by Eden Desta | Sep 24, 2024 | Government Affairs, Policy Alerts
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) continues to lead partners and collaborate with Congressional champions in support of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant (Title V MCH Block Grant) through the annual federal...
by Eden Desta | Sep 13, 2024 | Blogs, Blogs & Podcasts
In November 2022, AMCHP launched the Building Resilience from Lived Experience anthology, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Originally aimed at...
by Eden Desta | Aug 1, 2024 | Blogs, Blogs & Podcasts, Emergency Preparedness
In this series of video clips from a semi-structured interview, a local health agency staff member with a nursing background describes how their community’s experience with the COVID-19 pandemic and spikes in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cases prompted the...
by Eden Desta | Jul 22, 2024 | Blogs & Podcasts, Podcast
Guest Speakers: Susan Agrawal, Director of Family-to-Family Health Information Center, The Arc of Illinois Stephanie Leach, Associate Director of Systems of Care, University of Illinois Chicago’s Division of Specialized Care for Children (DSCC) Courtney...
by Eden Desta | Jul 15, 2024 | Government Affairs, Policy Alerts
On Friday, July 12, 2024, President Biden signed the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act into law. The legislation clarifies that stillbirth prevention activities are an allowable use of Title V funds — the single largest funding mechanism to address...
