Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care

The purpose of the FELSC program is to enhance engagement of families of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and individuals with lived experience, within the systems that serve them. FELSC includes two projects: 1) providing national family engagement leadership to support maternal and child health programs that serve CYSHCN and 2) providing TA to Family to Family Health Information Centers.

Status: Active
June 2023 to May 2028

Support state teams in engaging families in leadership to improve systems of care

Who

Family Voices and NICHQ

Our Role

NICHQ partners with Family Voices on five Learning Collaboratives (one per year) focused on different areas of the MCHB Blueprint for Change. NICHQ and Family Voices plan and co-lead monthly calls with teams and engage team leads in co-creating curriculum and collaborative planning. The Learning Collaboratives will aim to identify and address key barriers to family engagement through quality improvement.

Funder

Subcontractor to Family Voices. Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Project Impact

reduction in severe maternal morbidity from hemorrhage among Black women
(Louisiana PQC, 2018-2020)
people involved in something
exciting things in progress

External Resources

State Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

List of PQCs funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The Power of PQCs

Video showing the impact that PQCs have on the communities they serve. Produced by the NNPQC.

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PQCs in the News

Articles in news outlets covering state PQCs, their activities, and the people that work in the collaboratives.

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Patient Safety Bundles

From the Alliance for Innovation on Maternal Health. PSBs are collections of evidence-informed best practices that address clinically specific conditions in pregnant and postpartum people. The NNPQC helps provide TA and support to PQCs in adopting the core AIM Perinatal Mental Health Bundle.

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Perinatal Quality Collaboratives

The CDC’s landing page for PQCs, including helpful infographics, videos, and links to help explain what PQCs are, how they work, and stories, learnings, and publications that have come out of the state PQCs.

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Related Content

Resources produced by the Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care project or on related topics

Meet Our Team

“In our deep organizational work to move along the Equity Systems Continuum from a Savior-Designed System to an Equity-Empowered System, we acknowledge the power of action. The potential is limitless for today’s commitments to improve the systems in which health care and public health professionals work and families receive care.”

Stacy Scott, PhD, MPA
Executive Project Director and Equity Lead at NICHQ

Kirsten Klatka, MSW

Associate Project Director