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Sunday, May 7
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST

A4 - Unwinding the Public Health Emergency: Opportunities for Title V programs to protect coverage for children and families during the Medicaid redetermination process

Location: Galerie 2
Primary Presenter: Atyya Chaudhry, MPP (she/her/hers) – AMCHP
Presenter: Stacy Collins, MSW – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Presenter: Courtney P. Foster, MPH (she/her/hers) – Louisiana Budget Project
Policy & Advocacy (includes health care financing and coverage)
Sunday, May 7
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

B2 - HERO Kids: an Innovative Public Health Program Linking Families of CYSHCN with Emergency Medical Services and Filling the Information Gap

Location: Galerie 2
Primary Presenter: Tamara Bakewell, M.A. (she/her/hers) – Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health Needs
Presenter: Brittany Tagliaferro-Lucas, BS (she/her/hers) – Oregon Center for Children and Youth with Special Health needs (OCCYSHN)
Presenter: Rachel Ford, MPH (she/her/hers) – Oregon Emergency Medical Services for Children
Emergency Preparedness and Response
Sunday, May 7
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST

Title 1 - Adverse Maternal Health Outcomes amongst American Immigrants
Roundtable Presenter: Miral Abbas, BA (she/her/hers) – New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene/Mailman School of Public Health
Health Equity and addressing social determinants of health
Sunday, May 7
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST

Title 2 - How to Center Storytelling in Birthing People’s Experiences and Outcomes
Roundtable Presenter: Tiwani Oseni, MPH (she/her/hers) – HealthConnect One
Communication and Health Communication
Sunday, May 7
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM CST

Title 3 - Reflections on Burnout among Community-Based Doulas
Roundtable Presenter: Ci'erra Larsen, MPH (she/her/hers) – HealthConnect One
Workforce Development and Leadership
Sunday, May 7
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

C2 - Building Bridges: Advocacy and Allyship to Address Maternal Health Inequity

Location: Galerie 2
Primary Presenter: Nakeenya S. Wilson, MA (she/her/hers) – Maternal Health Equity Collaborative/Funders for Birth Justice and Equity
Presenter/Moderator: Allison Waage, MSN, RN (she/her/hers) – Pregnancy and Postpartum Health Alliance of Texas
Presenter: Shawn Thierry, Juris Doctorate (she/her/hers) – Texas House of Representatives
Presenter: Jacinta 'Jacy' Montoya Price, BA (she/her/hers) – Alliance for Early Success
Presenter: Morgan Miles – GALS, Giving Austin Labor Support
Presenter: Kristen Gonzales
Clinical and Community Engagement and Partnership (includes state/territorial/county MCH agencies and how they work with each other and/or with clinical side or community orgs locally)
Sunday, May 7
2:45 PM – 5:15 PM CST

PL1 - Strengthening Our Roots: Tending the Local MCH Ecosystem

Location: Bissonet- Carondelet
Emcee: Belinda Pettiford, MPH – NC Division of Public Health
Intro Moderator: Janis Gonzales, MD, MPH – New Mexico Department of Health
Keynote: Terrance Moore
Keynote: Amy Zapata, Candidate DrPH, MPH (she/her/hers) – Bureau of Family Health, Office of Public Health, Louisiana Department of Health
Keynote: Nicole Deggins – Sista Midwife Productions
Keynote: Cirecie Olatunji, Ph.D. – Center for Equity, Justice, and the Human Spirit,
Keynote: Darrin McCall, LSCW – Youth Empowerment Project (YEP)
Presenter: Shanna Cox
Presenter: Laura Kavanagh, MPP – Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
Presenter: Amanda Cohn, MD, CAPT, USPHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Monday, May 8
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST

PL2 - Sharing Your How: Growing Diverse Leaders

Location: Bissonet- Carondelet
Emcee: Lisa A. Asare, MPH – New Jersey Department of Health
Intro Moderator: Caroline Stampfel, MPH – AMCHP
Keynote: Julie Traylor, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health
Keynote: Dionisio E. Saimon, BS – FSM Department of Health and Social Affairs
Presenter: Candice Simon, MPH – AMCHP
Presenter: Amanda Quainoo
Presenter: Shanell Brown – Washington State Department of Health
Monday, May 8
10:15 AM – 11:00 AM CST

AMCHP’s Innovation Hub

Location: Galerie 2
Presenter: Lynda Krisowaty, MHS (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Presenter: Laura Powis, MPH – AMCHP
Presenter: Ollie Kuo, MPH (she/her/hers) – AMCHP
Presenter: Noeli I. Vasquez, BS (she/her/hers) – AMCHP
Monday, May 8
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

D6 - Cultivating State Support for Pregnancy Loss

Location: Galerie 2
Primary Presenter: Emily Yeatts, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – Virginia Department of Health
Presenter: Janelle Anthony, MSN, RN, PHNA-BC (she/her/hers) – Virginia Department of Health
Mental Health/Behavioral Health
Monday, May 8
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM CST

Virtual Regional Networking: Group A (Regions 1, 2, 3, & 7)
Monday, May 8
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM CST

Virtual Regional Networking: Group B (Region 4)
Monday, May 8
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM CST

Virtual Regional Networking: Group C (Regions 5 & 6)
Monday, May 8
12:30 PM – 1:15 PM CST

Virtual Regional Networking: Group D (Region 8, 9, & 10)
Monday, May 8
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM CST

E3 - Deconstructing Racism in Data: A Module Series for Integrating Anti-Racism in Data Practices

Location: Galerie 2
Primary Presenter: Mikayla Frye, MPH (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Presenter: Janelle Palacios, RN, CNM, PhD (she/her/hers) – Encoded 4 Story
Presenter: Dodie Arnold, PhD (she/her/hers) – Intended Impact
Co-Author: Cheryl L. Clark, DrPH, RHIA (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Workforce Development and Leadership
Monday, May 8
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM CST

Virtual Topical Roundtable
Monday, May 8
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM CST

F6 - Healthy Beginnings with Title V: Building Racial Equity Competence through Partnerships between Title V and Community-Rooted Organizations

Location: Galerie 2
Submitter Only: Jessica Stieger, MPH, MSW, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – AMCHP
Moderator: Jake Mulroy, Master of Public Health (he/him/his) – Associations of Maternal and Child Health Programs
Presenter: Shanel Tage, MPH (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Co-Presenter: Nicole Deggins – Sista Midwife Productions
Co-Presenter: Janelle Palacios, RN, CNM, PhD (she/her/hers) – Encoded 4 Story
Co-Presenter: Margaret Young, MPH (she/her/hers) – Alaska Department of Health/Division of Public Health
Clinical and Community Engagement and Partnership (includes state/territorial/county MCH agencies and how they work with each other and/or with clinical side or community orgs locally)
Tuesday, May 9
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CST

G4 - Surviving the Climate Crisis: Building the Environmental Justice and Reproductive Justice Bridge

Location: Galerie 2
Moderator: Kasey Rivas, MPH (she/her/hers) – March of Dimes
Presenter: Malaika L. Ludman, MPH, CLC – Birthmark Doula Collective
Co-Presenter: Gabrielle R. Beck (she/her/hers) – Co-Chair of Youth Voice Amplified
Co-Presenter: Esther McCant, CD, CLC, HBCE – Metro Mommy Agency
Health Equity and addressing social determinants of health
Tuesday, May 9
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CST

G8 - (Virtual) The Equity Systems Continuum: A Framework to Identify Systemic Bias and Racism in MCH Organizations
Primary Presenter: Rebecca Huber, MPP (she/her/hers) – National Institute for Children's Health Quality
Presenter: Meera Menon, MA, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
Presenter: Stacy D. Scott, PhD (she/her/hers) – National Institute for Children’s Health Quality
MCH History and Systems
Tuesday, May 9
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CST

G9 - (Virtual) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice: The Importance of Transformative Leadership and Practices in Perinatal Substance Use Treatment and Reentry Services
Primary Presenter: Essence Hairston, LCSW, LCAS, CSI (she/her/hers) – UNC School of Medicine
Presenter/Moderator: Ashley Ambrose, MSW, LCSW, LCASA (she/her/hers) – UNC School of Medicine
Workforce Development and Leadership
Tuesday, May 9
8:45 AM – 9:45 AM CST

G10 - (Virtual) Hiding in Plain Sight: Coercive Control and Perinatal Mental Health Consequences
Primary Presenter: Sarah C. Workman, JD, MSW (she/her/hers) – Lightshare, Inc.
Mental Health/Behavioral Health
Tuesday, May 9
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM CST

PL3 - Nurturing the Now

Location: Bissonet- Carondelet
Emcee: Dawn Bailey – Arizona Department of Health Services/Office of Children's Health/CYSHCN Program
Keynote: Sedona Moreno-Castelan – Public Health Institute at Denver Health
Keynote: Ahmaad Lott – New Orleans Youth Alliance
Keynote: Julio Bermudez – Son of a Saint
Keynote: Aariyah Johnson – EYE For Prevention
Keynote: Jovanny AKA BUEK Moreno-Castelan – Social Change
Keynote: Deja M. Jones
Tuesday, May 9
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

VWA1 - Partnerships to Build Trusting Relationships With Fathers & Male Caregivers
Author: Marsha A. Quinn, BA (she/her/hers) – Parent to Parent USA
Primary Presenter: Lenn Boston (he/him/his) – Parent to Parent USA
Presenter: Corey Ferguson, MHA – Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities
Presenter: Kevin Daly, Certified Community Health Worker (he/him/his) – PATH Connecticut
Family Engagement & Partnership (includes fatherhood, family-centered care, siblings, grandparents)
Tuesday, May 9
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

VWA2 - Creation and Sustainability of Diverse State and Local Lactation Partnerships
Primary Presenter: Shatoria Townsend, MPH, CLC, LCE (she/her/hers) – ASTHO
Presenter: Jennifer M. Vinci, MS, RDN, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – Conneticut Department of Public Health
Presenter: Talei Moore, BS (she/her/hers) – The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)
Presenter: Danielle Freeman, LPN, IBCLC – Paving The Way: Diversity In Lactation, Inc.
Clinical and Community Engagement and Partnership (includes state/territorial/county MCH agencies and how they work with each other and/or with clinical side or community orgs locally)
Tuesday, May 9
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

VWA3 - Family Impact Initiative: Capacity Building and Early Implementation of a Systems Change Approach Initiative for Families of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Primary Presenter: Mary Glazer Smyth, MPH (she/her/hers) – Philadelphia Department of Public Health
Presenter: Danielle Rhodes, BS (she/her/hers) – Pennsylvania Department of Health
Presenter: KAREN ANN DASH, MPA (she/her/hers) – Coach/Consultant to AMCHP, Karen Dash Consulting LLC
Equity and Access for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs (CYSHCN)
Tuesday, May 9
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST

VWA4 - Developing a Youth Advisory Council for Youth with Special Health Care Needs: Development, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
Primary Presenter: Alejandra Biangmano, MPH – Division of Child and Community Health, University of Iowa
Presenter: Alaina Elliott-Wherry, n/a (she/her/hers) – Division of Child and Community Health, University of Iowa
Youth Engagement & Partnership
Tuesday, May 9
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST

VWB1 - Building Maternal and Child Health Leadership Regarding Medicaid Coverage for CYSHCN
Primary Presenter: Caroline Parker, BA (she/her/hers) – Catalyst Center at Boston University
Presenter: Allyson L. Baughman, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Catalyst Center at Boston University
Presenter: Meg Comeau, MHA (she/her/hers) – Catalyst Center at Boston University
Policy & Advocacy (includes health care financing and coverage)
Tuesday, May 9
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST

VWB2 - Addressing Perinatal Substance Use Through Meaningful Partnerships
Presenter: Lauren Quick-Graham, LCSW (she/her/hers) – North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Co-Presenter: Margo Katz, MA – Rhode Island Department of Health
Co-Presenter: Rebecca Moore-Patterson, LCSW (she/her/hers) – NC Division of Public Health, Dept of Health & Human Services,
Clinical and Community Engagement and Partnership (includes state/territorial/county MCH agencies and how they work with each other and/or with clinical side or community orgs locally)
Tuesday, May 9
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST

VWB3 - CANCELLED: Enhancing Data Literacy for Policymaking with Public Dashboards
Primary Presenter: Victoria A. Salinas, MPH (she/her/ella) – Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
Epidemiology, Data, Assessment and Evaluation (includes health outcomes: impact of investment/ROI, etc.)