Maternal and child health services - maternal and child health in maryland: maryland department of health is committed to ensure lifelong health and wellness for all marylanders

This vision can be achieved through disease prevention, access to care, quality management, and community engagement. Maryland has a history of strong funding for health and social service programs including maternal and child health programs. During FY 2022, the federal title V award was $12,008,626 and the state match was $meeting the required match of $3 for every $4 federal. In FY 2022, title V provided direct, enabling, and public health systems services to approximately 231,945 pregnant people, infants, children, including children with special health care needs, and adolescents. The role of title V: the mission of maryland title V is to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs. Maryland title V strengthens the maternal and child health (MCH) infrastructure within the state to ensure the availability, accessibility and quality of primary and specialty care services for women, infants, children, including those with special health care needs, and adolescents. As maryland's title V maternal and child health block grant agency, the maryland department of health's maternal and child health bureau (MCHB) provides the leadership infrastructure to implement strategies focused on improving the health and well-being of MCH populations across the state. MCHB staff partners across other bureaus and offices within the department and collaborates with other state agencies to fulfill title V's mission. Maryland title V implements evidence-informed strategies to support the state's identified priorities and selected national performance measures (NPMS), as well as state performance measures (SPMS) that align with other health improvement initiatives in the state. These title V priorities and performance measures provide a centralized framework and unifying plan for MCH initiatives. Maryland title V funds support direct, enabling, and public health systems services at the state health department, all twenty four of the state's local health departments, higher educational institutions, community based organizations, and health care systems. Partnerships are key to the success of title V to expand reach to the MCH population and address their needs. Maryland title V also serves as the central connector amongst various maternal and child health initiatives. Finally, title V funding supports critical public health infrastructure such as epidemiology, surveillance, program managers and other initiatives which are not covered by state funding. This annual report and application provides an overview of maryland title V activities and accomplishments across the five domains, as well as continued progress towards the selected NPMS and SPMS.