Maternal and Child Health Unit

What is the Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant?

Title V of the Social Security Act of 1935 established the MCH Services Block Grant. It is designed to assist states in their efforts to improve the health of mothers, children, and families. In Wyoming, the Title V MCH Block Grant is administered through the MCH Unit, within the Wyoming Department of Health (WDH). It supports programs that help mothers give birth to healthy babies and promotes access to medical care for children and youth, including those with special health care needs, as they grow and develop.

Every 5 years, the MCH Unit is required to perform a statewide needs assessment to determine Wyoming’s health priorities for women, infants, and children in Wyoming.

• Prevent Infant Mortality
• Improve breastfeeding duration
• Improve Access to and Promote Use of Effective Family Planning
• Promote Preventive and Quality Care for Children
• Reduce and Prevent Childhood Obesity
• Prevent Injury in Children
• Promote Preventive and Quality Care for Adolescents
• Promote Healthy and Safe Relationships in Adolescents

To find out more about the data related to the MCH priorities and other MCH topics, click here to visit the MCH Epidemiology page.

To find data related to the MCH priorities and other MCH topics, click here to visit the MCH Epidemiology page.

Your feedback is important to us.  Please take an opportunity to review current and past annual reports and applications.  If you would like to provide us direct feedback, please contact Danielle Marks, MCH Unit Manager at 307-777-6326 or danielle.marks@wyo.gov.

Current Report: Coming Spring/Summer 2019

Past Reports:

• Final Title V Application and Annual Report (FY19/FY17)
• Final Title V Application and Annual Report (FY18/FY16)
• Final Title V Application and Annual Report (FY17/FY15)

Title V legislation (Section 505(a)(1)) requires each State to prepare a comprehensive statewide Needs Assessment every five years that identifies (consistent with health status goals and national health objectives) the need for:

• Preventive and primary care services for pregnant women, mothers and infants up to age one; 
• Preventive and primary care services for children; and
• Services for children with special health care needs.

The Needs Assessment must consider MCH population health status, MCH program capacity, and partnerships.

The current Needs Assessment process is underway to set Wyoming MCH priorities for 2021 – 2025. 

Please check back for more updates.