Building State Capacity for Integration
Learning Collaborative
In October 2024, COH selected five state oral health programs to participate in the Building State Capacity for Integration (BSCI) Learning Collaborative (LC), a 16-month project focused on improving systems-level capacity for integrating oral health care and prenatal care. The LC will run from January 2025 through April 2026. A second LC is planned to run from October 2026 through January 2028.
Project teams are using the Capacity Inventory for Integrating Oral Health Care into Primary Care for Pregnant Women: Tool (also available in Word) to assess systems-level capacity factors, prioritize needs, and create action plans to enhance integrating oral health care and prenatal care in their states. The LC provides opportunities for project teams to gather to share ideas and learn from one another. The consortium offers technical assistance to help teams develop a practical action plan, monitor progress, overcome challenges, and report on achievements.
The five states are Idaho, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. State oral health program leads and their partners are listed below the map.
Idaho
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Community Health, Oral Health Program (lead)
- Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Division of Public Health, Bureau of Rural Health and Primary Care
- Idaho Oral Health Alliance
- Managed Care of North American (MCNA) Dental
Michigan
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health and Wellness, Division of Child and Adolescent Health, Oral Health Unit (lead)
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Bureau of Health and Wellness, Division of Maternal and Infant Health
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services; Bureau of Medicaid Policy, Operations and Actuarial Services
Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, Oral Health Program (lead)
- Pennsylvania Coalition for Oral Health
- Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Family Health
- Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Medical Assistance Programs
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Community Health and Equity, Center for Preventive Services, Oral Health Program (lead)
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Community Health and Equity, Center for Maternal and Child Health
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Division of Community Health and Equity, Center for Maternal and Child Health, Psychiatric Resource Network
- Rhode Island Department of Health, Office of Family Visiting
- Rhode Island Department of Health; Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Education Program
- Rhode Island Oral Health Coalition
West Virginia
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Community Health, Bureau for Public Health, Oral Health Program (lead)
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Division of Epidemiology, Evaluation, and Population-Based Surveillance
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources; Division of Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Young Adult Health
- West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Division of Women’s and Family Health