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Sunday, March 8, 2026
7:30am - 8:00am ET
The Power of Connection through Prayer

7:30am - 8:00am ET

The Power of Connection through Prayer

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

7:30am - 8:30am ET
From Milestones to Services: Institutionalizing Title V Referral Systems with LTSAE

7:30am - 8:30am ET

From Milestones to Services: Institutionalizing Title V Referral Systems with LTSAE

Location: Anacostia D

8:00am - 5:00pm ET
Registration Open

8:00am - 5:00pm ET

Registration Open

8:00am - 5:00pm ET
The Recording Womb

8:00am - 5:00pm ET

The Recording Womb

Location: Meeting Room 7

8:00am - 6:00pm ET
Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

8:00am - 6:00pm ET

Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery

Location: Rock Creek Foyer

9:00am - 11:00am ET
Plenary Session: PL1 - The Power of the Youth

9:00am - 11:00am ET

Plenary Session: PL1 - The Power of the Youth

Location: Potomac Ballroom

10:00am - 5:00pm ET
Local Vendor Marketplace

10:00am - 5:00pm ET

Local Vendor Marketplace

Location: Anacostia Foyer

11:00am - 11:30am ET
Coffee Break

11:00am - 11:30am ET

Coffee Break

Location: Anacostia Foyer

11:30am - 12:30pm ET
Poster Group A & B

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

Poster Group A & B

11:30am - 12:30pm ET
Workshop Group "A"

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A1 - Rooted In Connection: Strengthening Maine’s Systems Through Family Partnership

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Stacey LaFlamme, LSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – DHHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Maternal and Child Health

Presenter: Anna Cyr, Family Partnership Liaison, Maine AMCHP Family Delegate (she/her/hers) – Maine CDC

Presenter: Eileen T. Forlenza, National Consultant, Motivational Speaker, Author, Trainer (she/her/hers) – Colorado

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A2 - Together in Care: Building Connections for Treating Perinatal Mental Health and Substance Use

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Jennifer McDougal, PhD, LCAS, LCMHC, CRC – East Carolina University

Presenter: David Ryan

Presenter: Chandra Speight

Presenter: Courtney Caiola, PhD, MPH, RN (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University, College of Nursing

b. Mental and Behavioral Health

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A3 - The Man. The Father. Exploring Fatherhood Experiences of Men in Alabama

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Jessica Chambliss, PhD, MPH – University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Health

Presenter: Larrell L. Wilkinson, PhD, MSPH, CHES (he/him/his) – University of Alabama at Birmingham / School of Education & Human Sciences / Department of Human Studies

Presenter: Matthew Dale

Co-Author: Britta Cedergren, MPH, MPA – Alabama Perinatal Quality Collaborative

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A4 - Moving the Needle to Zero: Using Home Visiting to Improve Maternal and Infant Health in High-Risk New York City Communities

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Damalia D. Jackson, MPH – CAMBA Inc.

Presenter: Cindy Jean-Baptiste, MSW – CAMBA

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

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A5 - The Power of Connection in Practice: Integrating Public Health Nurse Home Visiting Within Pediatric Primary Care to Strengthen Family Outcomes

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Tara Dechert, MS, PMP (she/her/hers) – PolicyLab at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Presenter: Erin Graham, DNP, CRNP, IBCLC – National Nurse-led Care Consortium

Presenter: Doris Frasca, RN

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A6 - Connecting Policy to Equity: Medicaid, H.R.1, and the Future of Black Maternal Health

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: Tanesha Mondestin, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

Presenter: Aza Nedhari, DHS, CPM, LPC (she/her/hers) – Mamatoto Village

Presenter: Chanel L. Porchia-Albert, CD, CPD, CLC, CHHC (she/her/hers) – Ancient Song, Inc.

Presenter: Elisabeth W. Burak, MPP, MSW (she/her/hers) – Georgetown University Center for Children and Families

e. Policy & Impact

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A7 - Health Literacy as a Tool for Connection

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Tatum Cox, MPH, MSM (she/her/hers) – Office of Children and Youth with Specific Health Care Needs, Maryland Department of Health

a. Title V Administrationf. Workforce Development & Leadership

11:30am - 12:30pm ET

A8 - Ohio Department of Health Youth Homelessness Program

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Lauryn Floring, LSW – The Ohio Department of Health

a. Title V Administrationb. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
Lunch on Your Own

12:40pm - 2:00pm ET

Lunch on Your Own

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET
Discussion Sessions

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS1 - Bridging Gaps: Connecting Dental Care and Communities to Improve Dental Care Access for Youth and Young Adults with Special Health Care Needs

Location: Anacostia D

Facilitator: Amy B. Clawson, B.A.

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS2 - CARA implementation and approach

Location: Meeting Room 6

Facilitator: Janis Gonzales, MD MPH (she/her/hers) – NM DOH

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS3 - "BirthMatters: Making a Big Impact from a Small Organization"

Location: Meeting Room 3

Facilitator: Amber pendergraph – BirthMatters

Co-author: Makenzi McNair, Community Based Doula

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS4 - A New Vision for American Moms: Defining Universal Maternal Health Care

Location: Meeting Room 5

Facilitator: Elizabeth Dawes, MPH (she/her/hers) – The Century Foundation

Co-author: Michaela Minnis, BA (she/her/hers) – The Century Foundation

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS6 - Rural Maternal and Child Health Transformation: A Cross-State Conversation

Location: Anacostia E

Facilitator: Jodi Anthony, ScD, MPH (she/her/hers) – Abt Global

Co-Facilitator: Clarke Baer, MHA (she/her/hers) – Abt Associates

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS7 - Title V Block Grant Five-Year Action Plans: How Can We Effectively Contract, Monitor Activities, and Demonstrate Results?

Location: Anacostia F

Facilitator: Amy J. Mullenix, MSPH, MSW – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Co-author: Rebecca L. Greenleaf, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS8 - Walking in Two Systems: Supporting Tribal Maternal Mortality Review Development through State Partnerships

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Facilitator: Chelsea Bellon, MPH (she/her/hers) – National Indian Health Board

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS9 - Teen Engagement: Real Talk on Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities in MCH

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Faciitator: Finn Howell

Faciitator: Ava Ciaramita, NA – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program

Facilitator: Amy Olejniczak, MS, MPH (she/her/hers) – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program

12:45pm - 1:45pm ET

DS10 - Measuring the Impact and Return on Investment of Engaging Families

Location: Meeting Room 4

Facilitator: Michelle Crawford, n/a – AMCHP

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Poster Group C & D

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

Poster Group C & D

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Workshop Group "B"

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B1 - From Fragmented to Connected: Transforming Illinois CYSHCN Systems of Care Through Family and Community Partnerships

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Ebonie Zielinski, DNP, APHN, RN (she/her/hers) – UIC Division of Specialized Care for Children

Presenter: Molly Hofmann, DNP, APRN, PCNS-BC (she/her/hers) – University of Illinois Chicago Division of Specialized Care for Children

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B2 - Cracking the Code: Statistical Tools for Targeted Infant Mortality Interventions in Tennessee

Location: Meeting Room 3

Primary Presenter: Erika M. Kirtz, MPH, CPH (she/her/hers) – Tennessee Department of Health

Presenter: Nicole R. Andersen, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health

Moderator: Ashley N. Bridgman, MPH, MS (she/her/hers) – Tennessee Department of Health

Presenter: Chelsea Gouty, MPH (she/her/hers) – Knox County Health Department

Co-Author: Morgan McMahan, MPH, CIC (she/her/hers) – Knox County Health Department

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B3 - When It's 40% of the Population, It Needs to Be 100% Prepared: How Two States Are Bringing MCH into Emergency Planning (and Ways You Can Too)

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Allison Wilson, MPH, CLC – Jefferson County Public Health

Presenter/Moderator: Sydney Clark, MPH – Tennessee Department of Health

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B4 - Cultivating Community Solutions: Strengthening Collaboration and Supporting State Readiness For Community-Rooted Evidence in MCH

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Laura Powis, MPH (she/her/hers) – AMCHP

Presenter: Salome Araya, BA (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs

Presenter: Ellisa Alvarez, BS (she/her/hers) – Association of Maternal and Child Health

a. Title V Administrationc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B5 - Authentic Family Experience: Harnessing the Power of Co-Design to Transform Early Childhood Systems

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Kara Van de Grift, MSW, MSPH (she/her/hers) – Assuring Better Child Health & Development

Presenter: Eileen Auer Bennett, MBA (she/her/hers) – Assuring Better Child Health & Development

e. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B6 - From Awareness to Accountability: Co-Creating Minnesota’s Disability Equity Strategic Plan

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Sarah Dunne, MSW, MPH (she/her/hers) – Minnesota Department of Health

Presenter: Noya Woodrich, MSW – Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationf. Workforce Development & Leadership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B7 - How the smallest state in the union with a big substance use problem, created an innovative partnership to improve outcomes for perinatal women and their families who use substances

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Margo I. Katz, MA – Rhode Island Department of Health

Presenter: Sara I. Remington, MA – Rhode Island Department of Health

Presenter: Katie Gonzalez, BA, CPRS

Presenter: Stevens Robillard, BS (he/him/his) – Department Child Youth and Families

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

2:15pm - 3:15pm ET

B8 - (Re)Creating Community to Improve Maternal Mental Health: Mom Circles within Early Childhood Education

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Sheritha Rayford, MPH (she/her/hers) – Center for Health and Research Transformation

Presenter: Zina Davis (she/her/hers) – Children of the Rising Sun Empowerment Center

Presenter: Danielle Rice, PhD, LMSW,MSA IMH-E® – Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health

Co-Author: August James, BA (she/her/hers) – Center for Health & Research Transformation

Presenter: Kimberli Boyd

b. Mental and Behavioral Health

3:15pm - 3:45pm ET
Networking Dessert w/ Local Vendor Marketplace

3:15pm - 3:45pm ET

Networking Dessert w/ Local Vendor Marketplace

Location: Potomac Ballroom Foyer

Sponsored By

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET
Poster Group E & F

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

Poster Group E & F

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET
Workshop Group "C"

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C1 - Invisible No More: Confronting Data Erasure of American Indians and Alaska Natives in MCH Reporting

Location: Anacostia D

Primary Presenter: Sneha Jaiswal, MPH (she/her/hers) – California Tribal Epidemiology center

Presenter: Andrea Cantarero, MS, MPH, RDN (he/him/his) – CDC Foundation

Presenter: Antoinette Medina, MPA

Presenter: Ashley Mozzetti, MPH

d. Indigeneity & Health

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C2 - Embracing Mo‘olelo: How Hui Storytelling Strengthens Families, Heals Stigma, and Builds Mana

Location: Meeting Room 3

Presenter: Leilani J. Novak, MA Communications (she/her/hers) – Family Hui Hawaii

Primary Presenter: Cherilyn Shiinoki, MEd Early Childhood Education, IMECH-E® Mentor Policy (she/her/hers) – Family Hui Hawaii

Presenter: Ann Davis, MA Expressive Arts Therapy, SEP (she/her/hers) – Family Hui Hawaii

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

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C3 - Tracking the State of Black Birth Equity in California: The California Coalition for Black Birth Justice Landscape Report and Web-Platform

Location: Meeting Room 4

Primary Presenter: Candice Charles, MPH (she/they) – California Coalition for Black Birth Justice

Presenter: Dana Sherrod, MPH – California Coalition for Black Birth Justice

c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impact

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C4 - Collaborative Frameworks for Sustainable Youth Suicide Prevention in Clinical and Community Settings

Location: Meeting Room 8/9

Primary Presenter: Sneha Watarkar, MA – American Academy of Pediatrics

Presenter: Tracey Keane (she/her/hers) – American Academy of Pediatrics

Presenter/Moderator: Kristen Kaseeska, MPH (she/her/hers) – American Academy of Pediatrics

b. Mental and Behavioral Health

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C5 - Preventing RHD in the USAPIs

Location: Meeting Room 10/11

Primary Presenter: Sabra Anckner, RN, MSN – Greenblanket Consulting

Presenter/Moderator: Anaise M. Uso, BDS – Department of Health

Presenter: Arlynn Linny

Presenter: Heather Pangelinan

Presenter: Ipuniuesea Eliapo, MOT – Department of Health

Presenter: Mindy Sugiyan

Presenter: Hawi Teizazu

e. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C6 - Grounded in Science, Powered by Partnership: Lessons from The Hunger, Nutrition and Health in Pregnancy Action Network

Location: Meeting Room 2

Primary Presenter: Liana Haywood, MPH – OHSU Moore Institute for Nutrition & Wellness

Presenter: Krista Lumpkins-Howard, CHW, CLS (she/her/hers) – Birthing Beautiful Communities

Presenter: Kent Thornburg, Ph.D.

Moderator: Rachel Ferencik, MPA – CDC Foundation

Presenter: Abby Szabo, MPA – Vitamix Foundation

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

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C7 - Beyond the Birth: Building a Sustainable Doula Workforce to Bridge Behavioral Health and Maternal Care

Location: Anacostia E

Primary Presenter: Markita Roberts, CERTIFIED DOULA, CMHA (she/her/hers) – COCOLIFE.BLACK

Co-Presenter: Dr. Ola Kalu – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia / University of Pennsylvania

b. Mental and Behavioral Healthf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

3:45pm - 4:45pm ET

C8 - Integrating Fathers into the Maternal Child Health (MCH) Ecosystem

Location: Anacostia F

Primary Presenter: Kenn Harris (he/him/his) – The League of Voices for Mothers, Babies, Fathers and Families

Presenter: Andre Nelson

Submitter Only: Nikki Maffei, MSc

h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership

5:00pm - 5:30pm ET
Planning Committee Meeting (Invite Only)

5:00pm - 5:30pm ET

Planning Committee Meeting (Invite Only)

Location: Anacostia D

5:00pm - 7:00pm ET
Networking Reception w/Exhibitors

5:00pm - 7:00pm ET

Networking Reception w/Exhibitors

Location: Rock Creek Ballroom

6:30pm - 8:30pm ET
MCH Film Night

6:30pm - 8:30pm ET

MCH Film Night

Location: Anacostia D