DMCHWD Overview
The Division of MCH Workforce Development (DMCHWD), part of the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau, provides national leadership and direction in educating and training our nation’s current and future leaders in maternal and child health. The Division also provides leadership through state and community-based capacity building programs. Special emphasis is placed on the development and implementation of interprofessional, family-centered, community-based and culturally competent systems of care across the entire life course.
DMCHWD supports programs established in federal legislation (Title V of the Social Security Act, the Autism CARES Act, and the 21st Century CURES Act) to complement state and local health agency efforts. DMCHWD partners with state MCH programs, academic institutions, professional organizations, and other health training programs of the federal government to ensure that MCH workforce development programs are grounded in emerging and evidence-based practices.
In Fiscal Year 2016, DMCHWD awarded 161 grants, an investment of approximately $47 million. Grants are awarded to develop MCH leaders at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels in the areas of public health, clinical practice, MCH teaching, research, and/or public health administration and policy making. DMCHWD also supports programs specifically focused on continuing education and professional development to address the ongoing training needs for practicing MCH professionals.
The Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children grant program supports community-based partnerships and collaborations aimed at improving the health status of disadvantaged children, youth, and their families nationwide by increasing their access to health services.
The Pediatric Mental Health Care Access program promotes behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care by supporting the development of statewide or regional pediatric mental health care telehealth access programs. These programs provide tele-consultation, training, technical assistance, and care coordination for pediatric primary care providers to diagnose, treat and refer children with behavioral health conditions.
DMCHWD Staff
Lauren Raskin Ramos, MPH
Director, Division of MCH Workforce Development
Hae Young Park, MPH
Deputy Director, Division of MCH Workforce Development
Karla Brewer, M.Ed.
Project Officer for:
Kaitlin Bagley, MPH
Public Health Analyst
Claudia Brown, MSN
Project Officer for:
Cara de la Cruz, MPH, PhD
Project Officer for:
Kelly Dawson, MPH
Project Officer for:
- Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP)
- Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program
Angelina Hill
Staff Assistant
Ayanna Johnson, MSPH
Project Officer for:
Meredith Morrissette, MPH
Project Officer for:
- Children’s Healthy Weight CoIIN
- Children's Healthy Weight State Capacity Building Program
- MCH Nutrition
- MCH Navigator
- Challenge Competition: Using Technology to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Low-Income Families and Communities
Rita Maldonado, MPH
Project Officer for:
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
Vera Proctor
Public Health Analyst
Madhavi Reddy, MSPH
Project Officer for:
- Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program (HTPCP)
- Pediatric Mental Health Care Access Program
Robyn Schulhof, MA
Project Officer for:
- Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND)
- Interdisciplinary Technical Assistance Training Resource Center
Jordanna Snyder, MPH
Project Officer for:Michelle Menser Tissue, MPH
Project Officer for: