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Behind the Scenes of AMCHP 2024: Meet Sedona Allen Moreno-Castelan
Sedona Allen Moreno-Castelan is a healer and a warrior. She draws inspiration from her past experiences of adversity to fight for justice. Born and raised in Denver, Sedona is deeply connected to the local ecosystems and communities. Sedona is a Mother to her daughter...
Voices of AMCHP: Janis Gonzales, MD, MPH, FAAP
Region VI Director (2022-2025) Dr. Janis Gonzales is a pediatrician and public health physician and currently works as the Chief Health Officer for the New Mexico (NM) Early Childhood Education and Care Department, one of the few department-level agencies in the...
Building Resilience from Lived Experience – South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control
A Nursing Triage Line Connects Residents to Care During Emergencies By South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (Anna Bleasdale) In South Carolina, one of the most frequent challenges we face as a state is preparing for natural disasters,...
Building Policy Skills for the MCH Workforce: AMCHP’s Evidence Informed Policy Initiative
By Catalina Desouza, BS, and Laura Powis, MPH Policy is one of the 12 Essential Maternal and Child (MCH) Leadership Competencies as designated by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and yet one-third of state health agency staff members who...
Call for 2024 AMCHP Annual Award Nominations is OPEN!
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is excited to announce that we are accepting nominations for the 2024 AMCHP Annual Awards! The awards will be presented at the AMCHP Annual Conference, held in a hybrid format from April 13-16, 2024, in...
Episode 16 – What the Health is Ecology of Homelessness?!
Guest Speakers: Lisa Brooks, Policy Associate, Abt Associates Mitra Kashani, ORISE Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guest Host: Amber Woodside, AMCHP Youth Voice Amplified Committee Co-Chair November is National Youth Homelessness Awareness...
Bridging Communities Through Strategic Partnerships: AMCHP 2024 Partnering with Purpose
As maternal and child health (MCH) professionals, our purpose remains at the heart of every decision, collaboration, and initiative we undertake. This year, as we focus on intentional impact, we introduce our 2024 AMCHP Annual Conference theme: Partnering with...
The Medicaid Unwinding Process at the Halfway Mark: How Can MCH Advocates Address the Current Challenges to Ensure Continuity of Coverage for Children and Families?
Stacy Collins, Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation, AMCHP At the pandemic’s end, nearly 95 million people nationally were enrolled in Medicaid, and federal rules required all enrollees to be redetermined for eligibility. Six months into the process, few...
Children’s Environmental Health Day and National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week | 2023
Children are more likely to experience environmental exposures than adults because of biological and behavioral factors. For example: Children’s brains and bodies are still developing and thus more vulnerable to toxins. Children proportionately eat, drink, and...
Webinar Series: Pathways to Sustainability – Featuring Safer Childbirth Cities Grantees
Community-rooted organizations have substantial evidence that their programs and services are effective at protecting positive birth outcomes for the Black and Brown families they serve and, in many cases, reduce or eliminate racial disparities. Their solutions should...
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, Youth, 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, youth, students, and early career professionals to share their completed (or in progress) work...
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
Last Updated: November 2nd 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, held at the historic...