The Division of MCH Workforce Development
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Online Course Available: Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH
The National MCH Workforce Development Center offers an online, interdisciplinary course designed to prepare participants to contribute successfully to state and national health transformation. The course, “Applied Methods for Health Transformation Implementation in MCH”, is open to any MCH professional interested in lifelong learning AND to students enrolled in any of the MCHB-funded Graduate Education Programs to Educate the Next Generation of MCH Leaders (CoE, Catalyst, LEND, LEAH, DBP, MCH Nutrition, and PPC Programs). Course participants may elect to earn graduate credit (1 or 3-credits) or a certificate of completion.
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MCH Navigator Evaluation Learning Bundle
The MCH Navigator’s new Evaluation Learning Bundle presents introductions to the six steps of program evaluation in short video podcasts.
Title V Transformation Tools Portal
The new Title V Transformation Tools Portal, developed by the MCH Navigator in collaboration with the National MCH Workforce Development Center, crosswalks each National Performance Measure (NPM) and its corresponding knowledge and skills sets with specific learning opportunities and resources.
MCH Navigator Public Health Pronto
Public Health Pronto is the MCH Navigator’s newest microlearning project that allows you to participate in short bursts of learning through the year to improve your public health skills. This program focuses on the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals through short, ongoing bursts of learning that encourage learners to proceed at their own pace, all while being engaged in a collaborative environment.
DGIS
Discretionary Grant Information System
Maternal and Child Health Discretionary Grants fund more than 900 projects through 88 programs each year. The Discretionary Grant Information System (DGIS) collects program and performance measure data...
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The Division of MCH Workforce Development is excited to launch our new website! We welcome any feedback you may have. In addition, we’d like to highlight a few ways to engage:
Division Highlights
Highlighting Interdisciplinary / Interprofessional Training and Practice
The Division of MCH Workforce Development (DMCHWD) supports improved maternal and child health through investing in interdisciplinary education and training in disciplines such as developmental-behavioral pediatrics, nutrition, pediatric pulmonology, family, psychology, social work, speech-language pathology, adolescent medicine, and public health. This month, DMCHWD shares interdisciplinary highlights from across the network.
DMCHWD is excited to announce the release of the fourth edition of the MCH Leadership Competencies, which have supported current and future MCH leaders since their initial release in 2007.
Preventing Childhood Obesity Challenge
The Preventing Childhood Obesity Challenge will award $375,000 in prizes to support the creation of innovative solutions to promote healthy weight for low-income children and families within the context of their communities. Phase 1 launched on July 23, 2018. Submissions will be accepted until September 24, 2018.
DMCHWD recently released an updated fact sheet to highlight the ways it provides national leadership and direction in educating and training our nation’s future leaders in maternal and child health.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Wisconsin MCH Training Programs - Shared Day of Learning
- Reaching Practicing Professionals - Northwest Public Health Leadership Institute at the University of Washington’s Northwest Center for Public Health Practice
- University of Alabama at Birmingham PPC Trainees Plan Annual Event for School Nurses
- From the LEND Program at Westchester Institute for Human Development UCEDD, NY
- University of Minnesota LEAH: Seminar Series/Translating Research into Practice
TRAINEE HIGHLIGHTS
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- Making Lifelong Connections (MLC) - Reflections from the Trainee Ambassador Group
- Kacie McLaughlin, DMCHWD Spring 2018 Intern
- Sensory Friendly Sunday at the Walker Art Center
- Boston LEND
- Devon Carroll
- Shannon Crowley
- Maxine K. Kantor
- Joyce Kohn
- Katherine Trier
- Oregon LEND Trainees Support Tillamook County's Early Childhood Screening Fair
- Amy McCaughan on behalf of Spring/Summer 2018 UF PPC Trainees
- Interdisciplinary Comprehensive ADHD Program (ICAP) at UC Davis
- Bianca Demara
- Beyond the Classroom, Beyond the Clinic: Partnerships Between Teachers and Physicians – Emily Whitgob, DBP
- Jocelyn Ronda, LEAH
- University of Minnesota LEAH: Spotlight on Trainees
Training Investments
In Fiscal Year 2016, the Division of MCH Workforce Development awarded 152 grants, an investment of $47 million. Grants are awarded to develop trainees for leadership roles in the areas of MCH teaching, research, clinical practice, public health administration and policy making, and community-based programs. In addition, grantees in community practice often support the development of family-centered, culturally competent pediatric clinicians and public health professionals. Currently, Healthy Tomorrows funds 39 grants across 22 states.