The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) continues to lead partners and collaborate with Congressional champions in support of federal maternal and child health (MCH) programs through the annual federal appropriations process for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). AMCHP has led a series of letters addressed to the leadership of House and Senate Appropriations Committees demonstrating the broad, bipartisan support for funding a myriad of federal programs to improve MCH. Read the letters and view the signers below.
Letters supporting funding for federal MCH programs in FY25:
- National and academic organization letter on Title V MCH Block Grant
- Bipartisan Senate letter on Title V MCH Block Grant, Healthy Start, Safe Motherhood, and National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Bipartisan House letter on Title V MCH Block Grant, Healthy Start, Safe Motherhood, and NIH
- Senate letter on Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health and Rural Maternal Health
Letters supporting funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Surveillance for Emerging Threats to Mothers and Babies (SET-NET) initiative in FY25:
- National and academic organization SET-NET letter
- Senate SET-NET letter
- Bipartisan House SET-NET letter
The President’s Budget Proposal for FY25, released earlier this year, requests $831,714,000 for the Title V MCH Block Grant, a $15.5 million increase over the FY23 final level. This increase is proposed for Special Projects of Regional and National Significance. While we are encouraged by the President’s proposed increase, AMCHP continues to urge Congress to fund the Title V MCH Block Grant at $1 billion in FY25, including a more robust increase for the state formula funds due to the significant role the Title V MCH Block Grant plays in the health and well-being of our nation’s women, children, and families.
AMCHP’s Government Affairs Team will continue to follow the FY25 appropriations process and provide additional updates. In the meantime, we encourage you to review the following resources for more information:
AMCHP’s FY25 Funding Ask Sheets
President’s FY25 Budget Proposal
Please don’t hesitate to be in touch with AMCHP’s Government Affairs Team: Sherie Lou Santos (ssantos@amchp.org) and Amani Echols (aechols@amchp.org).
