Title V of the Social Security Act authorizes appropriations to states to improve the health of all mothers and children in the form of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. Each year, state health offices may apply for funds from the federal government, which are used to provide maternal and child health services to pregnant women, infants and children, particularly children with special health care needs. The MCH Block Grant application outlines the state's needs and plans for addressing specific population domains, state priorities, and tracks performance measures and indicators to demonstrate need for services and progress towards improvement.
In previous years Title V funds were expended to enhance the MCH system of care and ensure more infants have the best possible start in life. Title V funds were provided for interconception care (ICC), which is not reimbursable by Medicaid, through the Healthy Start program. In partnership with the March of Dimes, the Department used Title V funds to cofund the Healthy Start Coalition of Hillsborough County (Tampa), to develop a statewide ICC curriculum to be implemented July 1, 2018 through all 32 Healthy Start Coalitions.
The funds seek to create federal and state partnerships that support:
Eligible applicants are county health departments, Healthy Start Coalitions, the March of Dimes, and the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the Florida Department of Health at [email protected] for more information on how to apply.
The Florida department of Health was allocated $20,849,898 in 2024.
The Florida department of Health was allocated $20,776,333 in 2023.
The Florida department of Health was allocated $20,767,711 in 2022.