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- Monday, March 9, 2026
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6:30am - 7:30am ET
Yoga w/ AMCHP CEO
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6:30am - 7:30am ET
Yoga w/ AMCHP CEOLocation: Meeting Room 10/11
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8:00am - 8:30am ET
Coffee Break with Exhibitors
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8:00am - 8:30am ET
Coffee Break with ExhibitorsLocation: Rock Creek Ballroom
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8:00am - 5:00pm ET
Caregiver and Lactation Room
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8:00am - 5:00pm ET
Caregiver and Lactation Room
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8:00am - 5:00pm ET
The Recording Womb
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8:00am - 5:00pm ET
The Recording Womb Location: Meeting Room 7
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8:00am - 5:30pm ET
Registration Open
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8:00am - 5:30pm ET
Registration Open
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8:00am - 6:00pm ET
Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery
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8:00am - 6:00pm ET
Meditate & Appreciate – Conference Quiet Space and Art Gallery Location: Rock Creek Foyer
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8:30am - 10:00am ET
Plenary Session: PL2 - The Power of Connection: Navigating the MCH Policy Landscape Together
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8:30am - 10:00am ET
Plenary Session: PL2 - The Power of Connection: Navigating the MCH Policy Landscape TogetherLocation: Potomac Ballroom
Keynote Speaker: – Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
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Keynote Speaker: – Arizona Dept. of Health Services; Office of Children’s Health/CYSHCN Program
Lightning Speaker: – Center for Family Involvement @ VCU
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
From Vision to Infrastructure: Designing Workforce Systems for Healthy Births and Thriving Families
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
From Vision to Infrastructure: Designing Workforce Systems for Healthy Births and Thriving Families Location: Meeting Room 6
Primary Presenter: – Mamatoto Village
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
Poster Group G
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
Poster Group GLocation: Meeting Room 5
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
Workshop Group "D"
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D1 - Indigenous Epidemiology: Strengthening Maternal Health Data to Improve Health and Wellbeing in American Indian and Alaska Native CommunitiesLocation: Meeting Room 2
Submitter Only:
Primary Presenter: – Urban Indian Health Institute
c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationd. Indigeneity & Health
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D2 - Partnering for Prevention: Bridging Public Health and Community Voices to Support Families in Infant Safe Sleep and BreastfeedingLocation: Meeting Room 3
Primary Presenter: – First Candle
h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D3 - Elevating Stillbirth Prevention: Turning Awareness into Action for Equitable OutcomesLocation: Meeting Room 4
Primary Presenter: – Push for Empowered Pregnancy
Presenter/Moderator: – PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy
Presenter: – Push for Empowered Pregnancy
f. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D4 - Building the MCH Workforce: The Pacific Public Health Fellowship ProgramLocation: Meeting Room 8/9
Primary Presenter: – PIHOA - Pacific Island Health Officers Association
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Presenter: – PIHOA - Pacific Island Health Officers Association
f. Workforce Development & Leadership
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D5 - Pivoting Back to Community: Lessons in Strengthening Statewide Youth EngagementLocation: Meeting Room 10/11
Primary Presenter: – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program
Co-Presenter: – Providers and Teens Communicating for Health (PATCH) Program
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h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D6 - The Black Solidarity Model: A Community-Led Approach to Perinatal Health in Central TexasLocation: Anacostia E
Primary Presenter: – University of Texas at Austin
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Co-Author: – Black Mamas Community Collective (dba Black Mamas ATX)
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c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D7 - Power in Partnership: Strengthening Connections between Pediatricians and State-Level Organizations to Promote Trauma-Informed Health Care SystemsLocation: Anacostia F
Primary Presenter: – American Academy of Pediatrics
Presenter: – Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Presenter: – Kansas Department of Health and Environment Division of Health Care Finance
Presenter: – Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Co-Author: – American Academy of Pediatrics
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b. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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10:30am - 11:30am ET
D8 - The Power of Connection: Building Community-Rooted Doula Training Through Evidence-Informed Practice and Ancestral WisdomLocation: Anacostia D
Primary Presenter: – Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative
Presenter: – Oklahoma Birth Equity Initiative
Presenter: – SisterWeb
Presenter: – SisterWeb
f. Workforce Development & Leadership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
Poster Group I & J
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
Poster Group I & J
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
Workshop Group "E"
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E1 - Supporting Caregivers and Children Affected by Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: IMPACT WV’s Family-Centered ApproachLocation: Meeting Room 8/9
Co-Author: – IMPACT WV
Primary Presenter: – IMPACT WV- Center of Excellence in Disabilities
Presenter: – West Virginia University
Presenter: – WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities
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c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E2 - Protect•Prevent•Nurture: Connecting Environmental Health and Birth EquityLocation: Meeting Room 4
Primary Presenter: – The Cooperative and Family Health Initiatives
Presenter: – New Jersey Department of Health
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Co-Author: – Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative, Family Health Initiatives
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E3 - Family Relationship Building Alongside System Connection to Support Integrated Maternal Health & Early Childhood System TransformationLocation: Meeting Room 2
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e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E4 - Demystifying Black Fatherhood: Misconceptions, Systemic Barriers, and ResilienceLocation: Anacostia E
Presenter: – Health Equity Zone
Primary Presenter: – Rhode Island Department of Health Health Equity Zone Initiative
Presenter: – Rhode Island Department of Health
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h. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E5 - FIRST (Families in Recovery SupporT) Steps Together: growing parenting recovery capital through connected relationshipsLocation: Anacostia F
Primary Presenter: – MA Dept. of Public Health
Presenter: – FIRST Steps Together TTA Team, Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS)
b. Mental and Behavioral Health
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E6 - Meeting Recent Graduates Where They Are: MCH Career Perspectives of National Title V MCH Internship Program AlumniLocation: Anacostia D
Co-Author: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Primary Presenter: – University at Albany College of Integrated Health Sciences
Co-Author: – UIC School of Public Health, Center of Excellence in MCH
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Presenter: – National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center
Co-Author: – National Maternal and Child Health Workforce Development Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gillings School of Global Public Health
c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluationf. Workforce Development & Leadership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E7 - Building Bridges: Indiana’s Collaborative Approach to Family and Community HealthLocation: Meeting Room 10/11
Primary Presenter: – Indiana Department of Health
Presenter: – Indiana Department of Health
a. Title V Administrationh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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11:40am - 12:40pm ET
E8 - Implementing Integrated Team-Based Care and Co-creation with Families to Reimagine Pediatric Primary Care and Improve Maternal Child Health and Family Well-BeingLocation: Meeting Room 3
Submitter Only: – ZERO TO THREE
Primary Presenter: – Pediatrics Northwest
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Presenter: – Harbor-UCLA Medical Center; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Presenter: – UCLA
Moderator: – ZERO TO THREE
b. Mental and Behavioral Healthh. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
Go-Go Groove Lunchtime Dance Party
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12:40pm - 2:00pm ET
Go-Go Groove Lunchtime Dance PartyLocation: Potomac Ballroom
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12:30pm - 2:00pm ET
Lunch on Your Own/Exhibit Hall Open
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12:40pm - 2:00pm ET
Lunch on Your Own/Exhibit Hall Open
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
Student & Early Career Roundtable
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT1 - Are We Left Out? Virtual Prenatal Care in Maternity Care DesertsLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – Lala Pacalis Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing
c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impact
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT2 - Bridging Reproductive Health Research and MCH Programming in the Gulf SouthLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – Tulane University
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT3 - Clinic Perspectives on Screening to Solutions: Addressing Social Needs in Maternal HealthLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – University of South Florida
g. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT4 - Examining Alternative Methods for Getting Toothpaste and Toothbrushes into the Hands of Every Child.Location: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
e. Policy & Impactg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT5 - Global Insights, Domestic Impact: Advancing U.S. Black Maternal and Infant Health PolicyLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – The Century Foundation
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT6 - Strengthening Remote Patient Monitoring Implementation in Hospital-Based Maternity CareLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadership
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT7 - Using Community-Engaged Assessment Methods for the Michigan Maternal Health Survey Initiative (MMHSI)Location: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – Center for Health and Research Transformation
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c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT8 - Antidepressant Discontinuation During Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental HealthLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – Harvard University
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b. Mental and Behavioral Healthc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
SRT9 - Leveraging community partnership in a meaningful way: a discussion of key considerations when conducting system-level public health initiativesLocation: Anacostia F
Facilitator: – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
Tending to our Partnerships: Who is in your MCH Ecosystem?
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12:45pm - 2:00pm ET
Tending to our Partnerships: Who is in your MCH Ecosystem?Location: Anacostia D
Facilitator: – Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
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Facilitator: – The League of Voices for Mothers, Babies, Fathers and Families
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1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Innovation Hub 101
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1:00pm - 2:00pm ET
Innovation Hub 101Location: Meeting Room 8/9
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1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Resume Review Workshop - Registration Required
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1:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Resume Review Workshop - Registration RequiredLocation: Meeting Room 5
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Poster Group K
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Poster Group KLocation: Meeting Room 6
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
Workshop Group "F"
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F1 - A Connected Approach: Building Stronger Community Systems for Healthier FamiliesLocation: Meeting Room 3
Primary Presenter: – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Presenter: – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F2 - Hospital-to-Home Systems Change : Connecting Families with Perinatal Mental Health Care from NICU to HomeLocation: Anacostia F
Primary Presenter: – Northwest Center
Presenter: – Northwest Center Kids
b. Mental and Behavioral Healthd. Indigeneity & Healthe. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F3 - Florida’s CYSHCN Program: Connecting Quality Improvement, Health Care Transition, and Pediatric Specialty Clinics to Impact Critical Care Outcomes for Youth with Special Health Care NeedsLocation: Meeting Room 8/9
Primary Presenter: – Florida Department of Health
Presenter/Moderator: – Children’s Medical Services Florida Department of Health
Presenter: – National Institute of Children's Health Quality (NICHQ)
Presenter: – University of Miami
a. Title V Administrationf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F4 - Connected for Change: Advancing Maternal Health Innovation Through Community Partnerships in TennesseeLocation: Meeting Room 10/11
Primary Presenter: – Tennessee Department of Health
Presenter: – Centerstone
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Presenter: – Nurses for Newborns
a. Title V Administrationc. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluatione. Policy & Impacth. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F5 - PlayReadVIP as a Tool for Supporting MCH, Caregiver-Child Connection, and Early Relational Health for Lasting Impacts: Scaling and Sustaining through Pediatric HealthcareLocation: Anacostia D
Primary Presenter: – PlayReadVIP National Center at NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Presenter: – NYU Langone Health
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b. Mental and Behavioral Healthe. Policy & Impact
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F6 - Guaranteed Income to Improve Maternal and Child Health: Building the Evidence Base for Perinatal Unconditional Cash InterventionsLocation: Anacostia E
Primary Presenter: – University of California, Berkeley
Presenter: – The Bridge Project
Presenter: – Urban Institute
c. Epidemiology, Data, Assessment, & Evaluation
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F7 - Opportunities for Humanistic Systems Change: An Urgent Action Framework to Benefit Children with Medical Complexity, their Families, and ProfessionalsLocation: Meeting Room 4
Primary Presenter: – Ctr for Innov in Soc Wrk & Health, BU SSW
Presenter: – Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Presenter: – Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health
Co-Author: – Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, Boston University School of Social Work
Co-Author: – AcademyHealth
e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershiph. Family, Youth, & Community Engagement & Partnership
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2:15pm - 3:15pm ET
F8 - Connected Support, Healthier Starts: Delaware First Health's Doula and Postpartum Food InitiativesLocation: Meeting Room 2
Primary Presenter: – Centene
Presenter: – Delaware First Health (Centene)
e. Policy & Impactf. Workforce Development & Leadershipg. Housing, Nutrition, and other Social Determinants of Health
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3:15pm - 4:15pm ET
Dessert Networking Reception w/ Exhibitors
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3:15pm - 4:15pm ET
Dessert Networking Reception w/ Exhibitors Location: Rock Creek Ballroom
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3:30pm - 4:20pm ET
CEO Townhall: A National MCH Strategy for This Moment
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3:30pm - 4:20pm ET
CEO Townhall: A National MCH Strategy for This MomentLocation: Anacostia E
Primary Presenter: – AMCHP
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4:30pm - 6:00pm ET
Plenary Session: PL3 Rejuvenate and Restore: Nourishing Connection through Self and Community Care
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4:30pm - 6:00pm ET
Plenary Session: PL3 Rejuvenate and Restore: Nourishing Connection through Self and Community CareLocation: Potomac Ballroom
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