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PARTNERS IN PROGRESS March 8, 2023 |
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Upcoming Events |
MCHB Upcoming Funding Opportunities
 Thursday, March 16 at 1:00—2:00PM ET
We have several upcoming Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) that are scheduled to become available through grants.gov. Join us in this webinar to hear from MCHB Associate Administrator Michael Warren, MD, MPH, FAAP about these upcoming funding opportunities, who is eligible to apply, and how to apply.
Upcoming funding listed on grants.gov include:
- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Capacity Program
- Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health (AIM) Technical Assistance Center
- State Maternal Health Innovation (MHI)
- Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions— Research Centers
- Maternal Health Research Collaborative for Minority-Serving Institutions—Coordinating Center
- Screening and Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- Healthy Start Initiative—Enhanced
- Integrated Maternal Health Services
- Institute for Home Visiting Workforce Development and Jackie Walorski Center for Evidence-Based Case Management
- Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA)
Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM)
March 20 from 11:30AM—4:30PM ET
March 21 from 11:30AM—3:00PM ET
ACIMM advises the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) on department activities, partnerships, policies, and programs directed at reducing infant mortality, maternal mortality, and severe maternal morbidity as well as how to improve the health status of infants and women before, during, and after pregnancy.
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Friday, March 17 at 12PM ET
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is hosting this lunch and learn webinar. The aim is to help Title V agency staff, people with lived experience, and other federal and state-level MCH partners ensure that maternal and child health (MCH) populations have health insurance coverage. The webinar will feature policy experts from AMCHP and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families. For more information on "unwinding" and how you can help ensure MCH populations have health insurance coverage, see the Resources Section of this newsletter.
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Through the HRSA MCHB Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health grant, our partner in Pennsylvania recently developed the PREPaRE Co-training and Partnership Implementation Guide. This guide helps organizations Partner in Pediatric Readiness, Emergency Preparedness, and Response Education (PREPaRE).
The PREPaRE project developed training modules to help providers and families communicate more effectively during emergency situations. The focus was on ensuring children with complex health & social needs get their needs met.
Use and adapt this guide to your state, regional, and local needs. It contains training and partnership-building resources, downloadable social media toolkits, recruitment flyers, training videos, and slide decks with presentation notes. The training package even includes tips for those just getting started in the training process and those looking to co-design and develop with local partners.
The Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named Ms. Belinda Pettiford, MPH, as the new Chair for the Advisory Committee on Infant and Maternal Mortality (ACIMM). This committee advises the Secretary on department activities, partnerships, policies, and programs directed at reducing infant mortality, maternal mortality, and severe maternal morbidity. Ms. Pettiford served on the Committee from 2018 to 2022. She now will serve a 3-year term as ACIMM Chair. She has over 30 years of experience in public health (read more).
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FINAL Call for Abstract, Workshop & Symposia Submissions
MCHB, in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and CityMatCH, are hosting the 2023 CityMatCH MCH Leadership Conference, Reconnecting and Transforming MCH: A Journey of Healing, Rebirth, and Growth.
Would you like to share your work with fellow maternal and child health (MCH) professionals at this upcoming September conference? Would you like to teach a new skill to other MCH leaders? If so, CityMatCH is accepting submissions for abstracts, workshops, symposia, and facilitated discussions via their online submission system until March 10, 2023, by 11:59PM PT.
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National Poison Prevention Week |
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National Poison Prevention Week (#NPPW)
March 19-25, 2023
Visit HRSA’s Poison Help website for resources you can use to highlight the dangers of poisoning for people of all ages and promote community involvement in poisoning prevention.
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Resources |
Federal Resources
Ensuring MCH Populations Have Health Coverage
Waivers put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic to make sure people had Medicaid or CHIP coverage are ending on March 31, 2023. States will then decide who still qualifies for coverage. This process is referred to as "unwinding.”
Please help our maternal and child health (MCH) populations continue to receive health coverage when they are eligible.
What you can do: Help connect people to their State Medicaid or CHIP program to update contact information and complete paperwork. Help people who no longer qualify for Medicaid or CHIP apply for coverage through HealthCare.gov.
Use these Messaging Resources: Unwinding Communications Toolkit (in English and Spanish; some materials available in Chinese, Hindi, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese).
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HHS Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology is committed to advancing the use of interoperable, standardized data to represent social needs and the conditions in which people live, learn, work, and play. ONC designed the SDOH Toolkit as a practical guide for conveners, facilitators, implementers, and others in the health IT community to consider SDOH information, where appropriate, in their collaborative assessment, design, implementation, and governance of health IT systems. Learn more from HealthITbuzz.
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Funding Opportunities |
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The following Notices of MCHB Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) are open:
Consider these funding announcements from HHS and the Department of Education.
HRSA Health Center Program
HHS Administration for Children & Families
HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
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