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Voices of AMCHP: Rachel Hutson, MSN, RN, CPNP
Secretary (2022-2024) Rachel Hutson is the Director of the Children, Youth, and Families Branch at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). In this role, she previously served as the state’s Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs...
MCH Advocates are Alarmed About the Rapid Loss of Child and Family Coverage in the Medicaid Redetermination Process
Medicaid has proven to be a critical safety net for families and children during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the continuous coverage provision enacted in March 2020, there are now an estimated 95 million adults and children enrolled in Medicaid and the...
AMCHP Invites Community Organizations, Tribal Entities, Family Leaders, Students, and Early Career Professionals to Submit a Proposal for AMCHP 2024
The Call for Proposals for the 2024 AMCHP Annual Conference is now open! We highly encourage those working in community organizations and tribal entities, family leaders, students, and early career professionals to share their completed (or in progress) work under any...
Voices of AMCHP: Dawn Bailey
Family Representative (2023-2026) Dawn Bailey has served as the Family Engagement Specialist since 2015. She has been an active AMCHP member since 2016. Dawn has also been a member of the Arizona Long Term Care Services (ALTCS) Advisory Council since 2017. She joined...
Title V Maternal & Child Health Federal-State Partnership Meeting
We are excited to announce that AMCHP is partnering with the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) to convene the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Federal-State Partnership Meeting. This will be the first...
Voices of AMCHP: Tobi Adeyeye Amosun, MD, FAAP
Director-At-Large (2022-2025) Dr. Tobi Adeyeye Amosun is the Deputy Commissioner for Population Health at the Tennessee Department of Health. In this position, she oversees the divisions and offices of Family Health and Wellness, Health and Disparities Elimination,...
2023 Mental Health Month Recap
Although Mental Health Month is coming to a close, we must prioritize our mental health all year round — something AMCHP strives to exemplify, as stated in our Commitment to Workplace Well-Being. Mental Health Month was established in 1949 to increase awareness of the...
Episode 15– Youth Perspectives on Mental Health: Supporting the Next Generation
Guest Speakers: Melanie Avila Fanta Guindo Yeina Han In this MCH Bridges episode, three members of The Adolescent Champion Teen Advisory Council (TAC TAC), Melanie Avila, Fanta Guindo, and Yeina Han, share what adolescent and young adult mental health...
Celebrating the 2023 AMCHP Annual Award Winners
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2023 AMCHP Annual Awards. The awards will be presented at the 2023 AMCHP Annual Conference, held May 6-9, 2023, in person at the New Orleans Marriot in New...
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An AMCHP 2023 Plenary Session: Sharing Your How
Get ready to join us at the 2023 AMCHP Annual Conference, held from May 6 – 9 virtually through our conference platform and in person at the New Orleans Marriott, and be a part of our “Sharing Your How” plenary session where “how” is front and center. This plenary...
Episode 14- The Joy of Autism: A New Way of Thinking
Guest Speakers: Dave Caudel, PhD, Associate Director, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, PhD, Advocate, Public Speaker, Writer, Educator, Researcher, Mom Haley Moss, Esq, Attorney, Author, Advocate Listen to...
Louisiana Title V Spotlight
By Rebecca (Becky) Majdoch, Senior Advisor to the Director, Bureau of Family Health, Louisiana Department of Health In Louisiana, Title V is administered by the Bureau of Family Health (BFH) of the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health. The vision...
Expectations of New Orleans Community-Based Organization Sista Midwife Productions at AMCHP 2023
The goal of Sista Midwife Productions is a “paradigm shift,” shares Nicole Deggins, CNM, MSN, MPH: “Changing the way that communities think about birth, birth in general, and then birth culture at large.” Sista Midwife Productions is a birth advocacy training and...
Bonus Episode: The AMCHP Annual Conference Experience
Guest Speakers: Katherine Harvey, 4-H Extension Agent, Colorado State University Dana Yarbrough, Director, Center for Family Involvement, Virginia Commonwealth University Quatia (Q) Osorio, Founder of Our Journ3i, LLC Xenia Mendez, Research...