Actions Toward Equity . |
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Thirty-three states automatically enroll CYSHCN in Medicaid after approving them for Supplemental Security Income, which ensures continuous coverage for the duration of their Supplemental Security Income benefits.a |
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment acknowledges in all of its data publications that generations-long social, economic, and environmental inequities have resulted in adverse health outcomes.b |
Oregon’s Title V CYSHCN agency contracted with culturally specific service organizations to conduct participatory needs assessment studies to collect better data describing minoritized communities. The data and results are co-owned and codisseminated with the organizations.c |
Wisconsin’s Title V agency revised its budget allocation process to prioritize funding to support community member-led organizations. Their leadership expects this change to support projects that advance equity.d |
Recognizing that sibling child care is a barrier to accessing health care for CYSHCN and their families, a regional, Title V-funded care coordination team in Oregon revised transportation rules to ensure that siblings could travel to medical appointments with CYSHCN and their caregivers.e |
Wisconsin’s Title V staff attend Hmong Parent Teacher Association meetings to build relationships with this marginalized community.f |
The Philadelphia police department, in collaboration with schools, developed a program that diverts youth to community-based services based on identified needs instead of having them face arrest and school removal.g |
Oregon partnered with MCHB and the Census Bureau to purchase NSCH oversamples to ensure adequate data collection from minoritized communities (eg, Oregon oversamples households with children identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Pacific Islander).c |
Colorado enacted legislation to make state grants more accessible to those community organizations better poised to address health disparities, based on their lived experience, than larger organizations without a culturally specific focus.h |
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Racial Equity Initiative creates expectations for White non-Hispanic staff to learn about oppression without placing the educational burden on staff of color.i |
The American Academy of Pediatrics developed an equity agenda to promote equity in child and adolescent health care.j |
Iowa’s Title V CYSHCN agency hires family navigators from minoritized communities and establishes them in geographical locations convenient to the population they intend to serve.k |
Ten state Medicaid programs participated in health equity training for children with disabilities and medical complexity through HRSA’s Children with Medical Complexity Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network.l |
Actions Toward Equity . |
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Thirty-three states automatically enroll CYSHCN in Medicaid after approving them for Supplemental Security Income, which ensures continuous coverage for the duration of their Supplemental Security Income benefits.a |
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment acknowledges in all of its data publications that generations-long social, economic, and environmental inequities have resulted in adverse health outcomes.b |
Oregon’s Title V CYSHCN agency contracted with culturally specific service organizations to conduct participatory needs assessment studies to collect better data describing minoritized communities. The data and results are co-owned and codisseminated with the organizations.c |
Wisconsin’s Title V agency revised its budget allocation process to prioritize funding to support community member-led organizations. Their leadership expects this change to support projects that advance equity.d |
Recognizing that sibling child care is a barrier to accessing health care for CYSHCN and their families, a regional, Title V-funded care coordination team in Oregon revised transportation rules to ensure that siblings could travel to medical appointments with CYSHCN and their caregivers.e |
Wisconsin’s Title V staff attend Hmong Parent Teacher Association meetings to build relationships with this marginalized community.f |
The Philadelphia police department, in collaboration with schools, developed a program that diverts youth to community-based services based on identified needs instead of having them face arrest and school removal.g |
Oregon partnered with MCHB and the Census Bureau to purchase NSCH oversamples to ensure adequate data collection from minoritized communities (eg, Oregon oversamples households with children identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, and Pacific Islander).c |
Colorado enacted legislation to make state grants more accessible to those community organizations better poised to address health disparities, based on their lived experience, than larger organizations without a culturally specific focus.h |
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health’s Racial Equity Initiative creates expectations for White non-Hispanic staff to learn about oppression without placing the educational burden on staff of color.i |
The American Academy of Pediatrics developed an equity agenda to promote equity in child and adolescent health care.j |
Iowa’s Title V CYSHCN agency hires family navigators from minoritized communities and establishes them in geographical locations convenient to the population they intend to serve.k |
Ten state Medicaid programs participated in health equity training for children with disabilities and medical complexity through HRSA’s Children with Medical Complexity Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network.l |
AL, AZ, AK, CA, CO, DE, DC, GA, IN, IO, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, MO, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, WA, WV, WI, and WY. Available at: https://secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0501715020, Accessed September 5, 2021.
Colorado Office of Health Equity’s Statement on Structural Inequity.
Oregon Health Authority Maternal and Child Health Section and Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs. Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant. Oregon FY 2022 Application and FY 2020 Annual Report. Portland, OR: Authors; 2021.
Wisconsin Department of Health Services. Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant. Wisconsin FY 2022 application / FY 2020 annual report. Madison, WI: Authors. 2021.
Oregon Health Authority Maternal and Child Health Section and Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs. Maternal and Child Health Services Title V Block Grant. Oregon FY 2020 Application and FY 2018 Annual Report. Available at: https://mchb.tvisdata.hrsa.gov/uploadedfiles/StateSubmittedFiles/2020/OR/OR_TitleV_PrintVersion_FY20.pdf. Accessed September 5, 2021.
Western Regional Center for CYSHCN. Western Regional Center for CYSHCN Mid-Year Report. Chippewa Falls, WI. 2021.
Goldstein NES, Cole LM, Houck M, et al. Dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline: the Philadelphia police school diversion program. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2019;101:61–69.
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Contract Pay to Grantees Up Front HB21-1247, signed by the governor June 7.
Campbell S., Buxton B. Organizational opportunities to address racial inequities. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health experience. Presented at: virtual 2021 Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs annual conference. May 27, 2021.
American Academy of Pediatrics. AAP equity agenda. Available at: https://www.aap.org/en/about-the-aap/american-academy-of-pediatrics-equity-and-inclusion-efforts/aap-equity-agenda/. Accessed July 20, 2021.
Division of Child and Community Health and Child Health Specialty Clinics, University of Iowa Stead Family Department of Pediatrics. Maternal and Child Health Services Child Block Grant—Iowa FY 2020 application and FY 2018 annual report. Iowa City, IA: Authors; 2021.
Collaborative for Improvement and Innovation Network. COIIN to advance care for CMC. Available at: https://ciswh.org/project/coiin-cmc. Accessed September 5, 2021.