Helping MCH Title V leaders
tackle complex challenges through training,
collaborative learning, coaching, and consultation.
Founded in 2014, the National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center helps MCH Title V leaders and their partners tackle complex challenges through training, collaborative learning, coaching, and consultation. Funded by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the Center is housed in the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Learn more about us.
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Title V Teams: Join the 2025 Learning Journey!
The National MCH Workforce Development Center is now accepting applications for the 2025 Learning Journey! This 10-month experience supports Title V state and jurisdictional teams who want to increase their workforce capacity and address a complex health transformation challenge. The Workforce Development…
Title V Agencies: Apply To Be a Summer 2025 Title V MCH Internship Host Site
The Title V MCH Student Internship Program is now accepting applications from state and jurisdictional Title V agencies. 2025 will mark the 12th year of the internship program. Over the summer, eight to 10 teams of MCH Trainees will participate in internships…
2024 Title V MCH Student Interns Successfully Conclude 10-Week Projects
2024 marked the 11th summer of the Title V MCH Student Internship Program. The program provides undergraduate and graduate maternal and child health (MCH) students — the next generation of MCH professionals — with experience working in state and jurisdictional Title V…
Our Partners are Saying
We can make a big difference for our Title V partners
Everything that has been offered has been wonderful. As the MCH Workforce Development Office in Mississippi grows and expands, we will be using the various tools in meetings with other departments, providing support to them, offering to train them in the use of the tools, and grow with staff capacity.
Learning Journey Participant
Mississippi State Department of HealthThe team that has formed thanks to the TA with the WDC has become a leadership tool to advance family engagement and equity in OR Title V programs
Learning Journey Participant
Oregon Health Authority Public Health DivisionI loved how our coach guided us and provided feedback only when we needed it or when we were unsure how to proceed to the next step. Otherwise, she allowed us to plan and find our own way and make our own decisions. Instead of directing efforts, she was simply a mutual, equal member of our team.