In late October, AMCHP staff member Krista Granger
presented at the American Public Health Association 2016 Annual Meeting and
Expo. Her presentation was entitled “Demonstrating the Value of MCH Programs:
Lessons Learned from the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs’
Return on Investment Analytic Action Learning Collaborative.” For more
information on AMCHP’s Return on Investment Analytic Action Learning
Collaborative, click
here.
On Oct. 28, AMCHP staffers Amy Haddad and Kate Taft
participated in a convening of the Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment
(CHOPT) for the Medicaid initiative in Washington, D.C. CHOPT for Medicaid is a
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation-funded project led by the Institute for Medicaid
Innovation in partnership with the Association of Community Affiliated Plans
(ACAP) and Medicaid Health Plans of America (MHPA). Haddad and Taft participated
in several roundtables to discuss what is working well and to identify
opportunities for improvement in childhood obesity initiatives. They also met
several families who have been engaged in innovative programs led by Medicaid
health plans around the country.
AMCHP’s State Public Health Autism Resource Center (SPHARC)
hosted a kick-off meeting Oct. 26-27 in Washington, D.C., for the Innovation in
Care Integration for Children and Youth with ASD/DD Community of Learners. The
day-and-a-half meeting included discussions about innovative, evidence-informed
strategies that state grantees will be implementing (Telehealth, Family
Navigator and shared resources); activities on using effective project planning
and quality improvement tools; and interactive networking sessions facilitated
by AMCHP staff to encourage states to learn from one another and foster working
relationships. AMCHP staffers Kate Taft, Cori Floyd, Krista Granger and
Michelle Jarvis facilitated the meeting, and AMCHP Board President Eileen
Forlenza presented a plenary discussion on family engagement. State leaders
connected with one another and with national partners, and identified potential
technical assistance opportunities and activities to work on collaboratively as
part of the ongoing Learning Community.