In September 2023, HRSA announced new awards, including $19 million in funding for the Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program. These awards will improve access to behavioral health services for children and youth in communities across the country.
Latest funding news
We aim to improve the health of mothers, children, and families by developing leaders in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and building the MCH workforce.
We achieve this through a variety of strategies and programs that provide training, education, leadership development, and support for MCH professionals. Our funding opportunities and partnerships ensure that our investments in training and workforce development reach all corners of the nation and several U.S. territories. View our map of workforce development funded projects.
- Special Journal Issue on Workforce Development (original research, commentaries, innovations, policy and program evaluations)
- Join our MCHB Workforce Development Email List
- Browse MCH career opportunities
Professional development opportunities in MCH
Our programs and initiatives create pathways to graduate education and support practicing MCH professionals.
Opportunities include:
- Grants and other awards that support the development of the current and future MCH workforce
- Online resources for MCH professionals to stay informed and up to date on the latest trends and best practices
- Centers of Excellence in MCH Education, Science, and Practice
- Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP)
- Graduate Student Epidemiology Program (GSEP)
- Leadership Education in Adolescent Health (LEAH)
- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
- MCH Epidemiology Training Course for practicing professionals
- MCH Leadership, Education, and Advancement in Undergraduate Pathways (MCH LEAP)
- MCH Nutrition Training Program
- MCH Public Health Catalyst Program
- Pediatric Pulmonary Centers (PPC)
- Trainee Toolkit
Helps orient new and current MCH Trainees to our network of MCH professionals. - MCH Resources for Training and Faculty Collaboration
Includes the MCH leadership competencies and learning portals such as the MCH Navigator. - Student Internship Opportunities
Our Workforce Division accepts applications from highly motivated graduate students in good standing at schools of public health or other health-related training programs in the United States. - History and Roots of our Nation's Maternal and Child Health Work
- Data Gathering and Reporting Requirements
- New Grantee Orientation Webinar (2021)
If you are a new grantee, watch this webinar. - Data Gathering and Reporting Requirements
Provides annual and other reporting processes and links. - MCH Resources for Training and Faculty Collaboration
Includes the MCH leadership competencies and learning portals such as the MCH Navigator.
Our approach
We recognize the importance of supporting and sustaining a skilled, diverse, and innovative MCH workforce. Our programs work at multiple stages across the life course to meet the ever-evolving needs of America's mothers, children, and families.
With our committed partners, our investments strengthen public health capacity and address the needs and challenges of the MCH workforce by:
- Offering national leadership and direction to educate and train current and future leaders
- Supporting workforce diversity to ensure that the MCH workforce is representative of the communities it serves
- Building capacity through state- and community-based programs
- Emphasizing the development and use of interprofessional, family-centered, community-based, and culturally responsive systems of services
Success stories
Our MCH training programs have lifelong impacts on the careers of MCH leaders. Trainees from our Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Program (PDF) and our Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program (PDF) described their experiences.
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