Maternal and Child Health (MCH) public health is distinctive among the public health professions for its lifecycle approach. This approach integrates theory and knowledge from multiple fields including human development, as well as women's, child and adolescent health.

Every five years, Colorado's Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program conducts a state-level needs assessment of the health and well-being of women, children, youth and families to guide state and local public health work and to meet Title V MCH Block Grant requirements. The goal of the assessment is to gather information to understand what issues are facing this population and then to identify seven to ten specific priorities that can be positively...

Compilation of all annual reports from different state and federally-funded prevention, intervention, and treatment services to children, youth and families in Colorado.

Colorado LINKS for Mental Health (Linking Interagency Networks for Kids Services) is an initiative seeking to create partnerships between state agencies and community groups working in the kids' mental health system. The purpose of the guidebook is to enable organizations to identify other planning groups working on youth health, mental health and co-occurring issues, so as to create opportunities to collaboration and avoid duplication in efforts....