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Annotation: This report provides information about the impact of the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) on oral health. It offers a description of ASTDD, including the association’s values, beliefs, and objectives, and its accomplishments in 2024. Also included are lists of committees, communities of practice, and focus areas; a description of funders and partners; lists of subject matter experts and board of directors members, and information about finances in 2024.

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Keywords: Associations, Boards, Committees, Funding, Oral health, Partners

Annotation: This article from Grantmakers In Health (GIH) describes a collaborative effort by funders to address gaps in postpartum care following the extension of Medicaid coverage from 60 days to 12 months after birth. The piece discusses how a workgroup of funders—including Pritzker Children's Initiative, Merck for Mothers, and Community Health Acceleration Partnership—formed in 2023 to identify opportunities for improving postpartum care systems. The article includes a visual diagram that illustrates the multi-layered challenges in postpartum care on three levels: individual, community, and system. This concentric circle diagram shows how issues such as standards of care, access to quality care, care fragmentation, and policy misalignment (at the system level) interact with community-level challenges like administrative burden and workforce shortages, as well as individual-level factors including awareness of needs, social and economic barriers, and fear of medical debt. Through stakeholder interviews, the workgroup discovered significant fragmentation of services and the absence of comprehensive care standards beyond the traditional six-week postpartum period. In response, the funders issued a request for proposals aimed at creating a centralized hub to catalog and connect postpartum care initiatives, with the goal of developing comprehensive standards and addressing what they term the "postpartum cliff."

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Keywords: Access to healthcare, Barriers, Collaboration, Funding, Health care reform, Library collection development, Medicaid, Policy, Postpartum care, Requests for proposals, Service delivery systems, Standards

Annotation: This research brief provides an overview of funding mechanisms for state paid family and medical leave (PFML) programs in the United States. The brief explains that PFML programs are self-sustaining, funded through payroll contributions (premiums) from workers, employers, or both, with no ongoing state funding required. The document features diagrams showing funding flows, premium rates across states, and historical premium trends, highlighting that PFML premiums remain affordable, typically below 1% of wages. The brief details key policy decisions states must make regarding start-up funding, premium responsibility, contribution wage bases, small business exemptions, and premium caps. It includes several state policy spotlights, such as California's elimination of wage thresholds for premium collection and Minnesota's scaled premium reductions for small businesses. The document includes additional resources for policymakers considering PFML programs.

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Keywords: California, Employee assistance programs, Employee benefits, Family leave, Funding, Initiatives, Minnesota, Parental leave, Policy development, State programs

Annotation: This fact sheet describes the State Maternal Health Innovation (MHI) Program, a federal investment launched in 2019 as a Special Project of Regional and National Significance by the Health Resources and Services Administration. The program supports states in building comprehensive, data-driven, and collaborative maternal health systems through competitive grants that enable states to develop tailored strategies reflecting their unique populations and care landscapes. It describes the program's alignment with the Title V MCH Services Block Grant by filling a critical gap in facilitating relationships, coordination, and innovation capacity to move state maternal health systems from fragmentation toward alignment. The fact sheet emphasizes that the State MHI Program is the only federal program funding states to weave together relationships into cohesive maternal health systems and warns that without continued funding, state alliances and innovations would stagnate while maternal health efforts would become fragmented.

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Keywords: Federal programs, Funding, Grants, MCH Programs, Model programs, Service delivery systems, State initiatives

Annotation: This report presents case studies highlighting 4 state programs (in Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin), among 15 that received Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding in 2024 to improve oral health in their state. Each case study provides information on what the program is doing to improve students' oral health, what has worked for the state's dental sealant program, how the state has advanced infection control and prevention, and lessons learned.

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Keywords: Dental sealants, Government funding, Infection control, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Oral health, School age children, State programs, Wisconsin

Annotation: This policy cheat sheet outlines the ways in which state Medicaid agencies can obtain federal approval to fund health-related social services such as food assistance and housing support. Included are links to related documents and federal guidance, including a table of 15 concrete interventions and four pathways for federal approval. Examples of promising strategies in the states of New York, Minnesota, and Massachusetts are also provided.

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Keywords: Funding, Health care reform, Medicaid, Policy, Social services, State initiatives

Annotation: This report provides an overview of the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant program authorized under Title V of the Social Security Act. The report describes the program's three main components: State MCH Block Grants (the largest component, providing formula grants to states and territories), Special Projects of Regional and National Significance (SPRANS), and Community Integrated Service Systems (CISS). It details the program's history, funding mechanisms, services provided, populations served, and reporting requirements. The report outlines how states use these funds to address the unique needs of pregnant women, infants, children, and children with special health care needs through direct health care services, enabling services, and public health services and systems. It also examines recent funding trends, highlighting shifts in allocations among the three components and changes in state expenditure patterns following the COVID-19 pandemic. The document concludes with policy considerations for Congress regarding funding allocation formulas, program coordination, and oversight accountability.

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Keywords: Block grants, Data, Funding, Initiatives, Legislation, Maternal health, Maternal morbidity, Maternal mortality, Measures, Medicaid, Prevention, Title V programs

Annotation: This April 2022 letter from the FRIENDS of the Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Program, signed by over 100 healthcare organizations, urges Congressional appropriations leaders to allocate $1 billion for the Title V MCH Block Grant in FY2023. The letter emphasizes the grant's critical role in serving 60 million people in FY2020, including 93% of pregnant people and 98% of infants nationwide, highlighting its importance in reducing maternal and infant mortality, advancing health equity, and supporting COVID-19 response efforts. The signatories argue that increased funding is needed to rebuild and strengthen maternal and child health infrastructure following pandemic-related strains.

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Keywords: MCH programs, Block grants, Government funding

Annotation: This guide, begun in 2008, highlights federally-funded programs for children and the levels at which they are funded. It includes information on more than 180 programs aimed at enhancing the well-being of children in the United States. The information is organized according to the following broad categories: education, health, housing, safety, nutrition, training, income support, child welfare, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Program descriptions, current appropriation levels, funding levels from the past five fiscal years, and proposed funding levels for the coming fiscal year are included.

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Keywords: Budgets, Child health, Children, Data, Federal programs, Funding, Statistics

Annotation: This analysis examines the federal 2013 budget from the perspective of support for the healthy development of infants and toddlers. It discusses programs that support children's health and nutrition, programs that focus on strong family support, and positive early learning experiences. A comparison of federal program funding describes dollar-for-dollar differences in current and projected funding for nutrition, child welfare, education, justice programs, health and mental health programs, and family support programs.

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Keywords: Budgets, Child development, Child health programs, Cost effectiveness, Federal programs, Funding, Infants, Toddlers, Young children

Annotation: This report provides a summary of the home visitation program that is part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which President Barak Obama signed on March 23, 2010. The act includes $1.5 billion in mandatory funding for high-quality, evidence-based, voluntary early childhood home visitation services. The report describes the purpose of the act, statutory authority, federal and state administration, needs assessment, requirements for grant application, eligible entities and families, technical assistance, prioritized service population, benchmarks, outcomes, requirements, criteria for evidence of effectiveness, priority funding, evaluation, research, reports to Congress, payment of grants, grants to tribes and to nonprofits, maintenance of effort, appropriations, reservation and availability of funds, and applications of other provisions of Title V.

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Keywords: Evaluation, Families, Federal programs, Funding, Grants, Health services, Home visiting, Infants, Legislation, Low income groups, Research, Vulnerability, Young children

Annotation: This report outlines a range of organizational practices and public policies to improve environments for regular physical activity among children and adolescents. The report focuses on national- and state-level efforts and opportunities that shape the local reality. The report is intended for funders, professionals, and advocates seeking an overarching strategy for addressing physical activity issues, as well as for those who have focused on a specific aspect of physical activity and can benefit from understanding a broader array of approaches. The report considers four target areas for physical activity: schools, early child care and early childhood education settings, out-of-school-time programs, and communities. For each area, the report provides background information, identified strategies and policies to effect change, and highlights key policy opportunities that promote increased physical activity levels among children and adolescents.

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Keywords: Adolescent health, Advocacy, Child care, Child health, Communities, Early childhood education, Funding, Health promotion, Life course, Physical activity, Programs, Public policy, Schools

Annotation: This research brief provides an introduction to the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). The breif includes information on SCHIP, SCHIP financing, programming the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has done to support SCHIP implementation, and the future of SCHIP. A figure illustrating enrollment trends in 1998-2005 is included. The brief contains endnotes.

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Keywords: Child health, Enrollment, Funding, Health insurance, Low income groups, State Children's Health Insurance Program, Trends

Annotation: This issue brief follows up on a meeting held in November 2005 that brought together a group of grantmakers, policy analysts, and experts in child health for a discussion about how funders can help improve children's health care coverage and access to health care. The report, which includes an executive summary, is divided into the following main sections: (1) child health, (2) children's access to the health care system, (3) health insurance coverage for children, (4) the delivery of health care for children, (5) philanthropic activities, and (6) conclusions and lessons for grantmakers. References are included.

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Keywords: Access to health care, Child health, Funding, Grants, Health care delivery, Health insurance, Public policy

Annotation: This guide is designed to provide a clearinghouse of information and innovation from the Healthy Families America leadership at the state level and Prevent Child Abuse America national staff in order to support and grow the program across the country. It its CD-ROM form, this guide connects the user through links and PDF files to a variety of tools and resources that have been created to aid state systems development. In addition, the guide contains a variety of case studies that illustrate the best practices in home visitation that are evolving across the country. The guide covers the following topics: (1) administration/governance, (2) advocacy and public policy, (3) collaboration, (4) communication, (5) community planning and site development, (6) continuous quality improvement and quality assurance, (7) evaluation, (8) funding, (9) public relations and marketing, (10) strategic planning, and (11) training and technical assistance. The guide includes two appendices: (1) a compilation of resources on all state system components and (2) supporting documents. The guide also includes a conclusion and credits.

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Keywords: Administration, Advocacy, Case studies, Child abuse, Child health, Collaboration, Communication, Community programs, Families, Funding, Healthy Families America, Home visiting, Model programs, National programs, Prevention programs, Program evaluation, Public policy, Public relations, Service delivery systems, State programs, Strategic plans, Technical assistance, Training

Annotation: This is a selected list of studies, including surveys, reports, and demonstrations, related to the nutritional status and dietary practices of pregnant women and children and supported with funds administered by the Children's Bureau during the 50-year period between 1918 and 1968. Abstracts are included for some of the studies.

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Keywords: Child health, Federal programs, Funding, History, Maternal health, Nutrition, Nutrition assessment, Resource allocation, Social Security Act, Title V, Title V programs