1. MCH Strategy and Coordination Meeting: An Overview
Webinar

2. Meeting Overview July 26, 2017 at Loretto Hospital 50 Attendees
Chicagoland
East St. Louis
Peoria
Champaign
MCH Providers

4. Meeting Purpose Two Immediate Goals: Long-Term Goal: Desired outcome
Improve Programmatic Coordination
Collective Advocacy
Long-Term Goal:
A well-resourced and seamless system of IM reduction programs that effectively and measurably serves women, children, and families across the state of Illinois.
Desired outcome
Consensus to work towards these goals collectively
Initial next steps

5. Webinar Agenda MCH: State of the State presentation
MCH Indicators
SCOT Analysis based on interviews with MCH leaders
Small Group Discussion Feedback
Next Steps

6. Maternal Child Health: State of the State
Core MCH Indicators

7. Overall Women’s Health Indicators
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015

8. Overall Perinatal Health Indicators
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015

9. Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015
Unintended Pregnancy
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015

10. 2016 Perinatal Report, Public Act 93-0536, December 2015
Cesarean Section
2016 Perinatal Report, Public Act , December 2015

11. 2016 Premature Birth Report Card, March of Dimes
Prematurity
2016 Premature Birth Report Card, March of Dimes

12. Low Birth Weight
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015 /
IDPH Healthy Chicago 2021 Health Data: Core Indicators

13. Infant Mortality
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015 /
IDPH Healthy Chicago 2021 Health Data: Core Indicators

14. Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015
SUID
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015

15. Maternal Morbidity
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015 /
IDPH Healthy Chicago 2021 Health Data: Core Indicators

16. Maternal Mortality
Illinois Title V 2015 Needs Assessment Databook, April 2015 /
IDPH Healthy Chicago 2021 Health Data: Core Indicators

17. Programming Family Case Management Better Birth Outcomes Healthy Start
Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visiting Program
Parents as Teachers
Healthy Families Illinois
Early Head Start
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children
Illinois Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Perinatal Advisory Council

18. Funding Medicaid (HFS) Title V Block Grant (IDPH)
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) of Health and Human Services (HHS)
US Department of Agriculture, Food, and Nutrition Services (USDA)
Illinois General Revenue Fund (GRF)
Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS)
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
Private Funding: Foundations, Corporations, Individuals, Other

19. Maternal Child Health: State of the State
Strengths and Challenges

20. SWOT Analysis

21. SCOT Analysis
challenges

22. SCOT Analysis: Strengths
Commitment to improving outcomes of mothers and babies, re-integrating fathers into family unit
Investment in population health
Smart, strong, creative leadership
Allows room for new voices
Perinatal regionalization
Academic resources

23. SCOT Analysis: Challenges
Data availability and reliability
Aging technology
Urban/rural disconnect
Attrition of staff, workforce turnover
Focus on quantity instead of quality
Fragmentation and duplication of services between agencies

24. SCOT Analysis: Opportunities
Interdisciplinary work with Early Childhood field
Nontraditional pairings: ISBE, CPS, police departments
Strategic alignment towards collaboration
Lessons learned from other cities
Story collection for advocacy efforts
Standardized MCH professional development
Process improvement in program assignment across the state

25. SCOT Analysis: Threats
Federal funding priorities
Limitations on state budget
Increased competition for private funding
Rollback of Medicaid expansion
Lack of communication and coordination

26. SCOT Analysis
Many stakeholders have expressed an interest in coordinating our efforts and coming up with a strategic plan to improve outcomes
There’s room for improvement, but we shouldn’t take what we have for granted!

27. Small Group Discussion
Discussion Questions
Overarching Themes:
Statewide collaboration
Collaboration with MCOs
Timely and appropriate data
Universal educational materials
Increased access/reduced duplication
Collaboration around advocacy
Group-by-Group Feedback

28. Group #1 Group Participants Themes and Ideas:
Inconsistent educational materials
Duplication of services
MCH directory
Coordinated advocacy

29. Group #2 Group Participants Themes and Ideas:
Collaboration with Medicaid MCOs.
Centralized intake system

30. Group #3 Group Participants Themes and Ideas:
Centralized intake system
Coordination with MCOs
Inconsistent training
Poor funding
Timely and appropriate data

31. Group #4 Group Participants Themes and Ideas:
Timely and appropriate data
Centralized intake system
Increased collaboration

32. Group #5 Group Participants Themes and Ideas:
Timely and appropriate data
Increased funding
Increased collaboration
Shared mission and vision

33. Next Steps Decision to engage in this work. Webinar
Small Strategy Group
CSOMB and Collective Advocacy

34. Questions?

35. Thank you! Brielle Treece Osting
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