Title V Maternal & Child Health Block Grant Application

What is it? How Can You Be Involved?

The Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant addresses health services needed within a state. The target population is mothers, infants and children, aged 1 – 21 years. This includes children with special health care needs and their families. ​ Services are family-centered, community-based, and culturally appropriate.

The New Jersey Department of Health submits a Title V report and application to the Health Resources Services Administration every year. ​ A draft of the NJ Maternal and Child Health Block Grant Application for 2025 is available for review on the New Jersey Department of Health website at: https://www.nj.gov/health/fhs/maternalchild/index.shtml

Are you a youth/young adult, a family member, an individual, a professional, or a community member interested in sharing your feedback?

Public input is being sought to ensure that the state plans its priorities, activities, and programs to meet the needs of infants, children, and youth, including those with special health care needs, pregnant women, mothers, fathers, and other individuals.

You are invited to share your comments through written and/or e-mailed testimony or verbally during the virtual public hearing.

Please submit your comments and testimony by close of business on July 9, 2024 to:

By Mail:

Dr. Nancy Scotto-Rosato

Assistant Commissioner and Title V Director

New Jersey Department of Health

Division of Family Health Services

Maternal & Child Health

P.O. Box 364, Trenton, NJ 08625-0364

By Email:

Nancy.Scotto-Rosato@doh.nj.gov

A Title V Block Grant Virtual Public Hearing has been scheduled for Monday, July 8th at 12 noon. If you are interested in sharing your comments and testimony verbally, please join using the link below at that time:

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A template to help you write or prepare your Family Block Grant Testimony, is available here.

For questions or if you need assistance with writing/sharing your comments and testimony, please contact the SPAN team at: childcare@spanadvocacy.org

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In Trenton, NJ, the Fiscal Year 2025 budget allocates significant funds to support immigrants and emphasizes protecting and supporting immigrant communities, including:

• $1 million for language access
• $8.2 million for a detention and deportation defense initiative
• $6 million (partial restoration) for legal services for unaccompanied minors, and 
• $3.07 million (partial restoration) for Hispanic Women's Resource Centers. 

Senate Majority leader, M. Tereza Ruiz also stated, "This year's budget is a holistic plan that puts the well-being of our children and families first. We are making huge investments in education for our youngest and oldest students by continuing on the path toward universal pre-K, fully financing the school funding formula, launching a student literacy initiative, and investing in higher education.”

To read more on the NJ budget in total, click here.