Maternal and Child Health Services

The purpose of the Title V MCH Services Block Grant program is to enable each state to: Assure mothers and children access to quality maternal and child health services, especially for those with low-incomes or limited availability of care; Reduce infant mortality; Provide access to prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care to women (especially low-income and at risk pregnant women); Increase the number of low-income children who receive regular health assessments and, follow-up diagnostic and treatment services; Provide access to preventive and primary care services for low income children as well as rehabilitative services for children with special health needs; Implement family-centered, community-based, systems of coordinated care for CSHCN; and Provide toll-free hotlines and assistance with applying for services to pregnant women with infants and children who are eligible for Title XIX (Medicaid).