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...
by Eden Desta | May 20, 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 federal maternal and child health (MCH) programs through the annual federal appropriations process for the upcoming...
by Eden Desta | May 15, 2024 | Government Affairs, Policy Alerts
On the heels of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the release of a national strategy to address maternal mental health and substance use issues. During the perinatal period, an estimated one in five...
by Eden Desta | Mar 26, 2024 | Blogs, Blogs & Podcasts
By Jessica Simon, Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation, AMCHP Recap In December 2023, AMCHP & Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) unveiled a groundbreaking Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Journal Special Issue:...
