MCH Systems Building
Workshop
Maria Paz Carlos, PhD, DVM, MBA
Acting Project Officer
Acting Project Officer for the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant for the Region II States and Jurisdictions (Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands)
Rockville, Maryland
Heather Pangelinan, MS
Administrator
Maternal & Child Health Bureau, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan
Dionisio Saimon, BS
Program Manager
FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs
Kolonia, Pohnpei
Derval Petersen, DHEd, MAOM
Director, Maternal Child Health & Children with Special Health Care Needs Program
Virgin Islands Department of Health
Christiansted, Virgin Islands, U.S.
Elizabeth Garbarczyk, BA
Technical Director, CMS Zika Health Care Services Program
Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services (CMCS)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Baltimore, Maryland
The eight jurisdictions/territories including American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands participate in the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block grant program, providing support to promote the health of women, infants, children, including children with special health care needs, and their families. With the State Systems Development Initiative Grant Tier 1 Program complementing the Block Grant program, the jurisdictions/territories aim to enhance their MCH systems for data capacity through the improvement of the availability, timeliness, and quality of their MCH data, supporting the engagement of informed decision-making processes and resource distributions. Also, the jurisdiction’s utilization of the data is critical to reporting of MCH program assessments, plans, and evaluations, as well as addressing public health emergencies and emerging threats. The session will: provide an in-depth discussion of the MCH data capacity systems in the jurisdictions/territories including needs and resources; identify opportunities to strengthen the MCH system workforce, and discuss the role of MCH data capacity systems in responding to public health emergencies and emerging threats impacting the MCH population.