The Title V Federal-State Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Partnership Meeting is a unique technical assistance opportunity in support of the State Title V MCH Block Grant. This meeting convenes federal staff, state Title V MCH and Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Directors and staff, family/community-based representatives, technical assistance partners, and other MCH stakeholders to engage in thoughtful discussion around issues addressed by the Title V MCH Block Grant. It provides an opportunity for peer learning and sharing, networking, guidance, technical support, and thought partnership to shape policies and practices for achieving optimal health outcomes for the MCH population.
The annual convening of the State Systems Development Initiative (SSDI) program, which provides data capacity support for the Title V MCH Block Grant, is held in conjunction with the Title V Federal-State MCH Partnership Meeting.
2023 In-Person Partnership Meeting
AMCHP partnered 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, at the historic Mayflower Hotel in downtown Washington, DC from Sunday, November 5 – Wednesday, November 8, 2023.
Session Information:
Throughout the Partnership conference, a pair of daily Plenary Sessions took place on Monday and Tuesday, along with a final Session on Wednesday. Here, you’ll find the presentations delivered during each of these sessions.
Monday, November 6th
- Title V Block Grant: Program Enhancements for Advancing Equity and Accountability
- Health Equity Across Title V
Tuesday, November 7th
Wednesday, November 8th
Aside from the engaging Plenary Sessions, the conference offered a multitude of breakout sessions every day. The presentations from these insightful breakouts, as they become available, will be promptly uploaded here:
View and download materials from Monday, November 6th below:
- Strengthening Your Title V System: Systems Approaches to Advance Equity
- Operationalizing Disability Justice in Title V Programs
- AZ Partnering with Families
- Practical Strategies to Partner with Families across MCH Domains
- Aligning Current and Future Title V Health Equity Activities Around the Waters of Systems Change (WSC) Model
- National Equity Framework: A guide to advancing equitable maternal and infant health outcomes
- CYSHCN Director Gathering
- New Leaders Session
- Practical Tools for Advancing Equity
Aside from the engaging Plenary Sessions, the conference offered a multitude of breakout sessions every day. The presentations from these insightful breakouts, as they become available, will be promptly uploaded here:
View and download materials from Tuesday, November 7th below:
- Building Workforce Capacity to Close Gaps in Pediatric Mental Health Care
- Assessment, Capacity-Building, and Resource Navigation for AYA Mental Health
- Uplifting Community Expertise in Evidence for MCH
- Planning for Complexity: Building Response and Recovery Capacity by Learning from the Experiences of Special Populations
- A Roadmap for Collaboration among Title V and Child Health Programs
- Leveraging CAHMI’s Data, Measurement, Engagement and Flourishing “In Action” for you Title V Needs Assessment and Implementation
- Quick Links to Resources for Title V Needs Assessment
- Child and Family Health Data for Title V Needs Assessment
- Rethinking philanthropy to support community-driven care
- Community Engagement: Building your village for success
- Overview of Connecticut’s Reproductive Justice Alliance
- State MCH Block Grant Needs Assessment Conceptual Framework: An Overview
- Comprehensive Systems Integration for Adolescent and Young Adult Health
- Community Engagement: Building Your Village For Success | Morgan State University
- Healthy and Ready to Learn
- Maternal and Infant Health: HUD Partnerships at Local and State Levels
- Title V MCH & University Partnership | Idaho Needs Assessment
- Leveraging CAHMI’s Data Resource Center | State Systems Development Initiative Workshop
- Restructuring and Mobilizing State and Local Public Health Systems to Achieve Positive Outcomes for the MCH Population
- We Can’t Do This Alone | Mississippi Needs Assessment
- Leveraging Title V MCH and Medicaid Policies to Advance Maternal Health
- Needs Assessment for First-Timers
- Needs Assessment: Convening Statewide Partners | North Dakota Needs Assessment
- Health and Well-Being in North Dakota, 2022
- The Importance of Investing in Food Security for Title V: Partnering with the MCH Nutrition Training Programs
- Getting to the Why | Using Root Cause Analysis to Move Towards Equitable Healing, Growth & Rebirth
- Behind the Scenes…and Under the Hood | MCH Navigator and MCH Evidence Center
- The Medicaid Redetermination Process
- Creative Tools for Needs Assessment: Appreciative Inquiry & Systems Mapping
- Opioid and Substance Use Disorder During the Perinatal Period
Aside from the engaging Plenary Sessions, the conference offered a multitude of breakout sessions every day. The presentations from these insightful breakouts, as they become available, will be promptly uploaded here:
View and download materials from Wednesday, November 8th below:
2022 Virtual Partnership Meeting
We came together virtually for three sessions in January, March, and April 2022 to delve into topics crucial to supporting the health of women, infants, children, and youth, including those with special health care needs, and families.
The overall theme of the meeting series is Addressing Systems Challenges to Advance Equity in MCH. We will emphasize fostering trust between states/jurisdictions and community organizations, among jurisdictions and with government entities; sharing effective practices and strategies; building community partnerships; and incorporating youth and young adult voices.
The goals of this meeting series are to:
- Understand systems challenges that inhibit advancing equity in MCH
- Discuss key concepts of systems change to advance equity
- Share ideas and obtain feedback on health equity approaches through peer-to-peer learning
Session Information:
During this session, participants had the opportunity to hear from the HRSA MCHB about the MCHB Strategic Plan and their shared vision for health equity for MCH. A brief presentation followed on the Water of Systems Change, which provided grounding for this three-session meeting series. No matter where an individual and/or jurisdiction is in its equity journey, this session demonstrated how the framework can be used as an actionable model for creating systems change, particularly for advancing equity. Following the presentation, participants had an opportunity to join self-selected concurrent sessions (see below for descriptions) that sought to actualize broad approaches to addressing systems challenges. Participants returned to the main discussion for a brief awards presentation and invitation to the next session.
The recordings of the plenary, breakouts, and awards can be found here: https://youtu.be/6U2UaSLA7fo
View and download materials from Session 1 below:
- Session 1 Slides: Approaches to Addressing Systems Challenges in MCH
- Session 1 Recording: Approaches to Addressing Systems Challenges in MCH
- Concurrent Workshop Presentation: Hastening Internal Program Changes to Support Equity Centered Title V Services
- Concurrent Workshop Presentation: Public Health Messaging Across Differing Viewpoints
- Concurrent Workshop Presentation: Uplifting Community-Identified Challenges
- Recommendations for Title V Programs: Co-Creating an Equitable Future with the Wisdom of Communities
- The Racial Microaggressions Reparative Response Model
- MCH Social Media Training Recordings
- The Water Systems of Change
During this session, participants had an opportunity to interact with Title V colleagues to share successes, failures, and resources via real-life state examples of systems change approaches to advancing health equity. Collectively, we briefly revisited the Water of Systems Change framework through a lens more applicable to government entities, providing specific state/jurisdiction Title V strategies aligned with the six conditions of systems change. Participants then attended one of twelve peer-led breakouts where Title V agencies shared and obtained feedback from their peers on equity related activities, no matter where they are in their equity journey, via peer-to-peer interaction and guided discussions/activities. These breakouts focused on all MCH populations, including CYSHCN, with an emphasis on uplifting lived experience and community-rooted efforts. Participants returned to the main discussion for a brief awards presentation and invitation to the next session.
The recordings of the plenary and all breakouts can be found here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuUftEVgL-o).
The presentation slides from the plenary, The Water of Systems Change: State Examples of Systems Change Efforts to Advance Equity, and large group report out can be accessed here.
State | Session Description | Resources |
Alaska |
Alaska Title V breakout. The session featured a presentation about a partnership that provides the opportunity for rural and urban Alaska health professionals to come together to learn about best practices and tools for the prevention of key and emerging maternal child and family health issues in Alaska. | 2022 Alaska Maternal Child Health & Immunization Conference |
Arizona |
Health Equity through Family & Youth Engagement in Arizona. The session featured a presentation about expanding family and community engagement beyond CYSHCN. | Presentation slides |
Delaware |
Delaware Healthy Women, Healthy Baby zones mini-grant initiative: Working to reduce infant mortality in Delaware The session featured a presentation on what it means to build capacity in order to be able to work with small community-based organizations (CBOs), through highlighting mini-grants that are being given out to CBOs in Delaware. |
Presentation slides |
Iowa |
Iowa Title V MCH & CYSHCN Health Equity Committees. The session featured a short presentation about how each program developed their Internal Health Equity Committee and how they have set priorities moving forward. They will discuss some of the roadblocks they are facing with making the committees more suitable and empowering members to address equity issues within their respective programs. |
IDPH DCCH Title V Partnership Presentation FINAL- March 31 2022 |
Kentucky |
Kentucky Title V’s Equitable Organizational Practice. The session featured a presentation about Kentucky’s initiative to support their Department of Public Health family by Bringing Renewed Energy and Action to Health and Health Equity, or BREATHHE. |
Kentucky Partnership meeting slides Racial Equity Toolkit from the Government Alliance on Race & Equity (GARE) |
Maryland |
Insights into Baltimore’s Success in Eliminating Racial Disparities in Birth Outcomes between Black and White babies…Community involvement is key! The session featured a presentation that provided insights into Baltimore’s success in eliminating racial disparities in birth outcomes between black and white babies, highlighting specifically how community involvement is key. This was an opportunity to discuss ways to draw from community members’ expertise in leading initiatives and informing MCH related needs. |
Learn more about B’More for Healthy Babies A Collaborative Funding Model to Reduce Infant Mortality in Baltimore, report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation |
Massachusetts |
Advancing Racial Equity in Massachusetts. The session provided a high-level overview of their internal strategies to advance racial equity, featuring the following approaches which you can read more about via these links:
Following the presentation, the Massachusetts Title V team led attendees in small group sessions to discuss implications of this work by role and racial identity. In preparation for these small group discussions, the Massachusetts presenters shared this document of Shared Norms and Agreements. |
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Nebraska |
From Engagement to Centering: Doing our Work Differently to Achieve Greater Impact and Equity. In this session, the presenter briefly posed three scenarios of “Doing our Work Differently” beginning with explicit commitment to using all available resources to achieve equity and travelling toward sharing power and decision-making with those most directly affected by systemic disadvantage and racism. |
Disrupting Maternal Disparities project proposal, Anti-Racist strategies in MCH |
Ohio |
The session featured a short presentation about the Ohio Department of Health’s Internal Equity Workgroup’s top 3 priorities at the moment: 1) Increasing the knowledge, skills and abilities of their state MCH staff related to addressing disparities to achieve equity; 2) Institutionalizing equity strategies in the subgrants they fund to administer MCH public health programs around the state; and 3) Engaging nontraditional, community-based stakeholders (including those with lived experience) in the MCH public health work. |
Presentation slides |
Tennessee |
Tennessee Department of Family Health Wellness’ Health Equity 3-year Plan. The session featured a short presentation about the Tennessee Department of Family Health and Wellness’ Health Equity 3-Year Plan. Each program area has someone sitting on the steering committee and all goals and activities were developed across the board and not just focusing on CYSHCN. Following the presentation, the presenter led the group in an interactive activity and discussion. |
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Vermont |
Equity Analysis: Vermont’s COVID-19 Response. The session featured a short presentation to introduce the audience to the structures and systems that evolved to more fully integrate health equity concepts and community engagement during the COVID-19 response in Vermont. Following the presentation, the Vermont Title V team led an informal discussion to hear from attendees about their experiences. |
Joint Statement: Community Engagement during a Public Health Emergency and beyond Recommendations for Community Engagement during a Public Health Emergency |
Washington |
Centering Equity in our Internal Work: Washington Title V. The session will feature a short presentation about Washington Title V’s lessons learned from equity and anti-racist contracting work. Following the presentation, participants will break into small discussion groups led by the Washington Title V team. | Presentation slides |
During this session, participants had the opportunity to interact with Title V colleagues to share successes, failures, and resources via real-life state examples of systems change approaches to advancing health equity. The mini plenary speaker, Dr. Yvonne Bronner from Morgan State University, set the stage with a rousing discourse on the necessity and nuances of community engagement as a key component of advocating for children and families across Title V. Participants then attended peer-led breakouts where Title V agencies shared and obtained feedback from their peers on equity related activities, no matter where they are in their equity journey, via peer-to-peer interaction and guided discussions/activities. These breakouts focused on all MCH populations, including CYSHCN, with an emphasis on uplifting lived experience and community-rooted efforts. Participants returned to the main discussion for a brief awards presentation.
The recordings of the plenary, all breakouts, and the awards ceremony can be found here: (https://youtu.be/XiNkhnlZFe4)
The presentation slides from the plenary and large group report out can be accessed here.
State | Session Description | Resources |
California |
California Title V breakout. The California team spotlighted their Perinatal Equity Initiative and shared how they evaluate each intervention’s effectiveness through Results Based Accountability (RBA). Each county with a Perinatal Equity Initiative is using interventions run by community-based organizations to improve birth outcomes and reduce Black infant mortality. RBA is a methodological approach that allows local communities, in real time, to evaluate and respond to the impact of intervention efforts by adjusting the interventions as needed. | Presentation slides |
Colorado |
MCH Framework: Visualizing the Connection between workplace culture and learning. The Colorado Title V team will share a brief presentation on ideas for strategically and intentionally approaching workforce development. This will include how they integrated Colorado’s 3 strategic anchors. Following the presentation, the team encouraged attendees to think through how they might innovatively and intentionally approach workforce development, inclusive of racial equity and community inclusion, in their states and jurisdictions. | |
Georgia |
Georgia Department of Public Health: MCH Title V Health Equity Priorities The Georgia Title V team shared a brief presentation on the framework to address health equity, how programs are addressing health equity in special projects and areas of focus and efforts to operationalize MCH objectives and strategies. |
Presentation slides |
Illinois |
Illinois Title V Health Equity: Leveraging Relationships The Illinois Title V team shared a presentation on how they are leveraging existing relationships and developing new relationships with key stakeholders (community organizations, state agencies) to launch and implement different programs that have a health equity lens. |
Presentation slides |
Iowa |
Iowa Title V Health Equity: Contractor Requirements. The session will feature a short presentation about how Iowa’s health equity collaboration between state and local Title V, and contractor requirements have grown since the last request for proposal (RFP) in 2017 to their current RFP for 2023 by outlining their RFP requirements for local contractors. Following the presentation, the Iowa Title V team will lead an informal discussion to learn from other states’ work on minimizing unintended negative consequences of requiring contractors to engage in health equity activities and receive meaningful feedback from peers on supporting contractors to thrive in pursuing health equity and family engagement. | Presentation slides |
Maryland |
Statewide Integrated Health Improvement Strategy as a policy and funding vehicle for advancing equity in MCH. The session featured a presentation with community stakeholder participation and specific strategies such as community birth workers/doula and home visiting reimbursement. |
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New Jersey |
New Jersey’s Response to Expanding Health Equity and Healthcare in Underserved Communities. The session featured a presentation about how New Jersey is expanding healthcare access to underserved communities by working with community health workers and doulas, specifically through the state’s Medicaid doula benefit. | Presentation slides |
New Mexico |
Perinatal and Community Collaborations: Health Equity and Anti-Racism Agenda. The session provided a high-level overview of New Mexico Title V’s efforts to center equity in their perinatal/early childhood community collaborations. | Presentation slides |
New York |
Integrating a Racial Justice Framework into Title V. |
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North Dakota |
North Dakota Maternal and Child Health and Health Equity. The North Dakota Title V team presented on the development of their department-wide Health Equity Office, the role of their tribal liaisons, and the MCH program’s intentional centering of equity through participatory grantmaking and other activities embedded within each of the MCH domains. | Presentation slides |
Oklahoma |
Addressing Health Disparities: Oklahoma Title V initiatives. |
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Washington |
External Stakeholder Engagement with an Equity Lens.The Washington Title V team shared a brief presentation about their external stakeholder engagement with an equity lens, which has engaged those who have been historically oppressed and underserved, including BIPOC communities and LGBTQ individuals as well as stakeholder groups such as youth and pregnant and parenting individuals. |
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West Virginia |
Healthcare Equity with Project LAUNCH. The West Virginia Title V team will share a brief presentation about their collaborations with city government, an Federally-Qualified Health Center (FQHC), and a faith-based community development corporation to improve health outcomes for pregnant and parenting people. |
Presentation slides |
For questions or more information, please contact us at amchp2022partnershipmeeting@amchp.org.