PMHCA Awardees

Dear Awardee,  
 
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Maternal and Child Health Bureau is pleased to invite you to the Maternal and Child Health Tele-Behavioral Health Programs Annual Meeting. This event will be held in-person, at the Bethesda North Hotel and Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland and will be held Tuesday, June 4, 2024, from 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m. ET and Wednesday, June 5, 2024, from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ET.
 
The meeting will feature a variety of presentations and interactive workshops that will allow participants to learn about challenges, solutions, and resources; share accomplishments, innovations, and lessons learned; and network with other Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) and Screening and Treatment for Maternal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders (MMHSUD) program awardees, HRSA staff, other key federal partners, and the MCHB TA Innovation Center team and its partners. 

 
The theme of the annual meeting is "Sustaining a Behavioral Healthcare Access Program Through Implementation and Beyond.” The meeting objectives are to: 
 

• Provide Technical Assistance to PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees to address project barriers and challenges, and to identify opportunities for growth.
• Facilitate peer-to-peer information exchange and the dissemination of project results, promising practices, and lessons learned.
• Facilitate discussions that identify, promote, and enhance critical priority areas for increasing behavioral healthcare access.
• Foster communication and collaboration between PMHCA and MMHSUD awardees and federal and non-federal partners.

 
Participants invited to the meeting are representatives and partners from all PMCHA and MMHSUD awardee cohorts. Awardee participation in this event is required but limited to two attendees per award. If you would like to send more than two people, please send their name and email to MCH-TA-Innovation-Center@jbsinternational.com and they will be put on a waiting list.

To register, please click on the following link: register here. Once you have completed your registration, you will receive a confirmation email. You will receive instructions to set up a Whova account and to access the event platform before the start of the meeting. 
  
Please note the registration deadline is Thursday, February 29, 2024. 
 

For questions specifically about logistics or registration, please contact us at MCH-TA-Innovation-Center@jbsinternational.com. For all other questions about the meeting, please contact your designated HRSA Project Officer. 


We are looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! 

Thank you, 

MCHB TA Innovation Center Team 
 

Toolkit Overview Webinars: Three webinars on the Toolkit will be held to promote its implementation strategies. The objective of these webinars is to improve knowledge of the use of the EIIC toolkit and to provide an overview of available resources. The webinars will feature PMHCA speakers from three different levels of engagement: Exploration – Michigan PMHCA, Installation – Oklahoma PMHCA, and Implementation – Washington and Tennessee PMHCA. By the end of these webinars, participants will be able to provide an example of how the toolkit elements can benefit their ED-related projects.

Educational Webinars: Seven educational webinars will be conducted to enhance PMHCA's understanding of emergency department workflow and telehealth opportunities. The objective is to improve knowledge of ED and telehealth topics based on industry standards. As a result, participants will be able to provide an example of ED challenges when addressing the mental health needs of pediatric patients.

Office Hours: The EIIC will host five office hours with our QI coach and data analyst to answer questions regarding QI methods and strategies, informed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Model for Improvement. We'll apply QI to your ED-related efforts, and share data collection and visualization techniques for measuring success. An on-demand QI coach is also available to PMHCA team members who are unable to attend these office hours.

Office Hours: The EIIC will host five office hours with our QI coach and data analyst to answer questions regarding QI methods and strategies, informed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) Model for Improvement. We'll apply QI to your ED-related efforts, and share data collection and visualization techniques for measuring success. An on-demand QI coach is also available to PMHCA team members who are unable to attend these office hours.

Toolkit Overview Webinars: Three webinars on the Toolkit will be held to promote its implementation strategies. The objective of these webinars is to improve knowledge of the use of the EIIC toolkit and to provide an overview of available resources. The webinars will feature PMHCA speakers from three different levels of engagement: Exploration – Michigan PMHCA, Installation – Oklahoma PMHCA, and Implementation – Washington and Tennessee PMHCA. By the end of these webinars, participants will be able to provide an example of how the toolkit elements can benefit their ED-related projects.

Educational Webinars: Seven educational webinars will be conducted to enhance PMHCA's understanding of emergency department workflow and telehealth opportunities. The objective is to improve knowledge of ED and telehealth topics based on industry standards. As a result, participants will be able to provide an example of ED challenges when addressing the mental health needs of pediatric patients.

Educational Webinars: Seven educational webinars will be conducted to enhance PMHCA's understanding of emergency department workflow and telehealth opportunities. The objective is to improve knowledge of ED and telehealth topics based on industry standards. As a result, participants will be able to provide an example of ED challenges when addressing the mental health needs of pediatric patients.