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Celebrating Legislative Accomplishments and Looking Ahead
By Amy Haddad, Chief Government Affairs Officer, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Looking Back The second half of the 117th Congress in 2022 ended as so many have before it. Negotiations on an end-of-year spending and legislative package...
The 2023 Perinatal Behavioral Health Policy Landscape
By Jessica Simon, Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Introduction The most recent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data indicates that approximately one in three people...
Looking Ahead: The End of the COVID-19 Medicaid Continuous Coverage Requirement
By Atyya Chaudhry, Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation, Association for Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) In March 2020, shortly after the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) was declared to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Families...
Save 7,500 Babies: Elevating the Conversation on Stillbirth Prevention in 2023 Through Prevention Initiatives, Legislation, and Education
By Emily Price, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Birth Day, Inc. Background While miscarriage is usually defined as the loss of a baby before the 20th week of pregnancy, stillbirth is commonly defined as the loss of a baby at or after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The latest...
Motherhood Village: Connecting & Supporting Moms Virtually Through the Pandemic
By Ashley Lugo, M.S.W. (2023), Founder & Executive Director, Choosing Kind, and Julia Choe-Castillo, M.P.H., M.S.W. (2023), Program Consultant, Choosing Kind Choosing Kind provides mothers with resources and encouragement to thrive as individuals and within the...
A Message from our CEO
By Terrance E. Moore, MA, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) As we begin to wind down the calendar year, let us pause and celebrate success! This issue of Pulse, A Celebration of Title V Maternal and Child...
A Message from AMCHP Board President Belinda Pettiford
By Belinda Pettiford, President, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) and Chief of the Women, Infant, and Community Wellness Section, North Carolina Division of Public Health Greetings to all! I am pleased to greet you as AMCHP’s Board...
Reflections
By Michael D. Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP, Associate Administrator, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration As 2022 comes to a close, we here at the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau...
Celebrating Title V Innovations Featured in the Association of Maternal & Child Health Program’s (AMCHP’s) Innovation Hub
By Catalina DeSouza, Evidence & Implementation Intern, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Laura Powis, Program Manager, Evidence-Based Policy & Practice, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Nikki Dyer, Family...
Replicating North Carolina’s “Innovative Approaches” Initiative in Philadelphia
By Danielle Rhodes, Public Health Program Administrator, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and Mary Glazer, Program Manager, Philadelphia Department of Public Health Larry and his Son’s Story Larry N. is a parent to a son with autism who joined the...
Centering the Family Voice: A Multi-Dimensional Examination of Family Engagement
By Pooja Deshpande, MPH Student in Maternal, Child, and Family Health, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health Editing support from Dr. Bethany Geldmaker (Virginia Department of Health), Dana Yarbrough (Virginia Commonwealth University,...
Congressional Maternal and Child Health Champions: Honoring Representatives Lucille Roybal-Allard and Jaime Herrera Beutler, Co-Founders of the Maternity Care Caucus
By Lauren Blachowiak, Government Affairs Manager, Public Policy and Government Affairs, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Long-time maternal and child health (MCH) champions Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA-40) and...
Proposed Legislation Gaining Bipartisan Momentum to Stem the Stillbirth Crisis in the U.S.
By Emily Price, Chief Executive Officer, Healthy Birth Day, Inc. Background The urgency to prevent stillbirth in the U.S. has mounted in the U.S. as more evidence is released showing the devastating impact of COVID-19 on pregnancies. Even before the pandemic, more...
Open Enrollment Season 2023
By Atyya Chaudhry, Senior Program Manager, Health Systems Transformation, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) The national uninsured rate reached an all-time low of 8 percent in early 2022. The increase in coverage is partly attributable...
A Message from our CEO
By Terrance E. Moore, MA, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) This Pulse issue focuses on how we are shaping the future – through our words and actions, through our intentions and follow-through, and through our vision...
