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Louisiana Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
The Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant supports programs and services for women, children, adolescents, including children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN), and their families. Federal law requires all states to use 30% of the block grant funds for preventive and primary care services for children and an additional 30% for services specific to children and youth with special healthcare needs (CYSHCN).
The Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, also referred to as Title V, is a federal-state partnership originally established under the Social Security Act of 1935. Both the state and federal governments provide funding to promote and improve the health of maternal and child populations in the United States. The Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Public Health, Bureau of Family Health, oversees Louisiana’s Title V Block Grant.
Source: (MCH History, 2025)1
The purpose of the Title V Block Grant is to contribute to the continuous quality improvement of the state’s maternal and child health systems of care to assure all mothers, children, and adolescents have access to the quality health services necessary to achieve their full health potential. The Title V State Action Plan for 2026-2030 supports strategies to meet the following priority needs:
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Reliable data is available to inform policymakers, providers, and maternal and child health populations engaged in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of maternal and child health policies and services.
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Communities and families have timely access to reliable and accessible information concerning health risks and protective factors, available maternal and child health services, and opportunities to participate in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of maternal and child health policies and services.
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Community and family leaders and the community-based organizations that represent them receive support to improve meaningful participation in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of maternal and child health services.
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Maternal and child health systems of care have improved capacities to ensure access to quality maternal and infant health services.
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Maternal and child health systems of care have improved capacities to ensure access to quality child and adolescent health services.
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Maternal and child health systems of care have improved capacities to ensure access to quality health services for children and youth with special health care needs.
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Quality mechanisms ensure policymakers, providers, and maternal and child health populations are effectively collaborating to design, monitor, and evaluate maternal and child health policies and services.
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State policies relevant to maternal and child health programs and services are modernized to align with current-day public health functions.
Learn more about these priorities using the documents below:
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Executive Summary of the Federal Fiscal Year 2026 Title V Application: The executive summary provides a narrative summary of Title V goals and planned activities for the following year.
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Federal Fiscal Year 2024 Report and Federal Fiscal Year 2026 Application: This outlines how Louisiana will use the federal funds to improve the health of mothers, infants, and children and adolescents, including those with special healthcare needs. A description of the needs assessment that informs the next five-year plan starts on page 29.
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2026-2030 Title V State Action Plan Table: This table lists outcome measures, performance measures, objectives, and strategies.
We invite you to submit feedback to [email protected]. Your feedback will help inform future updates to the work done through Louisiana’s Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.
References
- MCH History. (2025, November). Retrieved from MCH Library: https://www.mchlibrary.org/collections/history/#:~:text=Title%20V%20is%20signed%20into,Children's%20Bureau%2C%20Department%20of%20Labor.