HRSA Celebrates President Biden Signing the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act into Law
 September 22 - HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson joined President Biden in the Oval Office, along with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, advocates, and individuals who have received donated organs, as he signed the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act. This legislation adopts the proposals HRSA included in the President’s 2024 Budget to give us critical tools to implement HRSA’s Organ Procurement and Transplantation Modernization Initiative.
“HRSA is grateful for the President’s leadership in calling for these reforms in his budget and commends the Congressional leaders who responded by working in a bipartisan, bicameral way to advance this critical legislation to improve health outcomes for the more than 100,000 people on the organ transplant waiting list,” said Administrator Johnson.
 September 27– HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson joined HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, and Maryland Secretary of Health Dr. Laura Herrera Scott in Baltimore, Maryland to announce nearly $90 million to support and expand access to maternal health, grow the maternal care workforce, support individuals experiencing maternal depression, and strengthen social supports that are vital to safe pregnancies. This funding was announced in conjunction with HHS’ Maternal Health Day of Action and was followed by a roundtable discussion with local leaders, providers, and advocacy organizations, focused on maternal health.
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September 25 – HRSA Administrator Carole Johnson visited Lansing, Michigan to announce approximately $55 million to support youth mental health through School Based Health Centers, the Behavioral Health Workforce and Training for Children/Adolescents Program, and the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program. Administrator Johnson, accompanied by U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, and Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Elizabeth Hertel, participated in a roundtable with providers, educators, and parents, and toured a local delivery site funded through the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program.
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For 7 years, HRSA has released the annual NSCH dataset on Child Health Day. The NSCH is the largest, most comprehensive national- and state-level data for key measures of child health and well-being.
The new Maternal Hardship Among Children Data Brief presents findings that indicate that nearly half of all children in the United States have experienced material hardship in their lifetime, meaning the inability to afford basic needs like food, housing, or medical care. HRSA invests in a wide range of programs that aim to ensure our public health systems are helping children to thrive. These include the Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Healthy Start, and Home Visiting. And recognizing that children and youth with special health care needs deserve opportunities for optimal health and well-being, we invest in a portfolio of programs to support them.
We encourage our partners to use the newest 2022 data to understand the strengths, needs, and health service gaps of our Nation’s children and make progress toward solutions for their optimal health and well-being.
Watch our new NSCH 90-second video and share it so that more people learn about and use this valuable resource.
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HRSA will host a webinar for HRSA’s Community-Based Organization (CBO) program grantees, their partners, and community health workers, Wednesday, October 11, 2-3:30 p.m. ET.
During the webinar, HRSA staff and grantees will discuss how community health worker training programs can help CBOs retain and continue training individual staff.
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