Massachusetts Title V Priorities 2025-2030

Massachusetts Title V Priorities 2025-2030

Maternal, Parental, and Reproductive Health

1. Promote the implementation of risk-appropriate care for people who give birth
2. Expand home visiting to serve all towns and cities in MA
3. Promote health care provider assessment of need for contraceptive, preconception, and or infertility care
4. Improve access to maternal mental health services and supports
5. Expand knowledge of, access to, and uptake of economic supports and mobility opportunities for families in MA
6. Expand fatherhood engagement
7. Expand engagement of parents under 26 to improve community health factor-related outcomes for families led by young caregivers

Fetal and Infant Health

1. Improve system of care for infants whose families are affected by parental substance use
2. Improve healthy infant growth and development through breastfeeding
3. Reduce infant mortality and expand access to supports for families experiencing loss

Child Health

1. Improve the capacity of the pediatric medical home and the community system of supports to provide a high-quality and integrated continuum of family centered care.
2. Reduce gaps in incidence of children and infants who experience elevated blood lead levels or lead poisoning 
3. Expand awareness and sustainability of the Regional Poison Control Center to assist in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of poisoning
4. Develop infrastructure to address gaps in children's vision outcomes

Adolescent Health

1. Improve sexual and reproductive health and well-being for adolescents
2. Improve youth mental health and substance use outcomes
3. Strengthen systems for integrating youth voice into programming and implementing youth-led programming

Children and Youth with Special Health Needs (CYSHN) Health

1. Build a comprehensive system for pediatric respite for caregivers and families with CYSHN and children with medical complexity (CMC)
2. Shape a continuum of care (from evaluation to services to transition) for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families
3. Support smooth transition from pediatric to adult health care
4. Improve access to mental health supports and services for CYSHN
5. Ensure comprehensive and wrap-around services for CYSHN and their families through a suite of interventions, including policy, technical assistance, referrals and enhanced care coordination

Workforce

1. Support and expand the:
   • Community Birth Workforce
   • Child Care workforce
   • Behavioral Health Workforce
   • Primary Care Workforce
   • Home Visiting Workforce
   • CYSHN and caregiver workforce
2. Support increased training and capacity building for the local public health clinical workforce

Emergency Preparedness

1. Establish a MA Title V emergency planning and preparedness workgroup
2. Enhance an integrated approach in response to the housing crisis for special MCH populations