Manchester — The Dartmouth-Hitchcock health system is getting a $2.7 million federal grant to provide screening and treatment for pregnant women with opioid use disorders, expanding the work of a program at Lebanon-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Moms in Recovery, DHMC’s addiction treatment program for pregnant and parenting women, serves as a model for the statewide program.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock says the grant will assist seven maternity care practices around the state in developing programs to help pregnant and newly postpartum women. The funding continues through June 2019.

Cheshire Medical Center in Keene is the first site and has already been offering components of such a program. Other maternity care sites include D-H clinics in Nashua and Bedford, as well as non-D-H practices in Berlin, Laconia, Littleton and Dover.

Psychiatric consultation, recovery coaching, and case management services will be offered.

The money is being provided through federal legislation to prevent and treat drug abuse. The 21st Century Cures Act was signed into law by then-President Barack Obama in 2016. It authorizes giving states $1 billion over two years.

D-H officials and New Hampshire lawmakers announced the grant in Manchester on Wednesday.

D-H CEO Joanne Conroy described the grant as an “incredible opportunity to make a difference in the state of New Hampshire.”

D-H will be successful “when we work with the individual organizations to make sure we understand their needs,” she said.