
Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
MCH Populations
Efforts within the MCH BG work across six population domains:
- Women/Maternal Health
- Perinatal/Infant Health
- Child Health
- Adolescent Health
- Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
- Cross-cutting/Systems Building
MCH Priorities
The Ohio Department of Health, through a contract with the Health Policy Institute of Ohio, completed a collaborative and comprehensive needs assessment with internal and external stakeholders, MCH experts, agency partners, and consumers. The 2020 five-year needs assessment process identified Ohio’s priority areas for 2021-2025 to be addressed through the Title V MCH BG Action Plan 2021-2025:
Women
- Decrease risk factors contributing to maternal morbidity
- Increase mental health support for women of reproductive age
- Decrease risk factors associated with preterm births
Infants
- Support healthy pregnancies and improve birth and infant outcomes
Children
- Improve nutrition, physical activity, and overall wellness of children
Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
- Increase prevalence of children with special health care needs receiving integrated, physical, behavioral, developmental, and mental health services
Adolescents
- Increase developmental approaches and improve systems to reduce adolescent and young adult suicide rate
- Increase protective factors and improve systems to reduce risk factors associated with the prevalence of adolescent substance use
Cross-Cutting
- Prevent and mitigate the effects of adverse childhood experiences
- Improve health equity by addressing community and social conditions and reduce environmental hazards that impact infant and child health outcomes
MCH Resources
Title V MCH BG Ohio State Profile – A snapshot of how Title V works in Ohio
Title V MCH BG Ohio Overview – Slideshow presentation providing an overview of Ohio's Title V MCH BG
Title V MCH BG Ohio Action Plan 2021-2025 – Framework for addressing MCH priorities
Title V MCH BG Ohio Application FY 2022/ Annual Report FY 2020 – As submitted in September 2021
Title V Ohio Five-Year MCH Needs Assessment 2020 – Summary Narrative and Full Report