Maternal and Child Health Services - As one of the largest Federal block grant programs, Title V is the key source of support for promoting and improving the health of all the nation's mothers and children. When Congress passed the Social Security Act in 1935, it contained the initial key landmark legislation which established Title V. To date, the Title V Federal-State partnership continues to provide a dynamic program to improve the health of all mothers and children, including children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). Within the pyramid level of direct medical services, Title V funds programs to provide direct care and education for pregnant women, infants, children, adolescents, free pregnancy screens, as well as specialty medical services and primary care for CSHCN. Enabling service programs provide health education, family care coordination, medical home (i.e. care coordination) and transition to adulthood services for CYSHCN, and coordination and collaboration with Medicaid and the Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) program. Population-based services that are provided or funded by Title V include the Indiana MOMs Helpline, sudden unexpected infant death prevention, childhood physical activity, childhood injury prevention, maternal mortality and fetal infant mortality reduction. Infrastructure building services include efforts such as the Indiana Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative; the integration of data systems and other data analysis efforts for planning and reporting; policy and standards development; planning, evaluation, and monitoring; and quality assurance to MCH and Children's Special Health Care Services (CSHCS) grantees.
