Maternal and Child Health Coordinators are experienced nurses that work in each of the Health Departments 12 District Offices. Core functions include:

• Content Expertise
  
  • Bright Futures Guidelines for Health Supervision of Infants, Children, and Adolescents
  • System of care for pregnant women, children and families at the community/regional level, including health care providers, community partners, and insurance coverage
• Outreach to Providers
  
  • Bright Futures promotion, preconception health/family planning, alcohol & pregnancy, breastfeeding, oral health, smoking, developmental screening, infant safe sleep, adolescent well visit, suicide/depression screening (perinatal & adolescent), Help Me Grow
• Community Engagement
  
  • Ensure the system of care for pregnant women, children, and families in their communities.
  • Ensure that appropriate and timely referrals are made.
  • Strive to ensure parts of the system are aware of each other and influence collaborative working relationships.
  • Inform and update community partners with key public health/MCH messaging
• Systems Improvement: State Partnering and Integration
• Training

Maternal and Child Health Coordinators serve all of Vermont's women, children, and families.

Maternal Child Health Coordinators work diligently to improve and support the health, safety, and wellbeing of mothers and children. They are able to achieve this through community assessment, sharing best practices, and facilitating systems change to improve the health outcomes of mothers, infants and children.

They strive to build collaborative relationships with key organizations in the community, and partner with local health care providers, informing and updating them with key public health messaging on maternal and child health. Within this network, they coordinate and integrate available resources which best suit the needs of the population.