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Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Division of State & Community Health (DSCH). Mission of the Division of State & Community Health.
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Health Resources Services Administration Maternal and Child Health Bureau Division of State & Community Health (DSCH)
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”
Functions of the Division of State and Community Health (DSCH) • Serve as project officers to the 59 state and territory MCH programs • Track state progress in meeting performance objectives • Coordinate Technical Assistance (TA) opportunities requested by states and jurisdictions • Administer the SSDI program • Administer the Abstinence Education Program • Orchestrate the annual Federal/State Partnership meeting (MCH and CSHCN State Directors grantee meeting)
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
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 comparisions are accesible by the general public • States report on 18 National Performance Measures, State Performance Measures, Outcome Measures and Health System Capacity Indicators.
Division of State and Community Health State MCH Block Grant Project Officers Region I Audrey Koertvelyessy PH: 301-443-1971 E-mail: akoertelyessy@hrsa.gov Region II Jeff Koshel PH: 301-443-5843 E-mail: jkoshel@hrsa.gov Region III Carol O’Toole PH:301-443-0869 E-mail: cotoole@hrsa.gov Region IV Meribeth Reed PH: 301-443-1963 E-mail: mreed@hrsa.gov Region V Jeff Koshel PH: 301-443-5843 E-mail: jkoshel@hrsa.gov
Division of State and Community Health State MCH Block Grant Project Officers Region VI Pam Eason PH: 301-443-0272 Email: peason@hrsa.gov Region VII Elizabeth Walkup PH: 301-443-0421 Email: ewalkup@hrsa.gov Region VIII Audrey Koertvelyessy PH: 301-443-1971 E-mail: akoertvelyessy@hrsa.gov Region IX Cassie Lauver PH: 301-443-2204 E-mail: clauver@hrsa.gov Region X Meribeth Reed PH: 301-443-1963 E-mail: mreed@hrsa.gov
DSCH Project Officers Jeff DSCH
Division of State and Community Health State Systems Development InitiativeProject Officer SSDI All Regions Joe Leach PH: 301-443-0272 E-mail: jleach@hrsa.gov
Support Staff Seanna Ceaser 301-443-6007 sceaser@hrsa.gov Florence Odongkara 301-443-0509 fodongkara@hrsa.gov