Title V funds strategically support personnel and the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of MCH focused activities, data collection, and program evaluation. Staff forge local, state, and federal partnerships to develop, identify, and recommend quality and equitable, preventive, educational, and early treatment strategies to prevent illness, injury, disease and death and to eliminate disparities. Title V funds support breastfeeding, well visits, community water fluoridation, developmental screenings, transition, fetal, infant, and maternal mortality review committees, and advocacy to increase equity and improve access to quality medical and dental care services. Staff work to ensure that public health care laws, rules, and regulations are followed, to ensure optimal health of Alabamians through early identification, early diagnosis, and follow-up.

Title V staff convene task forces, steering committees, and work groups that collaborate to ensure the MCH population has access to care and resources to take charge of and improve their health and their families’ health. Alabama Title V is able to leverage funding and partnerships to educate, develop legislative rules or bills, and ensure uniform and safe standards of service and care. Title V and other federal, state, and local funds cover activities and staffing related to cancer prevention (colorectal, cervical, and breast), teen pregnancy prevention, healthy child care, lead exposure, newborn screening, as well as case management and care coordination services for pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents, including CYSHCN.

Title V funds are  used to fill gaps, providing services not otherwise supported through non-federal MCH dollars, particularly in county health departments. Alabama Title V works to respond to emerging MCH needs, supporting families and adapting programming as needed. FHS administration ensures that a continual and comprehensive review of finances and programming is in place so that utilization of Title funds fully supports state priority needs in alignment with federal guidelines.