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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
7:45am - 12:00pm ET
Registration Open

7:45am - 12:00pm ET

Registration Open

8:00am - 8:15am ET
Regional Breakfast Pick up

8:00am - 8:15am ET

Regional Breakfast Pick up

Location: Anacostia Foyer

8:00am - 1:00pm ET
Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

8:00am - 1:00pm ET

Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

Location: Rock Creek Foyer

8:00am - 5:00pm ET
Caregiver and Lactation Room

8:00am - 1:00pm ET

Caregiver and Lactation Room

8:15am - 9:15am ET
Poster Group L

8:15am - 9:15am ET

Poster Group L

Location: Meeting Room 5

8:15am - 9:45am ET
Regional Breakfasts

8:15am - 9:45am ET

Regional Breakfasts

Location: Various

9:30am - 3:00pm ET
Hill Day Visits

9:30am - 3:00pm ET

Hill Day Visits

10:00am - 11:00am ET
AMCHP Business Meeting for Members

10:00am - 11:00am ET

AMCHP Business Meeting for Members

Location: Anacostia E

10:00am - 11:00am ET
Poster Group M & N

10:00am - 11:00am ET

Poster Group M & N

10:00am - 11:00am ET
Workshop Group "G"

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G1 - Building Infrastructures of Care: Advancing Birth Equity Through Community–Clinical Partnerships in Alabama

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Jenice Fountain, Executive Director, Yellowhammer Fund (she/her/hers) – The Yellowhammer Fund

Presenter: Yashica Robinson, Medical Director, Alabama Birth Center

Presenter: Heather Skanes, OBGYN and Founder of Oasis Women's Health

Presenter: Celida Soto, Co-Founder, Margins: Women Helping Black Women

Presenter: Elisabeth Nussel

Presenter/Moderator: Rauslyn D. Adams, Founder, Chocolate Milk Mommies – Chocolate Milk Mommies

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G2 - Understanding the Interconnectedness Recognized by Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: MAKENIT GUTIERREZ, BBA (she/her/hers) – Oneida Community Health Center

Presenter/Moderator: Candi Cornelius, MSN RN, CLC (she/her/hers) – Oneida Community Health

Presenter: Amaris Andrews-DePerry, ILC, Doula, Student Midwife – Indigi-Kwe Wellness LLC

Presenter: Marcy Beson (she/her/hers) – Lac du Flambeau OJibwe Nation

d. Indigeneity & Health

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G3 - Stronger Together: Building a Hospital–Doula Partnership for Families

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Alicia Lee, MHA (she/her/hers) – March of Dimes

Presenter: Sanyika Williams, Full Spectrum Doula (she/her/hers) – Here For You Doulas

Presenter: Kendra Folh, DNP, RNC-OB, C-ONQS, CPHQ, CLSSBB – Memorial Hermann

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G4 - Reimagining Partnerships: Harnessing the Power of Connection through Perinatal Community Advisory Boards

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Adelisa Perez-Hudgins, MSN, RN, CV-BC (she/her/hers) – New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

Presenter: Christine Ivery, MPH, CHES, DrPH(c) – New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute

Presenter: Uzo Achebe

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G5 - Tennessee Early Connect (TEC): Sustaining a "No Wrong Door" System through Shared Power and Continuous Learning

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Joana Rosales, MPH (she/her/hers) – Tennessee Department of Health

Presenter: Angela M. Miller, PhD, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Tennessee Department of Health

Presenter: Amalie N. Vacanti, BA (she/her/hers) – Consilience Group

Presenter: Laura Packard Tucker, MS (she/her/hers) – Urban Institute

Presenter/Moderator: Jenessa M. Spears, MA (she/her/hers) – Consilience Group, LLC

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

10:00am - 11:00am ET

G6 - Connected from the Start: Policy Strategies Driving Community Impact via Universal Newborn Home Visiting in New Orleans and Colorado

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Kimberly Friedman, JD (she/her/hers) – Family Connects International

Presenter: Shelby F. Wynne, MHA (she/her/hers) – City of New Orleans Health & Human Services Department

Presenter: Laura Johnson, MSN, RN (she/her/hers) – Illuminate Colorado

e. Policy & Impact

11:00am - 12:00pm ET
Coffee Break with Exhibitors

11:00am - 12:00pm ET

Coffee Break with Exhibitors

Location: Rock Creek Ballroom

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET
Poster Group O & P

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

Poster Group O & P

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET
Workshop Group "H"

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H1 - Feeding the Whole Community: Leveraging Community Strengths in Lactation and Mental Health Support

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Cierra N. Murphy-Higgs, MS, EdS, IBCLC (she/her/hers) – NC A&T State University

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H2 - DoulaREADI: Advancing Hospital-Based Equity and Collaboration Through Doula Integration

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Breana Turner, MPH, CHES – HealthConnect One

f. Workforce Development & Leadership

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H3 - Business and Early Childhood Sector Partnerships to Support MCH Population Needs in Wyoming

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Feliciana Turner, MPH – Wyoming Department of Health

Presenter: Kristin Fong

g. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H4 - Strengthening MCH at the local level - Virginia Title V Transformation Journey

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Cynthia C. deSa, MPH, MSW, LCSW (she/her/hers) – Virginia Department of Health

Presenter/Moderator: Samara Lott, MPH (she/her/hers) – Virginia Department of Health

Presenter: Kelly R. Conatser, MPH (he/him/his) – Virginia Department of Health

Presenter: Dane A. De Silva, PhD (he/him/his) – Virginia Department of Health

a. Title V Administratione. Policy & Impact

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H5 - Best Practices for Medicaid Partnership: CMMP Instructional Guide for Developing MCH-Focused IAAs

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Submitter Only: Helen Dawson, MPH

Primary Presenter: So O'Neil, MS – Altarum

Presenter: Paige Bussanich, MS (she/her/hers) – The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)

Presenter: Beth Beaudin-Seiler, PhD (she/her/hers) – Altarum Institute

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H6 - Strengthening Cross-Sector Partnerships to Advance Adolescent Health in School-Based Settings

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Maria G. Ruiz, MPH, CHES (she/her/hers) – Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

Presenter/Moderator: Shannon Vance, MPH (she/her/hers) – Association of State and Territorial Health Officials

a. Title V Administrationb. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H7 - The Power of Connection: Transforming Perinatal Mental Health Through a Dyadic, Trauma-Informed Model of Care

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Aimee L. Danielson, PhD (she/her/hers) – MedStar Georgetown University Hospital

Presenter: U'nek Clarke, LICSW, LCSW-C (she/her/hers) – Medstar Georgetown University Hospital

Moderator: Ruthie Arbit, LICSW

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health

12:00pm - 1:00pm ET

H8 - Canceled: Community Based And Father Hood Services WWW.UNITEDANDGUIDED.ORG

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: IMANI LUCAS, MS

Presenter: LaShanya J. Breazell, lbreazell@unitedandguided.org

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthf. Workforce Development & Leadershipg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership