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National MCH Workforce Development Center

Customized workforce development for Title V agencies tackling health transformation challenges

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Helping MCH Title V leaders
tackle complex challenges through training,
collaborative learning, coaching, and consultation.

How We Can Help You Areas of Expertise

Learning Journey

Title V Internships

Academic Practice Partnerships

Single State Engagement

Strategic Skills Institute

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.

News

How Teams in Cohort 2022 Laid the Foundations for Population Health Improvement

March 7, 2023

During the 2022 Learning Journey and Cohort experience, teams from Alabama, Massachusetts, Texas, and West Virginia continued existing work and laid the foundations needed to create a sustainable population health approach in the years to come. Specifically, the journey aimed to help…

Coulter-Thompson Publishes on the Impact of Discrimination on LGBTQ Parents and Children in the Healthcare System

February 1, 2023

Former Center member and Equity Core co-founder Emilee Coulter-Thompson, DrPH, LMSW, has published “Health Care Bias and Discrimination Experienced by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Parents of Children With Developmental Disabilities: A Qualitative Inquiry in the United States” which examines the…

Family Engagement Workbook

February 1, 2023

This workbook was developed as a resource for Title V teams to engage with the people they serve. It was written by Becky Burns, reviewed and edited by the members of the Engagement and Equity Core of the National MCH Workforce Development…

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.

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Learning Journey Participant

Mississippi State Department of Health

The 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 Division

I 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.

Learning Journey Participant

Puerto Rico Department of Health

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Engagements include an 8-month coach-supported cohort experience, customized short-term partnerships, and an internship program that matches agencies with students interested in Title V experience.

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Department of Maternal and Child Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 7445
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7445
Phone: 919-966-6290
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About this Project

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number 5-UE7-MC26282-10 – National MCH Workforce Development Center Cooperative Agreement ($1,720,000). This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.

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