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AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016
July 26, 2016
These volunteer leaders were
elected by you to care for
AMCHP today and guide it into
the future. Here they share
information about themselves to
give you a new MCH connection
and a better understanding of
the board members' roles, or
simply to pique your interest in
the work of your peers.
This month, we have the privilege of introducing you to
board members Shirley Payne and Gina Pola-Money,
who were elected in 2016 to serve on the AMCHP Board
of Directors.
Shirley Payne, MPH, has been an AMCHP member
since 2013, serving in multiple volunteer capacities
including as an active participant in the AMCHP
Leadership Institute for CYSHCN Directors as well as the
New Director Mentor Program. She joined the Board of
Directors as the Region V Director representing Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.
Shirley earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a
Bachelor of Arts in African-American and African
Diaspora Studies from Indiana University in 2007, and
later earned her Master of Public Health degree from the
Indiana University School of Medicine, with
concentrations in epidemiology and behavioral health
science. She is pursuing her doctoral degree in Health
Behavior from the Indiana University School of Public
Health.
Shirley serves with the Division of Children’s Special
Heath Care Services (CSHCS) within the Indiana
Department of Health, where her primary responsibility is
to administer Indiana’s CSHCS program, which is a
supplemental coverage program that helps families of
children with serious, chronic medical conditions pay for
treatment related to their child’s condition. She also
serves as the state’s Title V Children and Youth with
Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN) director and is
responsible for managing the CYSHCN portion of the
Title V Block Grant.
Shirley has been dedicated to serving the special needs
population for over seven years. Prior to working with the
state, she worked as a team leader with St. Vincent New
Hope (now New Hope of Indiana) in Indianapolis, Ind.,
and was instrumental in direct care coordination for
individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
on state Medicaid waivers. This experience gave her the
desire to focus her career on maternal and child health,
in particular working on behalf of the special needs
population.
“I have an undeniable passion for helping others,” Shirely
said. “I have found that one of my greatest strengths is
the ability to help those who cannot help themselves,
need someone to advocate on their behalf, or motivate
them in order to help themselves. Serving on the board
allows me to do just that.”
“As a leader, I recognize that I am called to look beyond
my own interests and needs to ensure a collective voice
is represented for the entire maternal and child health
population,” she adds. “I feel a sense of responsibility to
ensure this happens for Region V.”
BOARD CORNER
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 2
Gina Pola-Money, A.S., Social
Sciences, has been an active
AMCHP member since 2001. She
joined the Board of Directors this
year as a family representative.
Gina has over 29 years of
experience navigating the health
care system for her children with
special health care needs,
including dealing with medically
complex, hospice and mental
health issues. She is director of Utah Family Voices
Family to Family Health Information Center, which
provides supports for family needs as well as information
to families and professionals about resources and health
care financing. Gina is also a member of the family
faculty of the Utah Regional LEND program, helping to
bring the family voice to leadership education for
professionals and gaining the perspective of her
professional partners.
"It is my greatest hope that I can give some of my
passion and commitment to the organization that has
done so much to help families of children and youth with
special health care needs, like mine,” Gina says.
Gina has also been actively involved with medical home
and quality improvement initiatives, which include
coordinating parent partner activities, family centered
care and parent professional partnerships. She shares
that she has been fortunate to benefit from the ongoing
mentorship, collaboration and technical assistance of
Family Voices and Title V.
We thank and honor these two professionals for giving
their time and expertise to AMCHP. Please take a
moment to visit the AMCHP board page at for more
details and to see how you can reach Shirley Payne and
Gina Pola-Money.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Holds Hearing on Revised Draft of ACE Kids
Bill
On July 7 the Subcommittee on Health within the U.S.
House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing
on the revised draft of the Advancing Care for
Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act. The revised bill maintains its
focus on increasing quality of care for children with
medically complex conditions (such as by improving data
collection to determine best practices) while attempting
to streamline processes to reduce the burden on
families. During the hearing, a representative from
Family Voices advocated for pediatrics-focused federal
standards for health home providers, engagement of
families in the construction of policy and practices, and
the adoption of best practices regarding out-of-state
care. The National Association of Medicaid Directors
representative emphasized the need to move toward a
less-fragmented system based on financial incentives
that reward value. Other stakeholders, including Gillette
Children’s Specialty Healthcare and Cook Children’s
Health System, emphasized the importance of national
data collection so that improvements can be measured
and national quality standards can be established. The
House and Senate are seeking additional feedback on
drafts of the legislation from stakeholders before
proceeding further.
Bill Addressing Opioid Epidemic Signed
into Law On July 23 the president signed the Comprehensive
Addiction and Recovery Act into law. The law addresses
maternal and child health advocates’ concerns with the
opioid epidemic by providing states with grants for
substance abuse treatment programs for pregnant and
postpartum women while extending eligibility for these
programs to women in prison. It also addresses
Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, by requiring a report on
its prevalence and the treatment options available under
state Medicaid coverage. The law protects children by
encouraging states to develop safe-care plans for infants
who are affected by opioid usage.
LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY
CORNER
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BOARD CORNER cont.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 3
2017 Assister Certification Training Now
Available As of July 11 the 2017 Assister Certification Training is
available for use on the CMS Enterprise Portal. The
training will be hosted by the Marketplace Learning
Management System (MLMS); the web-based training
platform for assisters providing application and
enrollment assistance to consumers in Federally-
Facilitated Marketplaces (FFMs), including State
Partnership Marketplaces (SPMs) and certain State-
based Marketplaces using the Federal Platform (SBM-
FPs). For additional assistance with questions on the
MLMS assister training, submit inquiries to
[email protected]. For assistance with CAC
program questions, submit inquiries to
[email protected]. For assistance with
Navigator program questions, submit inquiries to your
CMS project officer.
AMCHP Releases Medicaid Parity Fact Sheet AMCHP’s Health Reform Implementation team recently
released a fact sheet, Mental Health Parity for Medicaid
& CHIP Populations. This resource is designed to help
MCH professionals understand the final rules released by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
regarding parity requirements for Medicaid and CHIP
plans. Keep an eye out over the next few weeks for new
resources on pregnancy coverage and the ACA, 1332
waivers and how to lower non-medically indicated
deliveries before 39 weeks gestation.
Urban Institute: Changing ‘Family Glitch’
Reduces Family Health Costs
More than six million people live in a family that is
affected by the “family glitch” – meaning that one family
member has an employer offer of single coverage
deemed to be affordable and therefore all family
members are ineligible for tax credits for marketplace
coverage. These families are paying premiums that can
amount to 15.8 percent of their household incomes. In a
new report from the Urban Institute, a simulation study
demonstrated that changing the affordability test to take
into account the cost of family coverage would reduce
spending on premiums to 6.3 percent, significantly
alleviating financial burdens for such families.
National Governors Association Responds
to Opioid Epidemic The National Governors Association recently released a
report, Finding Solutions to the Prescription Opioid and
Heroin Crisis: A Road Map for States. The brief lays out
a step-by-step process for states to follow in assessing
prescription and other drug use in their states,
developing policies to address the problem and
implementing and evaluating state
progress.
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FOLLOW
@dc_amchp NETWORK linkedin.com/groups/AMCHP-4145590
WATCH YouTube.com/AMCHPDC
GET INVOLVED
POLICY CORNER cont.
Call for Volunteers Now Open for AMCHP
Committees
Volunteers are needed across
all of our association committees
including Governance, Annual
Conference Planning, Best
Practices, Emerging Issues,
Family and Youth Leadership,
Legislative and Healthcare
Financing, and Workforce and Leadership
Development.
Please think about contributing your time and
expertise to your professional organization. This is a
terrific way to enhance the benefits of your
membership in AMCHP, grow your career and
contribute in a real way to the success of the
organization.
Please visit this brief survey to let us know of your
interest.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 4
Request for Applications: AMCHP
Workplace Breast-feeding Support Project
With support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, AMCHP
has committed to partnering with state Title V programs
(or organizations working in partnership with their state
Title V programs to promote breast-feeding initiation and
duration) to provide technical assistance in completing
one of the following projects around breast-feeding
accommodation and support:
Develop a model policy within an organization or for
employees on workplace breast-feeding
accommodation that can be adapted and replicated.
Create a lactation space in an organization or
support employers in creating a lactation space.
Replicate best practices around workplace breast-
feeding accommodation to increase the breast-
feeding rate.
Four state teams will be selected to participate in this
project, which runs from August 2016 to February 2017.
State teams are expected to participate in action
planning, budget development and activity
implementation for a $15,000 mini-grant to develop
model policy, develop a lactation room or replicate best
practices; attend one virtual meeting in October 2016;
participate in cross-state, peer-to-peer sharing via virtual
GET INVOLVED cont.
PUBLICATIONS & R
SOURCES
Nominations Open for AMCHP Board of
Directors
The AMCHP Board of Directors and Governance
Committee announces that the following vacancies are
open for nominations as of June 15, 2016, for elections
to be held in December 2016. Nominations will remain
open from June 15, 2016, through September 15,
2016, unless further notice is provided. AMCHP
member delegates are encouraged to consider
applying. Your help is needed to fill these important
positions! Thank you in advance for your interest,
ongoing support and representation of your state or
region.
REGION II [N.Y., N.J., P.R., V.I.]
Only current delegates from Region II are eligible for
this position. This is full term regional director position
(March 2017 - the close of the 2020 AMCHP
Conference). Elected candidates will be eligible for up
to one (1) additional full term election if interested.
REGION III [Pa., Md., Del., Va., W.Va.]
Only current delegates from Region III are eligible for
this position. This is full term regional director
position (March 2017 - the close of the 2020 AMCHP
Conference). Elected candidates will be eligible for up
to one (1) additional full term election if interested.
REGION V [Ill., Ind., Mich., Minn., Ohio, Wis.]
Only current delegates from Region V are eligible for
this position. This is full term regional director
position (March 2017 - the close of the 2020 AMCHP
Conference). Elected candidates will be eligible for up
to one (1) additional full term election if interested.
REGION VII [Iowa, Miss., Neb., Kan.]
Only current delegates from Region VII are eligible for
this position. This is full term regional director
position (March 2017 - the close of the 2020 AMCHP
Conference). Elected candidates will be eligible for up
to one (1) additional full term election if interested. A
regional director job description is located here. A
candidate questionnaire must be submitted in order to
be considered for any other Region Director positions.
FAMILY REPRESENTATIVE
We are actively seeking nominations from all regions
to fill this vacancy. Only regular members and current
delegates are eligible for this position. This is a full-
term family representative position (from
March 2017 to the close of the 2020 AMCHP
Conference). Elected candidates will be eligible for up
to one (1) additional full term election if interested.
See the family representative job description.
A candidate questionnaire must be submitted in order
to be considered further for the Family Representative
position.
This process will remain open through Sept. 15. 2016.
Once a candidate(s) is identified, the AMCHP
Governance Committee will
subsequently conduct telephone interviews with
candidate(s) and the AMCHP full voting
membership will vote through a virtual election
process beginning in December 2016.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 5
meetings, emails and additional conference calls as
needed; and document processes and share best
practices for future replication within other agencies,
organizations and businesses. The request for
applications is due no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on Aug.
1. All applications should be submitted to Michelle
Eglovitch at [email protected]. To access the
request for applications and other materials, click here.
For additional assistance, please contact Megan Phillippi
Title V Workforce Assessment: We Want
Your Input AMCHP is conducting an analysis of Title V workforce
needs across state MCH programs. The survey will be
used to identify current and future workforce needs,
along with potential skills gaps and the impact of retiring
workers leaving the Title V workforce. AMCHP’s
Workforce Development Committee would greatly
appreciate you taking the time to fill out this survey so
AMCHP can maximize impact on the health of women,
children and families. We want all Title V staff input!
Please be on the lookout for the survey from your Title V/
MCH/CYSHCN director. We encourage you to share the
survey with any of your colleagues who support the work
of Title V. The survey opens July 21 and closes Aug. 30.
Time to Renew Your AMCHP Membership!
The 2016-17 membership year is approaching! AMCHP
is now mailing membership renewal packets to all state
and territorial agencies, organizational associate
members and individual associate members. The
renewal packets include an invoice and other documents
regarding your membership, including the many benefits
and the names of state delegates. Please submit your
payment by Sept. 30. For questions and additional
assistance, please contact Karissa Charles at
[email protected]. For more information on
membership, click here.
Epidemiology Support Services In May 2016 AMCHP created the Epidemiology Support
Services (ESS) with support from the Division of
Reproductive Health within the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. ESS offers a structured way for
AMCHP to provide epidemiology support and
connections to peer epidemiologists and field experts
who can offer insight on applied MCH epidemiology
issues. To submit a request or learn more, click here.
Join a Community – Strengthen the
Evidence Base in MCH Join AMCHP’s Strengthen the Evidence Base:
Communities of Practice (CoP)! The purpose of the CoPs
is to provide a space for sharing and learning among
peers, which could include topics ranging from
developing evidence-based strategy measures to
implementing a plan. The CoPs are grouped by
population domain, including Child Health, Children and
Youth with Special Health Care Needs, Cross-cutting/Life
Course and Women’s/Maternal Health. The CoP’s
AMCHP moderator will pose questions, assist with
identifying technical assistance and support for topics
that require further assistance, and facilitate discussion
with the experts. However, successful CoPs are largely
participant-driven. You will get the most out of a CoP that
has a group of engaged participants who keep the
conversation and learning going. We encourage
participants to contribute to the CoPs by responding to
discussion questions, posting questions and resources
and engaging with other participants. To sign up, click
here. For questions or additional assistance, please
contact Krista Granger at [email protected] or Sarah
Beth McLellan at [email protected].
Connect with Colleagues About
Epidemiology AMCHP is pleased to announce the launch of the MCH
Epi Community of Practice (CoP)! This CoP provides a
space for MCH epidemiologists to collect and share state
MCH epi practices and resources. The goal is for
participants to increase their MCH epi capacity by
helping one another overcome problems, test ideas,
catalog acquired knowledge and enhance professional
networks. Benefits include participation in online
discussion boards, interaction with peers, access to
suggested resources and identification of topics that
require further technical assistance. To sign up, please
visit our registration page. The registration link can also
be found on AMCHP’s new Communities of Practice
page.
Coordinating Care for Children in Families
with Complex Social and Health Needs The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health and
the Catalyst Center will host a webinar on July 27 from
12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. The webinar will cover issues
related to the lives of children and youth with chronic or
complex medical conditions, which often are complicated
GET INVOLVED cont.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 6
by psychosocial issues and family problems such as
poverty, poor prenatal health, substance abuse, domestic
violence and homelessness. These children with “social
complexities” are among the most frequent and high-cost
users of health care services, and their social
vulnerability presents a challenge to providing high-
quality care. The webinar will discuss how these issues
should be addressed as well as which resources to use
to support them. To register, click here.
DataSpeak: Making the Best Use of the Title
V Information System Data The Health Resources and Services Administration’s
Maternal and Child Health Bureau will host a DataSpeak
program on the Title V Information System (TVIS) on July
27 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will present
an orientation to the new TVIS Web Reports webpage,
which includes prepopulated, downloadable graphs,
financial information and the ability to view multiple years
of data. The data and uses of the Federally Available
Data Resource Document, a one-stop source to access
and learn more about the new Title V performance and
outcome measures, will also be featured. To register,
click here.
Loss, Grief and Adjustment for Parents of
Children with Special Needs Parent to Parent of New York State will host a webinar
on July 27 from 5:00-6:00 p.m. ET. Powerful and
intense feelings are natural and common responses to
parenting a child with exceptional needs. The webinar
will provide an overview of common emotions
experienced by parents and discuss how, by sharing and
acknowledging these emotions, parents can find the
inner strength needed to face and embrace their role as
a parent of a child with special needs. Please be advised
that only the first 100 participants who log onto the
webinar will be able to attend. To register, click here.
Timeliness in Newborn Screening Webinar
Series The New York-Mid-Atlantic Consortium for Genetic and
Newborn Screening Services will host a webinar series
on Timeliness in Newborn Screening.
The Analytic Timeliness webinar is scheduled for
July 27 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. The presentation
will focus on the newborn screening laboratory
issues to improving timeliness in newborn screening.
Participants will learn about the time required to
complete testing, implications of second tier assays
and barriers to timeliness.
The Post-Analytic Timeliness webinar is scheduled for Aug. 10 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will focus on the importance of timely diagnosis for newborn screen conditions. The presentation will include a discussion of gaps and barriers to timely diagnosis and treatment.
The Family Focus webinar is scheduled for Aug. 24 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. Families, advocates, primary care physicians, hospital staff and newborn screening programs are invited to a discussion to hear from families impacted by a condition on the newborn screening panel as they discuss the importance of timeliness.
The National Newborn Screening Recommendations webinar is scheduled for Aug. 31 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. ET. The webinar will include commentary from national experts on timeliness in newborn screening. The presentation will include a review of current efforts to improve timeliness. This the final webinar in the series.
Consequences of Bullying
The Children’s Safety Network will host a webinar on July
28 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET to discuss a new report,
Preventing Bullying Through Science, Policy and
Practice. In this webinar, the first in a three-part series,
findings from the National Academies of Science,
Engineering and Medicine Committee will be discussed.
The presentation will also cover conclusions and
recommendations pertaining to the biological and
psychosocial consequences of bullying for the children
who are perpetrators, targets and bystanders to bullying
behavior. To register, click here.
Call for Submissions to Society for
Adolescent Health and Medicine
Educational Presentation
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)
2017 Annual Meeting will take place in March 2017 in
New Orleans. SAHM will accept educational and
scientific research presentations.
Scientific Research Presentations include platform,
poster and poster symposia presentations. The
application period will close on Aug. 22 at 11:59 p.m.
ET. For more information, click here.
GET INVOLVED cont.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 7
Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program Offers
Awards in Medical Sciences, Public Health
The Fulbright U.S. Scholars Program offers teaching,
research or combination teaching/research awards in
over 125 countries for the 2017-18 academic year.
Opportunities are available for college and university
faculty and administrators as well as professionals,
artists, journalists, scientists, lawyers, independent
scholars and many others. This year, program offers over
60 awards in the field of Medical Sciences and over 80
awards in the field of Public/Global Health. For more
information, visit the Medical Sciences and Public/Global
Health webpage. The Fulbright Scholars Program will
also host webinars in the near future to answer additional
questions. The application deadline is Aug. 1.
Request for Applications: Mental Health
Assessment and Treatment of Infants,
Young Children and Families The Zero to Three Policy Center and partners are
pleased to announce a technical assistance opportunity
for state teams to connect and develop strategies to
advance state policy related to financing infant and early
childhood mental health (IECMH) assessment and
treatment. The request for applications is open to all
states; 10 states will be selected to:
Send a team of five people to join national experts for
a convening Oct. 13-14 focused on financing of
IECMH assessment and treatment.
Participate in a series of virtual learning and sharing
sessions with other convening attendees in the year
following the meeting.
Receive technical assistance from Zero to Three to
create and implement an action plan to advance
IECMH financing policy.
Responses should not exceed five pages and are due no
later than Aug. 1. Click here to access the request for
applications. Please address questions to Lindsay Usry
Overview of Perinatal Mood Disorder
Treatment: Guidelines and Clinical Pearls The Centers of Disease Control, MCH Epidemiology
Grant Rounds will host a webinar on Aug. 3 from 2:00-
3:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will overview, of the
different types of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders,
recommendations for and implementation of screening
and implementation of screening in clinical settings and
latest research on prescribing psychotropic
medications for pregnant and lactating women. To join
the meeting, click here. Please use the conference
number 1-866-692-3582 and access
code 10502630#. Presentation slides and short
biographies of the presenters are also available.
Zika Virus and Implications for Tribal
Partners The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
and the Indian Health Service (IHS) will co-host a
webinar for tribal partners during the IHS Clinical Rounds
on Aug. 4 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. The webinar is
designed to provide health care providers with clear
information to effectively counsel and manage patients,
including pregnant women. The webinar will also include
a review of CDC’s Interim Guidelines for Health Care
Providers Caring for Pregnant Women and Women of
Reproductive Age with Possible Zika Virus Exposure and
the overview of the United States’ Zika Pregnancy
Registry. Registration is not required to participate in this
webinar. To access the webinar, click here. Please
select the “Enter as Guest” option and input your first
and last name into the “Name” box. Use “Rounds” as the
passcode and press the “Enter Room” button.
Information on how to access the audio portion of the
webinar will be provided at a later date.
Preventing Adolescent Dating Abuse:
Research and Practice The Children’s Safety Network will host a webinar on
Aug. 10 from 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET. The presentation will
provide an overview of the issue of adolescent dating
abuse, describing how the field has grown and changed
in the past 20 years, including how dating itself has
changed. Presenters will provide results of research
conducted with perpetrators of adolescent dating abuse,
as well as information on community-based efforts to
prevent adolescent dating abuse. To register, click here.
Infant Mortality CoIIN Thematic Webinar On Aug. 16 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET, National Institute for Children’s Health Quality, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, and Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Kansas will host a webinar on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). The webinar will discuss how health professionals working on NAS can work to reduce infant mortality. To register, click here.
GET INVOLVED cont. FUNDING
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 8
Abstract Submissions for GHIC 2017 Unite for Sight is accepting abstract submissions for the
2017 Global Health and Innovation Conference. Only
three types of abstracts will be accepted. Professionals
and students may submit the following abstracts:
Oral and poster abstracts may be research, clinical
or program-focused. The abstract must include
results (data and outcomes), and accepted abstracts
will be invited for oral or poster presentation. The
priority deadline is Aug. 31. For complete instructions
and submission details, click here.
Giving an oral presentation on Social Impact Pitch
abstracts is an opportunity to present an idea,
program or organization to the audience and to an
expert panel for mentoring, guidance and advice.
The two categories for Social Impact Labs are Early
Stage (idea, program or organization is less than 3
years old, and ideas in the brainstorming stage are
also eligible); and Established Stage (program or
organization is at least 3-6 years old). A newer
program (0-6 years old) that is within an established
organization qualifies for the Social Impact Lab
category as well. The priority deadline is Aug. 31. For
more information, click here.
Innovative Initiatives Information Sessions for Oral
Presentations are opportunities for organizations to
discuss their products or services. The for-profit or
nonprofit organization application will be reviewed to
determine if the organization provides products or
services that may be of great interest to conference
participants. The submission deadline is Aug. 30. For
more information, click here.
Call for Nominations: 2016 Henry Viscardi
Achievement Awards
The Henry Viscardi Achievement Awards honor
individuals making significant contributions to improving
the lives of people with disabilities. Previous awardees
represent all sectors, including both domestic and
international leaders continuously striving for the
advancement of the disability community. Health
departments and other community partners are
encouraged to submit nominations. The deadline is Sept.
30. For more information, click here.
Scientific Writing for Peer Reviewed
Publications for Public Health Professionals
The Learning Institute of the American Public Health
Association 2016 Annual Meeting will offer a short course
to help public health practitioners turn their work into
manuscripts for publication. The course will be a mixture
of presentations and hands-on work. Participants are
strongly encouraged to attend the training with an
abstract, manuscript online, data analysis results or a
draft of an article. The course will go over each section of
a scientific paper in detail and participants will receive
guidance from trainers as well as prominent authors or
editors. The course will take place on Oct. 29 from 9:00
am-5:00 p.m. ET in Denver. For more information and
to register, click here.
Best Practices/Innovation Station
AMCHP Releases New Video on Capturing
Best Practices in Maternal and Child Health During the 2016 AMCHP annual conference, AMCHP
staff conducted video interviews with three members on
the importance of capturing best practices in maternal
and child health. Interviewees were Maria Nardella, Karin
Downs and Katy Schalla-Lesiak. Check out the video
here and be sure to share on social media! For more
information on best practices, visit AMCHP’s Innovation
Station.
Zika Corner
Interim Guidance for District and School
Administrators in the Continental United
States and Hawaii The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
released a new resource that serves as a guide for
kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) district and school
administrators for public health actions pertaining to Zika
virus infection. It is intended to address concerns about
the risk for Zika infection in K-12 schools across the
continental United States and Hawaii, provide school
GET INVOLVED cont.
PUBLICATIONS
AND RESOURCES
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 9
RESOURCES cont.
districts with information for planning school-related ac-
tivities and recommend actions that can be taken in
consultation with local public health authorities and gov-
ernment officials to reduce the potential risk for Zika
virus transmission on school premises and among stu-
dents. To access the resource, click here.
Providing Family Planning Care for Non-
Pregnant Women and Men in the Context of
Zika
The Department of Health and Human Services and the
Office of Population Affairs designed a toolkit to help
providers of family planning services in a variety of edu-
cate their non-pregnant clients about the risk of Zika
infection. The toolkit is based on current Centers of Dis-
ease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance and is
composed of core information about Zika virus and its
implications for women and men’s family planning
needs; guidance for health care providers on counseling
non-pregnant women and men about family planning in
the context of Zika; links to CDC’s clinical recommenda-
tions about Zika and other relevant resources; job aids
and client handouts; and outreach materials. To access
the resource, click here.
Workforce Development
New MCH Publication from the University
of Minnesota The University of Minnesota’s Center for Leadership in
Maternal and Child Public Health recently published
MCH Professionals Making a Difference in Government,
Health Care Services, Research, Policy and Academia,
the second of a two-part series that commemorates the
Center’s 60th anniversary and celebrates 15 years of its
publication, Healthy Generations. This volume features
over 600 University of Minnesota MPH alumni in MCH
who are local, state and national public health leaders.
Topics covered in this volume include addressing the
needs of children and youth with special health care
needs, combating food insecurity through policy, and
transforming the quality and use of data through re-
search management and information visualization. To
read first issue in the series, click here.
General & Maternal Child Health
Language Access in Primary Care
The National Center for Medical Home Implementation
and the National Center for Cultural Competence pub-
lished a resource that emphasizes the importance of a
language access programs, especially in pediatrics. A
language-access program delineates how a medical
practice or organization provides services to individuals
who speak languages other than English. To access the
resource, click here.
Tennessee: Advancing the Medical Home
Model in Pediatrics In December 2014, Tennessee was awarded a two-year,
$75 million State Innovation Model (SIM) testing grant to
transform the state’s health care system. The SIM grant
supports a patient-centered medical home program built
off a quality improvement initiative facilitated in partner-
ship the Tennessee Chapter of the American Academy
of Pediatrics. For more information, click here.
Health Reform Implementation in
Maternal and Child Health
Children’s Health Coverage: The Role of
Medicaid and CHIP and Issues for the Fu-
ture
This issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation ex-
amines the importance of Medicaid and the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) benefits for kids and
what it means for children with special health care needs
if the funding for CHIP does not continue past Septem-
ber 2017.
State Pediatric Medicaid and CHIP Medical
Homes Initiative: At-a-Glance Table The National Center for Medical Home Implementation,
in partnership with the National Academy for State
Health Policy, recently updated its State At-a-Glance
table. The table provides an overview of publicly funded
state programs that support the implementation and
spread of the pediatric medical home model of care, in-
cluding information on Health Home State Plan Amend-
ments and on states that have Medicaid payment for
pediatric medical home programs.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 10
RESOURCES cont.
Strategies to Increase Access to LARC in
Medicaid
The National Academy for State Health Policy and Na-
tional Institute for Children’s Health Quality published a
new issue brief that details the use of Long-Acting Re-
versible Contraception (LARC) in preventing un-
planned pregnancies, the current availability and edu-
cation of women, barriers to prescribing LARC and
potential Medicaid reimbursement models to improve
LARC access. The issue brief was developed as part
of the Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Net-
work to Reduce Infant Mortality. To access this re-
source, click here.
Child and Adolescent Health
School-Based Health Centers to Promote
Healthy Equity
The Community Preventative Services Task Force cre-
ated a resource that recommends the implementation
and maintenance of school-based health centers in low
-income communities, based on sufficient evidence of
effectiveness in improving educational and health out-
comes. Improved health outcomes include the delivery
of vaccinations and other recommended preventative
services, asthma morbidity, emergency department
and hospital admission, contraceptive use among fe-
males, prenatal care and birth weight and other health
risk behaviors.
New Resources on Drowning Prevention SafeKids Worldwide released two new reports. Keep-
ing Kids Safe in and Around Water: Exploring Miscon-
ceptions that Lead to Drowning uncovers misconcep-
tions families have that can lead to drowning and ex-
plains how to keep kids safe in and around water. Dan-
gerous Waters: Profiles of Fatal Childhood Drownings
in the U.S. 2005-2014 explores the three places chil-
dren are more likely to drown: at home in bathtubs, at
the pool and in natural water. The report compares
risks across ages, genders and races to see how they
differ.
Evaluation Findings from the Office of Ad-
olescent Health
The results of the first set of evaluation findings from
the Office of Adolescent Health’s Teen Pregnancy Pre-
vention (TPP) Program grantees are now available.
TPP program funded two types of grants that were rig-
orously evaluated: replications of evidence-based pro-
grams and/or new settings, as well as research and
demonstrations of new and innovative programs. For
more information on the findings, click here.
Teen Nutrition: Making Healthy Food
Choices Easy
The American Public Health Association published
Healthy You: a set of free and easy-to-understand tip
sheets that provide information on a wide variety of
health topics. The issue of Healthy You covers the nu-
trition needs of adolescents and ways to ensure that
their eating habits set the foundation for the rest of their
lives. Click here to read in English. The issue is availa-
ble in Spanish as well as audio format.
Safe Routes to School—By the Numbers The Safe Routes to School National Partnership, with
support from the American Public Health Association,
has released a new report, Safe Routes to School —
By the Numbers. This report offers insights into how
newly expanding access to data can assist in improving
walking and biking programs, provides an overview of
the current state of data access and its limitations and
highlights case studies of communities and organiza-
tions using data to make walking and bicycling pro-
grams and policies function more effectively.
Addressing Health Coverage Inequities
Among CSHCN in Your State The Catalyst Center recently hosted a webinar for MCH
leaders and other stakeholders to become acquainted
with their Inequities Tutorial. MCH staff from Alaska and
Michigan described the strategies they are using to pro-
mote health equity for children with special health care
needs in their state. To access the archived webinar,
click here.
ON YOUR BEHALF In late June, AMCHP staff members Caroline
Stampfel, Jennifer Farfalla, Krista Granger and An-
dria Cornell traveled to Anchorage, Alaska, for the
2016 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiolo-
gists (CSTE) Annual Conference. Jennifer Farfalla
served on the planning committee for the pre-
conference MCH Symposium “Expanding Our Fo-
cus: Emerging Methods to Incorporate Populations
Underrepresented in MCH Analysis and Reporting”
and moderated a session at the symposium. Caro-
line Stampfel led a roundtable discussion titled
“Maximizing the Impact of Your Data: Making Better
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 11
ON YOUR BEHALF cont.
Infographics.” Andria Cornell led a roundtable discus-
sion titled “Honoring Mothers' Lives: Strengthening Ma-
ternal Mortality Reviews and Translating Findings into
Action.”
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
AMCHP Seeking Health Reform Implemen-
tation Senior Program Manager
The Senior Program Manager, Health Reform Imple-
mentation (HRI) is a member of the Program Team and
contributes to the advancement of MCH programs by
performing a variety of planning and program imple-
mentation, research and evaluation projects. This posi-
tion supports and assists the HRI team in the develop-
ment, implementation and evaluation of program activi-
ties related to MCH and health reform. This position
also contributes to the collection of state best practices
for AMCHP’s database of best practices (Innovation
Station), newsletter development and implementation of
communication strategies. Job specification requires
knowledge of the U.S. health care system, with particu-
lar emphasis on the Affordable Care Act and other na-
tional and state health reform policy initiatives and
trends, as well as knowledge of federal health financing
and service delivery programs (Medicaid/CHIP, the
Health Insurance Marketplace) and understanding of
public health infrastructure at the state/federal /local
levels as it relates to issues affecting MCH populations.
Qualified candidates should have a master’s degree in
public health, health policy or other related health or
human services field with four to eight years of direct
professional experience. Ten years of directly related
experience can substitute a master’s degree. Direct
work in an MCH state/local/federal public health agency
or nonprofit organization preferred. For more infor-
mation and to apply, click here.
FUNDING Pediatric Audiology Competitive Supple-
ment to Leadership Education in Neurode-
velopmental and Related Disabilities Deadline: July 28, 2016 The announcement solicits applications for the Pediatric
Audiology Competitive Supplement to Leadership Edu-
cation in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities
(LEND) program. This supplement will support the clini-
cal and leadership training of pediatric audiology train-
ees within LEND programs
with the specific goals of: strengthening the focus on
screening, treatment and follow up in infants and young
children confirmed to be deaf or hard-of-hearing with
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or related neuro-
developmental disabilities (DD); increasing the number
of pediatric audiologists with clinical and leadership
skills, utilizing these unique skills in delivering care to
infants and young children with ASD and/or other DD to
work across disciplines to better serve children and
families; and enhancing the systems’ capacity to in-
crease enrollment of infants/children with ASD and/or
other DD confirmed to be hard of hearing into early in-
tervention programs. For more information, click here.
Community Access to Child Health Plan-
ning, Implementation and Resident Grants
Deadline: July 29, 2016
The American Academy of Pediatrics has created a
funding opportunity to award up to $10,000 to individual
pediatricians and fellowship trainees to plan innovative,
community-based child health initiatives that will ensure
children have medical homes, are immunized and have
access to health care services not otherwise available
in their communities. Resident grants will also be
awarded up to $2,000 on a competitive basis for pediat-
ric residents to plan and/or implement community-based
child health initiatives. Projects must also include plan-
ning activities or demonstrate completed planning activi-
ties and might include implementation activities. For
more information, click here.
Global Network for Women’s and Chil-
dren’s Health Research Data Coordinating
Center
Letter of Intent Deadline: July 30, 2016
Application Deadline: Aug. 30, 2016
The National Institutes of Health is accepting applica-
tions from institutions and organizations willing to partic-
ipate with the Eunice Kennedy Schriver National Insti-
tute of Child Health and Human Development. The se-
lected institution or organization will function as the Da-
ta Coordinating Center under a cooperative agreement
in an ongoing multicenter, international research net-
work designed to perform randomized clinical trials us-
ing common protocols to reduce the major risk of mater-
nal, neonatal, infant and early childhood mortality. For
more information, click here.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 12
FUNDING cont.
Improving Timeliness in Newborn Screen-
ing
Deadline: Aug. 1, 2016
State/territorial newborn screening programs (NBS) can
apply to NewSTEPs 360 to participate in continuous
quality-improvement activities and may choose to apply
for funding to support NBS timeliness activities. Two
funding mechanisms are available: state applications,
which allow individual NBS programs to apply up to a
total of $80,000 over two years, and group applications,
which call for collaborations between states/territories
to apply for up to $100,000 over two years, to address a
shared timeliness concern. For more information, click
here.
Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Chil-
dren Deadline: Aug. 2, 2016
The Health Resources Administration (HRSA) is solicit-
ing applications for Healthy Tomorrows Partnership with
Children Program (HTPCP). The purpose of this grant
program is to increase the number of innovative, com-
munity-initiated programs that employ preventive health
strategies and promote access to health care for chil-
dren, youth and their families nationwide. This program
most closely supports the HRSA’s goals to improve ac-
cess to quality health care and services, to build healthy
communities and to improve health equity. HTPCP
funding supports projects that provide clinical or public
health services — not research projects. Applications
must represent either a new initiative within the commu-
nity or an innovative, new component that builds upon
an existing community-based program or initiative. For
more information, click here.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Ser-
vice Award Individual Predoctoral Fellow-
ship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related
Research
Deadline: Aug. 8, 2016
The National Institutes of Health is now accepting appli-
cations for awards that will enhance the diversity of the
health-related research workforce by supporting the
research training of predoctoral students from un-
derrepresented population groups in the biomedical,
behavioral and clinical research workforces. Predoctor-
al students will have mentored research training from
faculty while conducting research projects in scientific
health-related fields. The training will enhance their po-
tential to develop into independent research scientists.
For more information, click here.
MCH Field-Initiated Innovative Research
Studies Deadline: Aug 19, 2016
The Health Resources and Services Administration is
now accepting applications for MCH Field-Initiated Inno-
vative Research Studies (FIRST). The program supports
innovative translational and applied research on critical
issues affecting maternal and child health, including ser-
vices for children with special health care needs. The
program is designed to promote innovation in the field by
supporting the exploration of new ideas and interven-
tions. Research should advance the current knowledge
pool and, when implemented in states and communities,
should result in health services improvement. Findings
from the research supported by the MCH FIRST pro-
gram are expected to explore and develop new ideas
and interventions that strengthen and expand topics ad-
dressed by the MCH Block Grant National Performance
Domains and the populations they serve. For more infor-
mation, click here.
MCH Secondary Data Analysis Research
Deadline: Aug 19, 2016
The Health Resources and Services Administration is
accepting applications for MCH Secondary Data Analy-
sis Research (SDAR) Program. The MCH SDAR Pro-
gram supports applied maternal and child health re-
search that exclusively conducts secondary analysis of
existing national databases and/or administrative rec-
ords. These projects should have potential to improve
health services and delivery of care for maternal and
child health populations. Findings from the research sup-
ported by SDAR are expected to strengthen and expand
topics addressed by the new MCH Block Grant National
Performance Domains and the populations they serve.
For more information, click here.
NIH Initiative to Maximize Research Educa-
tion in Genomics Diversity Action Plan Deadline: Sept. 6, 2016
The National Institutes of Health presents this funding
opportunity to facilitate the training of individuals at all
career levels (undergraduate, graduate, post baccalau-
reate, postdoctoral and faculty) from diverse back-
grounds underrepresented in scientific disciplines rele-
vant to genomics, to enable them to pursue genomics
research that spans all areas of interest to National Hu-
man Genome Research Institute later in their careers.
To learn more, click here.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 13
FUNDING cont.
Developing Goals and Strategies to Improve
the Care of Children with Chronic and Com-
plex Health Conditions
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2016
The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
seeks applications for grants to develop single-topic is-
sue briefs that describe goals and processes to improve
aspects of the systems of care for children with chronic
and complex health conditions in the United States. The
briefs will provide specific, scalable recommendations for
action related to practice, research, programs and policy.
For more information click here.
Improving the Coordination and Documen-
tation of Enrollment into Early Intervention
for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children
through Parent Engagement
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2016
The Disability Research and Dissemination Center pre-
sents a funding opportunity to help increase parental and
public awareness about the importance and benefits of
signing a release to share early intervention information
(information release) with the state Early Hearing Detec-
tion and Intervention programs, as well as engaging and
supporting families in the intervention process. For more
information, click here.
Using Existing Early Intervention Data to
Assess Outcomes among Deaf and Hard of
Hearing Children
Deadline: Sept. 30, 2016
The Disability Research and Dissemination Center pre-
sents a funding opportunity to assess the outcomes of
deaf or hard of hearing children identified through state
early intervention programs by using existing interven-
tion and educational data sets. For more information,
click here.
Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Im-
prove Health Care Quality through HIT Deadline: Nov. 16, 2016
The purpose of this grant is to fund exploratory and de-
velopmental research grants that will contribute to the
evidence base of how health information technology im-
proves health care quality. This funding opportunity sup-
ports the use of a wide variety of research designs in
order to generate information regarding the design and
development, implementation, use or impact of health IT
on quality. For more information, click here.
Reducing Health Disparities Among Minori-
ty and Underserved Children
Deadline: Jan. 7, 2017
This initiative encourages research that targets the re-
duction of health disparities among children. Specific
targeted areas of research include biobehavioral stud-
ies that incorporate multiple factors that influence child
health disparities such as biological (e.g., genetics, cel-
lular, organ systems), lifestyle, environmental (e.g.,
physical and family environments), social (e.g., peers),
economic, institutional, cultural and family influences;
studies that target the specific health promotion needs
of children with a known health condition and/or disabil-
ity; and studies that test and evaluate the comparative
effectiveness of health promotion interventions conduct-
ed in traditional and nontraditional settings. For more
information, click here (R01) or here (R21).
Chronic Illness Self-Management in Chil-
dren and Adolescents Deadline: Jan. 7, 2017
The purpose of this announcement is to encourage re-
search to improve self-management and quality of life
in children and adolescents with chronic conditions. For
more information, click here (R01) or here (R21).
Understanding Factors in Infancy and Early
Childhood That Influence Obesity Develop-
ment
Deadline: Feb. 5, 2017
This funding announcement invites Research Project
Grant (R01) applications from institutions/organizations
which propose to characterize or identify factors in early
childhood (birth to 24 months) that might increase or
mitigate risk for obesity and/or excessive weight gain
and/or to fill methodological research gaps relevant to
the understanding of risk for development of obesity in
children. For more information, click here.
Maternal Nutrition and Pre-pregnancy Obe-
sity: Effects on Mothers, Infants and Chil-
dren Deadline: Varies
This announcement encourages applications to improve
health outcomes for women, infants and children by
stimulating interdisciplinary research focused on mater-
nal nutrition and pre-pregnancy obesity. The announce-
ment expires May 7, 2018. For more information, click
here.
AMCHP Member Briefs: July 26, 2016 14
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AMCHP EVENTS
AMCHP 2017 Annual Conference
Mar. 4-7, 2017
Kansas City, MO
MCH EVENTS
ROSE 5th Annual Breastfeeding Summit
Jul. 28-29, 2016
New Orleans, LA
2016 Coalition for Juvenile Justice Youth Summit
Aug. 2-3, 2016
Washington, DC
Public Health Informatics Conference
Aug. 21-24, 2016
Atlanta, GA
20th National Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect
Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2016
Washington, DC
CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Confer-
ence
Sept. 14-16, 2016
Philadelphia, PA
2016 Infant Health Policy Summit
Sept. 15, 2016
Washington, D.C.
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Public Health and Policy
Conference
Sept. 25-27, 2016
Austin, TX
Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 2016
Conference
Oct. 5-8, 2016
Bamberg, Germany
Adverse Childhood Experiences Awareness to Action
2016 Conference
Oct. 19-21, 2016
San Francisco, Calif.
APHA 2016 Annual Meeting and Expo
Oct. 29-Nov. 2, 2016
Denver, Colo.
Healthy Teen Network 2016 Conference
Nov. 16-18, 2016
Las Vegas, Nev.
AUCD Conference
Dec. 4-7, 2016
Washington, D.C.
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