA-licensed mental health providers (LICSW, LMHC, LMFT) and approved clinical supervisors.

Responsibilities:
● Provide supervision on an agreed-upon basis with pre-licensed and provisionally licensed clinicians (supervisee)
● Provide ongoing evaluations of the supervisee’s therapy skills as appropriate. For clinical interns- clinical skill evaluations may be required by supervisee’s school.
● Provide oversight and guidance in treatment of supervisees’ clients.
● Check out more on our jobs page

If this sounds like you, we would love to welcome you to our team!

Visit: perinatalsupport.org/join-our-team

10/08/2026

💜 You are not alone. Join us as we remember, honor, and heal together.

Every baby deserves to be remembered. Every family deserves support.

Join Perinatal Support Washington for the annual Walk to Remember, a meaningful community gathering for families, friends, healthcare providers, and supporters to honor babies lost through miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, and other pregnancy and infant losses. Together we'll walk, share memories, read memorial poems, release flowers, and create space for remembrance and connection.

🗓 Sunday, October 18, 2026
🕤 9:30 AM
📍 Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park, Renton
🎟 Free to attend (suggested donation appreciated)
📝 Register: perinatalsupport.org/events

Whether your loss was recent or many years ago, whether you come with family, friends, or on your own, you are welcome here. Together, we remember every life and remind one another that love never ends.

💜 Please share this event to help reach families who may need this community.

10/07/2026

🕊 In honor of Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Month, we wanted to share a beautiful poem written by Marquita Straus. Marquita is the Founder of Imani's Light, an incredible organization that offers non-clinical bereavement and end-of-life support rooted in presence, compassion, and choice. As Marquita says "I come to this work not only as a perinatal mental health therapist but also as a bereaved parent. My personal experiences of pregnancy and infant loss have shaped my very being, and in turn, the way I show up for the families I serve." 🕊

We are grateful for her work towards serving families experiencing unimaginable pain.

📱 If you are in need of loss, or any kind of support, please call or text the Warm Line at: 1-888-404-7763

More on Imani's Light: imanislightwellness.org

10/05/2026

💚 It's Mental Illness Awareness Week 💚

Perinatal mental health conditions are common, serious, and treatable. Pregnant people and parents may experience anxiety, depression, intrusive thoughts, postpartum psychosis, grief, or other challenges. And no one should have to struggle alone or feel ashamed to ask for help.

Through our Warm Line, culturally matched peer support, therapy, education, and resources, we’re here to remind families that you are not alone and that asking for help is a sign of strength.

This Mental Illness Awareness Week, help us shine a light on perinatal mental health. Learn. Listen. Support. Share.

📞 PS-WA Warm Line: 1-888-404-7763
💻 perinatalsupport.org
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10/05/2026

Congrats to California! Check out the article below.

California has officially passed Senate Bill 626 (SB 626), making it the first state in the nation to require health plans and insurers to provide dedicated maternal mental health case management. Under this landmark legislation, patients who screen positive for mental health conditions during pregn...

10/01/2026

🎉 JOIN US TO CELEBRATE 35 YEARS OF THE WARM LINE! 🎉

For 35 years, the Perinatal Support Washington Warm Line has been a place where parents and families can find a listening ear, compassionate peer support, resources, and hope. ❤️

What began as a small, volunteer-run peer support effort has grown into a vital statewide resource, supporting thousands of families through trying to conceive, pregnancy, and early parenthood.

🎉 Join us for our 35th Anniversary Celebration!
📅 Saturday, November 7, 2026
⏰ 10:00 AM–12:00 PM
📍 Fremont Abbey | Seattle, WA
🎟️ Free to attend; donations appreciated

Event Highlights:
🥐 Brunch bites & refreshments
🎤 Speakers sharing stories and reflections
📖 A special presentation on the history of the Warm Line
🎨 Kids’ activities
💬 Opportunities to share your Warm Line memories
❤️ Time to connect and celebrate our community

Whether you’ve used the Warm Line, referred a family, volunteered, worked with us, supported our mission, or simply believe in the power of parent-to-parent support, we’d love to celebrate with you!

👉 Register today! perinatalsupport.org/events