Maternal & Child Health
Better Care for Mothers, Children, and Families
How do we help Medicaid, CHIP, and Title V work better together?
For more than two decades, Altarum has worked with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), its Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), and state agencies to strengthen the systems that serve mothers, children, and families. We work across the public programs built around that goal, including state Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Title V—and the national organizations that connect them.
Our flagship Maternal and Child Health initiative is the Center for Maternal and Child Health Medicaid Partnerships (CMMP), a five-year HRSA-funded effort launched in 2024 in collaboration with the Center for Health Care Strategies, Family Voices, and the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs. CMMP helps states align Medicaid, CHIP, and Title V through interagency agreements, financing strategies, and coordinated service delivery. These programs serve millions of children, including those with special health care needs.
Beyond CMMP, we evaluate programs, design technical assistance for state agencies, and turn findings into tools and resources state teams can use.
We also help states build strong early childhood systems. Through our Early Childhood Systems Technical Assistance and Coordination Center (ECS-TACC), we delivered more than 400 technical assistance sessions, helping states complete strategic plans, evaluations, and asset-gap analyses that strengthen integrated systems of care for children from birth to age 5 and their families.
Altarum leads strategic support services for MCHB's Pediatric Pandemic Network, helping children's hospitals and their communities prepare to care for children during disasters and public health emergencies. Strong pediatric readiness in emergency departments can significantly reduce mortality among critically ill and injured children. We provide the operational backbone, strategic planning, and assessments, as well as publications that spread research-informed practices across the Network.
Across all our work, the goal is the same: Advance health missions by equipping our partners to act on what they learn, so the mothers, children, and families they serve receive the care they need.
Explore our work:
Our Maternal and Child Health Expertise in Practice
Helping Michigan Improve Services for Justice-Involved Youth
As the independent evaluator for Michigan's Title II grant program, Altarum provides evaluation support and technical assistance to organizations across the state working to improve outcomes for young people involved in or at risk of entering the justice system.
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PPN: Helping HRSA Build Pediatric Emergency & Disaster Readiness
Altarum leads strategic support services for the Pediatric Pandemic Network (PPN), which helps children's hospitals and their communities close that gap and prepare for public health emergencies.
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Strengthening the Workforce Behind WIC: I Matter
Altarum supports I Matter Project, an initiative designed to support and strengthen the WIC workforce by providing resources, training, and recommendations to reinforce staffing models, compensation, and competencies.
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Evaluation of Summer Nutrition and SNAP Food Restriction Waiver in Iowa
Our work is generating evidence to inform nutrition assistance programming in Iowa.
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Measuring the Reach and Value of Illinois SNAP-Ed
Altarum serves as the external evaluator for University of Illinois Extension’s SNAP-Ed program and recently evaluated the Eat.Move.Save. social marketing campaign and a return-on-investment (ROI) analysis of the program overall.
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Building the Evidence Base for Iowa's Nutrition Initiatives
Altarum is helping the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services evaluate two high-profile initiatives: the Healthy Kids Iowa summer nutrition pilot and the Iowa SNAP food restriction waiver demonstration project.
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