Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau

1. Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau Division of State & Community Health (DSCH)

2. Mission of the Division of State & Community Health “To work, in partnership with States, primarily through the Title V block grant, communities, and grantees to assure continued improvement in the health, safety and well-being of the MCH population.”

3. Functions of the Division of State and Community Health • Serve as Project Officers to the 59 State and jurisdictional MCH programs. • Track State progress in meeting performance objectives. • Coordinate Technical Assistance (TA) opportunities, as requested by States and jurisdictions.

4. Functions of the Division of State and Community Health • Administer the SSDI program. • Provide administrative oversight for the AMCHP Cooperative Agreement. • Orchestrate the annual Federal/State Partnership meeting (MCH and CSHCN State Directors grantee meeting).

5. Electronic Application Submission • Title V grantees submit applications/annual reports online using the Title V Information System (TVIS). • Annual data reported is available for 5 years. • State, Regional, and National comparisons are accessible by the general public. • States report on 18 National Performance Measures, State Performance Measures, Outcome Measures, Health Status Indicators and Health System Capacity Indicators.

6. Priority Areas of the Division of State & Community Health • Analyze Title V performance data • across States & within individual States over time. • Identify possible best practice models • further investigated by rigorous evaluations. • Coordinate technical assistance • To individual states. • With other divisions and offices of MCHB and HRSA.

7. End Users Title V Block Grant Data • Researchers • Academic Institutions/Public Health Programs • Federal/State Policy Makers • Federal/State/Local Governmental Agencies • Stakeholders • Professional Organizations/Associations • General Public

8. Division of State and Community Health State MCH Block Grant Project Officers Region I Ellen Volpe PH: 301-443-2204 E-mail: evolpe@hrsa.gov Region II Pam Eason PH: 301-443-0272 E-mail: peason@hrsa.gov Region III Carol O’Toole PH:301-443-0869 E-mail: cotoole@hrsa.gov Region IV Scott Snyder PH: 301-443-0345 E-mail: ssnyder@hrsa.gov Region V Pam Eason PH: 301-443-0272 E-mail: peason@hrsa.gov

9. Division of State and Community Health State MCH Block Grant Project Officers Region VI Cassie Lauver PH: 301-443-2204 E-mail: clauver@hrsa.gov Region VII Corey Palmer PH: 301-443-2204 E-mail: cpalmer@hrsa.gov Region VIII Michele Lawler PH: 301-443-8152 E-mail: mlawler@hrsa.gov Region IX Cassie Lauver PH: 301-443-2204 E-mail: clauver@hrsa.gov Region X Carol O’Toole PH:301-443-0869 E-mail: cotoole@hrsa.gov

10. DSCH Project Officers DSCH

11. State Systems Development InitiativeProject Officer – All Regions Scott Snyder, M.P.H. PH: 301-443-0345 E-mail: ssnyder@hrsa.gov

12. Division of State and Community Health Program Support Florence Odongkara Public Health Analyst 301-443-6007 fodongkara@hrsa.gov