AMCHP is Awarded $1.2M to Advance MCH Housing and Food Security Policy Initiatives

by Eden Desta | Sep 25, 2024 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Food Security, News Releases, Title V

The Project, which starts September 30, 2024, aims to increase the number of state-led policy initiatives designed to reduce the drivers of health disparities for maternal and child health (MCH) populations by addressing social determinants of health (SDoH). The...

Reflections from Recipients of the 2024 Community Partnership Award

by Chery Manon Espinal | Aug 27, 2024 | Equity & Anti-Racism, Pulse Newsletters

  This year, the AMCHP Annual Awards launched a new award category, the Community Partnership Award, designed to honor and celebrate exemplary collaborations between Title V entities and community-based organizations. The SBX Fatherhood Program was selected as...

Episode 11 – Community-Led Solutions for Change: The Story of Colorado’s Birth Equity Bill Package

by Eden Desta | Nov 28, 2022 | Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Podcast

  Guest Speakers:    Laura Powis (Moderator), Program Manager for Evidence-Based Policy & Practice at AMCHP  Indra Lusero, Birth Justice Advocate and the Founder and Director of The Elephant Circle   Demetra (Mimi) Seriki, Midwife at A Mothers Choice...

Episode 10 – Queering Perinatal Mental Health

by Eden Desta | Oct 24, 2022 | Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Maternal & Infant Health, Mental Health & SUD, Podcast

Guest Speakers: Leo Andreas (he/him), Dad of a two-year-old Jenna “JB” Brown (they/he), Full-Spectrum Community Doula and Educator at Love Over Fear Wellness & Birth In this episode, Leo Andreas and Jenna “JB” Brown join us to explore the...

Mental Health Equity for BIPOC Communities: Helpful Primers from Mental Health America

by Anna Corona | Oct 14, 2022 | #ScreenToIntervene, Adolescent Health, Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Equity & Anti-Racism, Mental Health & SUD

Last month, participants of the Adolescent & Young Adult Behavioral Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network attended a virtual learning session focused on strategies for promoting mental health equity in Black, Indigenous, and people of color...

A Victory for Immigrant Children and Families: Undoing Recent Harms from the “Public Charge” Rule

by Chery Manon Espinal | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Blogs & Podcasts, Child Health, Equity & Anti-Racism, Government Affairs

By Stacy Collins, MSW, Associate Director, Health Systems Transformation   “In keeping with our nation’s values, this policy treats all those we serve with fairness and respect. Though there is still much to do to overcome confusion and fear, we will continue to...