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From the President

From the CEO

The National MCH Workforce Development Center: Building a Workforce to Support Transformation

Data and Trends

AMCHP Staff

Board of Directors

A Look Back/Look Ahead: Sequesters and Shutdowns and Websites, Oh My!

WIH Team: Building Capacity to Promote Women’s Health, Leverage MCH Epidemiology for Knowledge Generation, and Advance a Life Course Approach

MCH Workforce & Leadership Development: Training MCH Leaders and Planning for the Future

Reflections from the Child and Adolescent Health Team

Leveraging Partnerships to Close Gaps: A Peek into the Life Course Indicator Narratives

Using Life Course Theory in Evidence-based Practice: Healthy Women, Healthy Futures

Engaging Youth in Public Health Initiatives

Using a Standardized Approach to Understand Infant Mortality: The State Infant Mortality Toolkit*

National Standards Designed to Help States Build Quality Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Transitioning CYSHCN into Medicaid Managed Care: An Emerging Issue for Title V Programs

AMCHP Supports Oregon's Work on Preconception Health for Young Adults with Disabilities

New Health Care Transition Efforts: Clinical Resources, Interactive Website and State Title V Partnership

Moving Toward Health Equity: Reducing Disparities for People with Autism Spectrum Disorder

The National MCH Workforce Development Center: Focusing on Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs

An Update from the Office of Adolescent Health

A Look at Today's Young Adults

Paired Practica in State Title V Agencies

Health Issues Facing Young Adults

A Framework to Address the Persistent and Complex Issue of Infant Mortality

Aligning Practice, Program and Policy to Reduce Infant Mortality: An Update from the BBZ Initiative

Improving Women's Health Before, Between and Beyond Pregnancy: An Update from the National PCHHC Initiative

Understanding Why Maternal Mortality is on the Rise in America: The Case for Learning from Every Maternal Death

Cesarean Section: A Growing Focus of Maternity Care Quality Improvement

Coming soon: THE RAISING OF AMERICA Documentary Series on Early Childhood

Welcome Family Massachusetts: A Gateway into the Early Childhood System of Care

Dads Connecting With Dads: Dynamic!

Developmental Screening Round-up: Strategies and Efforts to Promote and Improve Developmental and Autism Screening, and Early Identification Systems

Tele-Intervention to Support Access to Care

Oral Health Resources for Home Visitors

AAP Puts Spotlight on Toxic Stress and Resilience in Children: Promotes A Toxic Stress-Informed Federal Policy Agenda

Promoting School Connectedness through Positive Youth Development

Integrating Injury Prevention into Home Visiting

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November/December 2013

September/October 2013

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From the President

From the CEO

MCH Policy: What We Saw, What We Expect to See

AMCHP Programs Reflect on 2012

Looking Ahead: What’s In Store for You and AMCHP in 2013

2012: The Year of National Initiatives to Improve Birth Outcomes

Family Leadership Development as Part of Workforce and Leadership Development at AMCHP

Beyond Story Telling: Family Leadership at the National Level

The Importance of Family Involvement in Title V

The Family Voice: Important Then…Critical Now!

Families and Advocacy

Family Leadership Development: A State Snapshot

The Opportunity to Celebrate Dad is Precious

Innovation Station Highlight: Practices in Family Leadership Development

The Federal Perspective with Evelyn Kappeler

Navigating the ACA: Mapping Medicaid for Adolescent Health

Systems Change and Healthy Youth Development: State Adolescent Health Resource Center Priorities

Including Dads in Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Support Initiatives

OAH Grantees Use Pregnancy Assistance Funds to Further Prevention and Education

Building Bridges for Adolescent Sexual Health Through State-Local Collaboration

Step by Step: Growing Comprehensive State Adolescent Sexual Health and Teen Dating Programming

Title X and Teens: Innovations in Marketing and Partnerships to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and Increase Access to Care

Why Wait? The Value of Sharing Your Emerging and Promising Practices

Member to Member

Get Involved

Replicating Promising Practices in Iowa and Montana

Turning Research Findings into Policy and Practice

Data Systems for Evidence-Based Practice: The Need for Integrated Epidemiology and Quality Improvement Techniques

Real Life Stories

Evaluating the Impact of Father Involvement Programming: The SFI Model

MIECHV Helps States Increase Collaboration and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation

MIECHV Technical Assistance Coordinating Center

Improving Access to Medical Home Programs for Hispanic Children with Special Health Care Needs by Utilizing Community Health Workers

Medical Home and Health Information Technology

Integrating Home Visiting Programs and the Family Centered Medical Home to Improve Child and Family Health Outcomes

Medical Home Access among Children with Special Health Care Needs: Findings from the 2011-12 National Survey of Children’s Health

Supporting Maternal and Child Health by Involving Fathers on Home Visits

Promoting the National Home Visiting Research Agenda

Pregnancy Medical Homes

Accelerating Progress to Improve Birth Outcomes through the COIIN

Breastfeeding and the Affordable Care Act

Preconception/Interconception Health in Michigan: Using Data to Inform Programs

Colorado's Evaluation of a Reproductive Life Plan Tool

Reproductive Life Planning Tools: Stories from EWSE Pilot Sites

Best Babies Zone: A Collaborative Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes and Transform Communities

Benefits and Eligibility for MCH Populations Explained in Three Easy Charts!

Putting Together the Pieces of the Puzzle: Achieving Equity in the “Landscape of Breastfeeding Support”

National Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative Update

January/February 2012

November/December 2012

September/October 2012

Leading in Turbulent Times

Member to Member

AMCHP Support for Mentoring Programs

MCH PHLI: What Graduates Gained From Attending

PLTl Empowers Wyoming Parents: Increasing Community Awareness of Children’s Health Issues

Real Life Story

Mindfulness and MCH: Cultivating the Art and Science of Inside-Out Leadership

AMCHP Assessment of State Life Course Resources and Tools

Member to Member

Website Launch: AMCHP State Life Course Resource Center

LCRN – A Profound New Way to Understand Health

Implications of the Life Course Perspective on State Title V CYSHCN Programs and All CYSHCN

The Life Course Metrics Project

IOM Committee on Preventive Services for Women Works to Increase the Well-Being of U.S. Women

TACC Established to Support MIECHV Home Visitation Programs

Prevention and Public Health Fund: A Constant Target

PREP Aims to Prevent Teen Pregnancy and STIs

The AMCHP National Center for Health Reform Implementation: Important Resources and a Voice for MCH Populations

CMS Launches Strong Start Initiative to Improving Maternal and Infant Health

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From the President

From the CEO

The Year in Title V MCH Policy – Looking Back (At Bullets We Largely Dodged) and Looking Forward (To Living in the Era of Tightening Budget Caps)

A Look Back at AMCHP Programs in 2011

AMCHP Programs: A Look Ahead to 2012

Improving the System of Services for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Through D70 Implementaion Grants

From the President

AMCHP to Convene Stakeholder Work Group to Develop National Consensus Framework for Improving Quality Systems of Care for CYSHCN

“Moving the Needle” on Systems of Services for CYSHCN

Adolescent Systems Capacity (ASC) Tool Helps Identify and Implement Organizational Improvements

AMCHP and National Center for Ease of Use of Community-Based Services Support Focus on Latino Families With CYSHCN

Real Life Stories

Systems-Level Impact: Using the Collective Impact Framework for Public Health Systems Building

Opportunities for Systems Integration Put into Motion with MCH Leadership

Act Early State Systems Grants

The Biggest Public Health Success Story In 15 Years?

Member to Member

SACIM Developing National Strategy to Reduce Infant Mortality

COIN Working to Ensure Health Equity

Real Life Stories

Keep Your Eyes Open for These New Resources Coming Out in the Upcoming Months

Building a Comprehensive Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes and Reduce Infant Mortality: The AMCHP Compendium

W.K. Kellogg Foundation Partners to Improve Birth Outcomes

How Healthy Start and Title V Work Together

Honors and Accolades

Best Babies Zone Strives for All Babies to Be Born Healthy

Storytelling and MCH: A Conversation with Andy Goodman

AMCHP and March of Dimes Partner on the Second Annual March for Babies

Professional Coaching: An Innovative and Promising Leadership Development Approach for MCH Professionals

AMCHP Annual Conference 2011 Highlights

Sponsors

From the CEO

Home Visiting - One Year Later

Prevention and Public Health Fund

Innovation Center Established to Improve Health Outcomes and Reduce Costs

The Community Guide Provides Important Resource on Evidence-Based Practices

The Importance of Sharing Emerging, Promising and Best Practices with the MCH Community

Teen Pregnancy Prevention: Dr. Frieden Charges National and Local CDC Grantees to Help Reduce Teen Births

The Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program: Partnering to Make an Impact

State Transition Results for Youth with Special Health Care Needs

Promoting Innovations in Adolescent Health Care

Children’s Safety Network Finds More States Are Selecting Injury-Related Priority Needs and Performance Measures

Meeting the Promise of ACA: How Bright Futures Is Being Used by State MCH Programs

NICHQ Joins the Collaborate for Healthy Weight Initiative to Combat Childhood Obesity

AMCHP Crowd Scan: Top Child Health Priorities

Developing the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Updated State Plan

Pew Study Details State Investments in Home Visiting

HHS Convenes Advisory Committee on the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program Evaluation

The AMCHP Policy Framework: Roles for State Title V Programs in Building Systems of Care for Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other Developmental Disabilities

Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Regional Consortiums: Marching Forward Toward Better Systems of Care for Everyone

Opportunities and Challenges in Building Systems for CYSHCN

Social Media and Technology: How Our Roles are Changing #infantmortality

HHS Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality Reconvenes

Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality Shares Lessons Learned

CDC Holds SUID Case Registry Pilot Program: Grantees Share Success Stories

SUID and SIDS Prevention Efforts: Families at the Center

A Tale of Two Moms: Family-Centered Care in Pediatric Pulmonary Centers

Success Stories

Member to Member

Family-to-Family Health Information Centers: Connecting Families and Professionals to Resources

Parent to Parent USA – A Partner in Family Involvement: An Interview with Nancy DiVenere

Family Involvement and Family Delegates at AMCHP

AMCHP Working for You: State Efforts to Promote Preconception Health

Interview with Dr. David Lakey, MD, Commissioner of Health, Texas Department of State Health Services on the ASTHO Healthy Babies Presidential Challenge

November is Prematurity Awareness Month

Title X: Promoting Preconception Health through Family Planning

The Affordable Care Act and Preconception Health

CityMatCH Announces the Prevention of Substance-Exposed Pregnancies Practice Collaborative

Making Change Happen - A Conversation with Dan Heath

AMCHP Legislative Briefing and Advocacy Training

Coaching—A Tool for Moving Forward and Creating Action

AMCHP and March of Dimes Team Up

Family Scholars Program

Text4baby - Why Go Mobile?

Are YOU Part of the Conversation?

State Medicaid, CHIP, and Title V Collaborating to Build Medical Homes

MCHB: An Update and Next Steps on Medical Homes

New PCPCC Center! A Focus on Consumer Involvement and Leadership

AMCHP Conference Highlights

CDC Priority: Improving the Health and Future of Adolescents

Preconception Health Guidelines: Promoting Adolescent Health and Reducing Teen Pregnancy

The National Stakeholders Meetings Version 2.0

Title V Partnerships are Key to Implementation

Florida’s Home Visiting Coalition

Hawaii Healthy Start Program

Louisiana’s Nurse-Family Partnership Program

Missouri’s Home Visiting Programs

In Memory of Ryan Colburn and Polly Arango

Wyoming Parent Leadership Training Institute (PLTI)

Translating Family Centeredness to Health Equity in MCH Education

Let's Move: America's Move to Raise a Healthier Generation

Senate Passage of Child Nutrition Reauthorization Bill

ASTPHND Forms New MCH Nutrition Council

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Title V

Collaborative Efforts to Address the Impact of Perinatal Regionalization on Infant Mortality

Partnership to Eliminate Disparities in Infant Mortality

A Spotlight on SUID and SIDS Prevention Efforts

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Title V

Celebrating Title V of the Past and Present, Looking to Title V of the Future

The MCH Library Launches a Gateway in Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Title V

How Has Title V Involvement with Families Evolved?

Member to Member

State & Regional Activities

AMCHP Members and MCH Colleagues Join the March of Dimes in Honoring the Half a Million Infants Born too Soon During Prematurity Awareness Month

Thinking Outside of the Box: Engaging Adolescents in Preconception Health

Maternal and Child Health (MCH) & Chronic Disease (CD) Collaboration Project: To Address Gestational Diabetes and Prevent Type 2 Diabetes

2008 Annual Conference

Transforming Our Public Health and Healthcare

Preconception Care

Family Involvement

Newborn Screening

New Administration and Congress

AMCHP Workforce Development Committee

Youth Leadership

Annual Conference 2009

Autism Society of America and NAAM

IACC Releases First Federal Strategic Plan for Autism Research

"Learn the Signs. Act Early." Campaign

National Stakeholders Meeting - AMCHP Work

Evidence-Based Approaches to Teen Pregnancy, HIV and STI

Nebraska's Systems for Adolescents

Sidebar on Young Families

Male Involvement Success Story

Involving Fathers in Hawaii

Waikiki Health Center

Virginia Partners in Prevention

Male Involvement in Title V

State and Local Cuts to MCH Program Budgets

State/Local Collaboration in Four Centralized States

Thoughts on Working at the Local and State Level

Public Health Accreditation and MCH Programs

Impact of Novel H1N1 on Children & Pregnant Women

Public Health Community and Schools

Being Born at the Right Place: Neonatal Levels of Care

Healthy Families Equals Healthy Babies

SIDS National Resources for Title V Programs

Association of SIDS & Infant Mortality

AAP Mental Health Activities

March of Dimes Prematurity Collaborative

Assisted Reproductive Technology

Early Intervention and Premature Babies

Member to Member

Preconception Health & Adolescents Action Learning Collaborative

Missouri's Experience with the Safe Families Action Learning Lab

Title V: National Performance Measure #10

Finding Funding for Injury and Violence Prevention

Injury Prevention Success Stories

Data and Assessment Success Stories

Feature: GPS for Maternal and Child Health

Feature: Recent Trends in Breastfeeding

Feature: Report from the National Violent Death Reporting System

Feature: New State and Local MCH Epidemiologist Organization

Feature: Stop Bullying Now!

AMCHP Partners with CityMatCH and NHSA

A Healthy Baby Begins With You

Healthy Start & Title V

Get Involved

Member Spotlight

Movers & Shakers

Infant Mortality Success Stories

March of Dimes: Prematurity Awareness Month

Improving Preconception Health

Policy and Finance Strategies to Promote Preconception Health and Health Care

Preconception Care and Adolescent Women

Preconception Health Success Stories

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