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Title V Five Year Needs Assessment

Title V legislation requires each state and jurisdiction to conduct a state-wide, comprehensive needs assessment every five years. The needs assessment process can be a useful tool for strategic planning, strategic decision-making and resource allocation. It also provides a way for Title V programs to benchmark where they are and assess progress over a five-year period.

MCHB Resources

Title V Maternal & Child Health Block Grant Program Needs Assessment

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Needs Assessment

Trainings

To assist states or jurisdictions in preparing their assessments AMCHP hosted a series of virtual trainings to provide guidance on the needs assessment process. You can find the archives and resources from these trainings by clicking on the tabs below.

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The Maternal and Child Health Bureau provides Technical assistance to states in the following way:

Peer to peer consultation
Individual consultant to states
Regional workshops for states around selected topics
MCH University Grantees provided training
Other TA provided by MCH grantees, e.g., Universal Training Programs and program specific grantees such as newborn screening, EMS, and TBI

To request technical assistance please complete the following form and submit to HRSA regional staff contact. http://mchb.hrsa.gov/grants/titlevtechnicalassistance.html

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Overview

To assist states or jurisdictions in preparing their assessments, AMCHP hosted a series of virtual trainings to provide guidance on the needs assessment process. The first training was held on March 5, 2014. This training provided an overview of the needs assessment process with a presentation from Donna Petersen, ScD, MHS, CPH, Dean for the College of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Dr. Petersen presented on the "Nuts and Bolts of the Five Year Needs Assessment," followed by a state-in-action example from Massachusetts. The Massachusetts MCH team shared their strategies, resources and lessons learned from conducting the five-year needs assessment process.

If you have any questions please contact Jessica Teel (jteel@amchp.org).

Webinar Recording

Title V Five Year Needs Assessment Training Recording

Resources

Using Data

The second training, The Nuts and Bolts on Using Data was held on May 1, 2014. The training featured Caroline Stampfel, MPH, currently the Associate Director, Epidemiology and Evaluation at AMCHP and formerly an MCH Lead Analyst with the Virginia Title V program, on using data in the needs assessment process. Ms. Stampfel's presentation was followed by two states-in-action profiles, Rhode Island and Alaska, who shared their data strategies, resources and lessons learned from conducting the five-year needs assessment process.

Webinar Recording

Title V Five Year Needs Assessment Training: Nuts and Bolts of Using Data Webinar Recording

Resources

Stakeholder Engagement

The third training on stakeholder engagement was held on January 7, 2015. This training featured provided strategies on how to orient stakeholders with start and end goals. The webinar also provided state-in-action examples from Oregon, Wisconsin and Wyoming about their strategies for stakeholder engagements, such as how to engage your local nonprofit hospitals and use its community health assessment to contribute to the needs assessment process that is now mandated by the Affordable Care Act.

Webinar Recording

Title V Five Year Needs Assessment Training: Stakeholder Engagement

Resources

Stampfel_Stakeholder Engagement NA Final.pdf

OR Stakeholder Engagement NA.pdf

WI Stakeholder engagement_AMCHP_Final.pdf

Wisconsin MCH NPM Prioritization Matrix.docx

WY Stakeholder Engagement NA (Tribal Engagement).pdf

CYSHCN Stakeholder Engagement Resources

December 2014 LICD webinar Strategies and Tips for Using the National Standards for CYSHCN in Title V Needs Assessments

recording : http://amchp.adobeconnect.com/p317wl44572/ (27:30-32:50)
slides: Most relevant slides are #26-31

CYSHCN Standards Presentation Tool Slides (Standards Presentation Slides )
CYSHCN Standards Presentation Tool Slides (directions)

Identifying State Priority Needs

The fourth and final training was on Identifying State Priority Needs on April 16, 2015. The State Priority needs webinar served as an excellent opportunity for participants to hear from their peers on how they conducted their needs assessments in their Title V programs. On this webinar, participants heard firsthand from Kansas and New Mexico, who shared their strategies for identifying priorities in their CYSHCN and Title V programs, resources, and lessons learned from aligning their priorities to both the eight National Performance Measures as well as selecting State Performance Measures.

Webinar Recording

Title V Five Year Needs Assessment Training: Identifying State Priorities

Resources

AMCHP Needs Assessment Webinar Part 4.pdf

Kansas Communities4Kids Meeting Package.pdf

Kansas AMCHP Compendium Regional Meetings.pdf

Colorado MCH NA Results Summary 2016.pdf

Louisiana Title V Criteria for Group Discussions.docx