Our division supports and educates leaders in maternal and child health (MCH). We provide leadership for state- and community-level programs to support the development of the MCH workforce.
Key accomplishments
- In FY 2022, our MCH training programs trained:
- 3,025 long-term trainees
- 6,091 medium-term trainees
- 19,993 short-term trainees
- More than 493,295 continuing education participants
- In FY 2022, 87% of MCH training program graduates demonstrated leadership within the clinical, advocacy, academic, research, public health, public policy, or governmental realms.
- 89% of former Healthy Tomorrows grantees have sustained their projects five or more years after our funding ended.
- There are 54 Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Programs across the states and U.S.-affiliated jurisdictions. In FY 2022, pediatric providers who contacted the pediatric mental health care team in their state or jurisdiction served approximately 27,000 children and adolescents.
Programs we manage and training we support
We provide training, education, and leadership development to the current and future MCH workforce. View our awards charts for all the programs that we fund. Learn more about our MCH Workforce Development Programs.
We also:
- Integrate training into our Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant programs
- Support breastfeeding and integrate breastfeeding activities into our bureau's initiatives.
- Improve care and outcomes for children and young adults with autism and other developmental disabilities
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