Title V Needs Assessment

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Nebraska's MCH Needs Assessment Process:​​

​The Title V legislation requires the state, as part of the Ap​plication, to prepare and transmit a statewide Needs Assessment every five years that identifies (consistent with the health status goals and national health objectives) the need for:  

1. Preventive and primary care services for pregnant women, mothers and infants u​p to age one;
2. Preventive and primary care services for children; and
3. Services for children with special health care needs.

Findings from the Five-year Needs Assessment serve as a cornerstone for the development of a five-year Action Plan for the state Title V program. The Needs Assessment findings should inform the selection of the state's seven to ten highest priority needs for its MCH and CSHCN populations. Selected priority needs should reflect the work of the state's Title V program and address areas in which the supported services can have a direct impact on the state and federal MCH priorities.​

The following Issue Briefs have been developed by the stakeholder members of the Title V MCH/CYSHCN Block Grant Needs Assessment Committee.  These briefs are intended only for use during the 2025 Needs Assessment process and are not intended to reflect the positions of DHHS.

2025 Needs Assessment Documents

This year we have the full Issue Brief as well as a short, 1-page Visual Summary for each priority.

Women

• Improving Mental and Behavioral Health for Women Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  
• Reducing Maternal Mortality and Mobidity Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  
• Promoting Women's Preventative Care Issue Brief and Visual Summary​
  

Infants

• Reducing Preterm Births Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  

Children (**Note this priority includes children and infants)

• Increasing Access to Preventive Health Services for CHILDREN through Screening & Referrals Issue Brief and Visual Su​mmary
  
• Improving INFANTS Overall Health and Access to Care Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  

Youth

• Supporting Reproductive Health & Well-Being in Youth Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  
• Supporting Youth Mental Health Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  

Children with Special Healthcare Needs

• Increasing Access to Early Screening and Identification for CYSHCN Issue Brief and Visual Summary
  
• Increasing Access to Mental and Behavioral Health for CYSHCN Issue Brief and Visual Summary