Title V in Alaska

• About Title V
• Needs Assessment
• Performance and Accountability
• Program Activities
• External Resources
• Contact Us

About Title V

Explore the Title V Federal-State Partnership!

View an individual States' FY2016 Application/FY2014 Annual Report, State Snapshots, Funding Sources and much more!

 

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

The Title V Block Grant is a Federal-State partnership program to improve the health of mothers and children, including children and youth with special health care needs. Two links below offer excellent descriptions of the Title V program:

• U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
• The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs

Title V Block Grant Application

The Title V Block Grant program requires all states to report on maternal and child health performance measures and outcomes every year. The application includes:

• a comprehensive description of activities that support progress towards achieving national and state goals.
• data on performance measures, outcomes and health capacity indicators

Every state’s Title V application, including Alaska’s, is posted on the federal website. You can compare data across states.

• Find Title V applications from other states at the HRSA Title V Information System

How Are Alaska's Title V Funds Used?

The Title V program is managed by the Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Section of Women's Children's and Family Health (WCFH). Services funded by Title V can be envisioned as a pyramid of four tiers consisting of:

• Direct Health Care Services
• Enabling Services
• Population-based Services
• Infrastructure Services

Allocation of funds within these categories are based on the state's maternal and child health priorities. These priorities were developed in 2005 following a needs assessment analysis.

• Read more about Title V program activities in Alaska
• Read the FY 2011–2015 Title V Maternal and Child Health Needs Assessment

Title V Maternal and Child Health Priorities, FY 2011–2015:

• Reduce substance abuse among families, including alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
• Reduce the rate of childmaltreatment (Life Course)
• Improve system of care for families with children and youth with special health care needs.
• Increase access and services to reproductive health care.
• Increase access and preventative health care services to Alaskans and their families.
• Increase healthy relationships.
• Increase evidence based screening for all MCH populations for behavioral and mental health problems (Life Course)

What's new in MCH policy and programs?

• Read about the Lifecourse Perspective
• Read highlights about maternal and infant child populations in Alaska:
  • Infants
  • Pre-school and School-Aged Children
  • Adolescents and Young Adults
  • Women Across the Lifespan
  • Children and Youth With Special Health Care Needs and Children and Youth With Developmental Delays
  • Read our publications about specific health topics

Contact Us

For more information, please contact:

Vanessa Verigin
Public Health Specialist II
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Unit
Section of Women's, Children's and Family Health
Division of Public Health
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
3601 C Street, Suite 358
Anchorage, AK 99503
907-269-3446 or vanessa.verigin@alaska.gov