The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is inviting public comment on the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant application.
Title V of the Social Security Act of 1935 as amended provides funding to states to improve the health of mothers, infants and children, including children with special health care needs. Michigan’s Title V application is for services from Oct. 1, 2023, to Sept. 30, 2024, and includes a report on activities and services provided in fiscal year (FY) 2022.
Title V state action plans address the following priority areas for the current five-year cycle (FY 2021-2025) to improve the health of the MCH population in Michigan:
- Low-risk cesarean delivery.
- Infant safe sleep.
- Bullying prevention.
- Transition for youth with special health care needs to adult health care.
- Oral health care for women and children.
- Childhood lead poisoning prevention.
- Immunizations for children and adolescents.
- Medical care and treatment for children with special health care needs.
- Healthy and intended pregnancy.
- Behavioral and mental health services.
MCH priorities address needs across five federally identified population domains: women/maternal health, perinatal/infant health, child health, adolescent health and children with special health care needs. And, since Black women and babies have some of the highest maternal and infant death rates, this is a great opportunity to tell the state how the funds need to assist Detroit mothers and babies.
The Title V draft application and annual report are available online. MDHHS welcomes comments on the application by 5 p.m., Friday, June 9. Comments can be submitted to [email protected].
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