AMCHP Announces New Members to the Board

by Eden Desta | Nov 15, 2022 | News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   New Appointments to the AMCHP Board of Directors include 3 additions, bringing the number of Board members to seventeen.  Washington, DC – The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is pleased to announce that...

AMCHP Appoints new President of the Board: Belinda Pettiford, formerly Board President-Elect

by Chery Manon Espinal | Jun 27, 2022 | Board, News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Washington, D.C. – The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders who work and support state maternal and child health (MCH) programs, and others...

Statement by AMCHP CEO Terrance E. Moore on the Final Majority Decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

by Chery Manon Espinal | Jun 24, 2022 | Government Affairs, Maternal & Infant Health, News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Washington, D.C. – Today, AMCHP’s CEO Terrance E. Moore, issued the following statement in response to the final majority decision by the Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: “Today’s news confirms our worst...

AMCHP Announces 2022 Board of Directors Elections Results

by Chery Manon Espinal | Jun 13, 2022 | News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   New Appointments to the AMCHP Board of Directors include 3 transitions, 2 re-elections, and 2 new additions to the Board, bringing the number of Board members to fifteen.  Washington, DC – The Association of Maternal & Child Health...

AMCHP Board President Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

by Chery Manon Espinal | May 26, 2022 | Government Affairs, News Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Washington, D.C. – Today, Belinda D. Pettiford, MPH, President of the Board of the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP), testified before the House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and...

AMCHP Leads Coalition in Support of Senate Dear Colleague Letter Urging Fiscal Year 2023 Funding for CDC’s Surveillance for Emerging Threats and to Mothers and Babies Network

by Eden Desta | May 23, 2022 | Government Affairs, Legislative Updates, Maternal & Infant Health, News Releases

Dear Chair Murray and Ranking Member Blunt: As you develop the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY2023) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill, we urge you to provide $100 million for the Surveillance for Emerging Threats...