1. Title V Nutrition Today and Tomorrow
Suzanne Haydu, RD, MPH Chair, MCH Nutrition Council

2. Title V MCH Block Grant Long history including nutrition
Nutrition continues to be an essential topic and discipline
Many opportunities exist to incorporate nutrition

3. Nutrition in MCH Children with special health care needs
Growth and development
Breastfeeding
Health promotion and disease prevention
Healthy weight

4. MCH Nutrition Projects
MCH Nutrition Specific Templates
(WI)
Blueprint for Nutrition & Physical
Activity: Cornerstones of a Healthy Lifestyle (KS)
Collaboration with WIC for Children with Special Health Care Needs (WI)
Folic Acid Consumption Initiative (CA)
Healthy Women’s Weight Action Learning Collaborative (CA)

5. MCH Nutrition Projects
California In-Hospital Infant Feeding Practices
Breastfeeding: Investing in California’s Future
Birth and Beyond California
Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition
Breastfeeding Template (WI)

6. Comprehensive MCH Nutrition Services
Nutrition and physical activity across the lifespan including: preconception, pregnancy and postpartum
Child and youth nutrition and feeding management
Promotion of healthy weight at the community
Systems building, policy, training, community-based research, surveillance, evaluation services and more 6

7. Thank You! Visit our new webpage on the ASTPHND website
Council
MCH Nutrition