Trainee Toolkit

Welcome from the director

Lauren Raskin Ramos, MPH, Director
Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development (DMCHWD)
Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA)

Dear MCHB Trainees, 

Welcome to the Maternal and Child Health Bureau’s (MCHB) Division of Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development (DMCHWD)!
The DMCHWD provides national leadership and direction in educating and training our nation’s current and future leaders in maternal and child health (MCH). Our interdisciplinary graduate training and workforce development programs ensure that practicing MCH professionals are equipped to meet the unique needs of MCH populations. As a trainee, you help advance our mission.

Our training programs are dedicated to advancing exemplary practice and leadership in the field of MCH. MCH training programs emphasize four core principles: 1) interdisciplinary training, 2) diversity, 3) family leadership, and 4) supporting the Title V MCH Services Block Grant program and other MCH systems. In Fiscal Year 2022, MCH training programs trained 29,109 trainees. Additionally, MCH training programs offered continuing education to over 493,295 participants. As a trainee, you are joining a network of MCH professionals around the country who have incredible clinical, academic, and policy expertise in public health that will shape the future of MCH. We encourage you to connect with the trainees in your program and across the nation.

To support you as you navigate through your training and beyond, we have created this MCH Training Program Handbook that provides online resources in one convenient location. This includes descriptions of MCH training programs, reflections from past trainees on their experience and how it has shaped their career, and other resources to support your development as an MCH professional.

We hope this information is helpful as you embark on a path to shape the health and care of our nation’s women, children, and families.

Sincerely, 

Lauren Raskin Ramos, MPH
Director
DMCHWD