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Title V Oral Health


Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Services Block Grant 5-Year Needs Assessment

All 59 states and jurisdictions receive Title V MCH Services Block Grant funds to ensure that pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents, including those with special health care needs, have access to preventive and primary health care. The Title V legislation directs each state and jurisdiction to conduct a comprehensive, statewide MCH needs assessment every 5 years to identify the need for preventive and primary health care. The next 5-year needs assessment must be completed by July 15, 2025. Information from the needs assessment is used to select national performance measures (NPMs), select or develop state performance measures, and develop a state action plan.

National Performance Measure on Preventive Dental Visit

In fiscal year (FY) ’25, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau restructured the NPMs and eliminated the numbering system. Previously, the NPM on preventive dental visit was known as NPM 13 with two parts:

  • 13.1: Percent of women who had a preventive dental visit during pregnancy
  • 13.2: Percent of children and adolescents, ages 1 through 17, who had a preventive dental visit in the past year

A state or jurisdiction can choose either part of the NPM on preventive dental visit, or both parts. In FY’24, 28 states and jurisdictions selected one part (13.1 or 13.2) or both parts (13.1 and 13.2) of the NPM (see States and Jurisdictions Addressing NPM 13, below).

Resources

OHRC has gathered information and resources to help state MCH programs and state oral health programs include oral health in the 5-year needs assessment, select the NPM on preventive dental visit, develop a state performance measure on preventive dental visit, and include oral health in the state action plan.

5-Year Needs Assessment: General

5-Year Needs Assessment: Oral Health

National Performance Measure on Preventive Dental Visit

Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs, MCH Innovation Database

States and Jurisdictions Addressing NPM 13

FY ’24: 28 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.

Alabama (both), American Samoa (13.2), Arizona (both), Arkansas (13.1), Delaware (13.2), District of Columbia (13.2), Georgia (both), Guam (13.2), Idaho (13.2), Illinois (both), Iowa (both), Maine (13.2), Marshall Islands (13.2), Maryland (13.1), Michigan (both), Mississippi (both), Montana (13.2), Nebraska (13.2), New Jersey (13.2), New Mexico (13.2), Palau (both), Puerto Rico (both), South Carolina (13.2), Utah (13.2), Vermont (13.2), Virgin Islands (13.2), Virginia (both), and West Virginia (13.1)

States and jurisdictions that selected

  • NPM 13.1 are highlighted in yellow
  • NPM 13.2 are highlighted in blue
  • NPM 13.1 and 13.2 are highlighted in green

Map showing states and jurisdictions that selected NPM-13.


FY '22 NPM 13


FY '22: 28 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.
Alabama (both), American Samoa (13.2), Arizona (both), Arkansas (13.1), Delaware (13.2), District of Columbia (13.2), Georgia (both), Guam (13.2), Idaho (13.2), Illinois (both), Iowa (both), Maine (13.2), Marshall Islands (13.2), Maryland (13.1), Michigan (both), Mississippi (both), Montana (13.2), Nebraska (13.2), New Jersey (13.2), New Mexico (13.2), Palau (both), Puerto Rico (both), South Carolina (13.2), Utah (13.2), Vermont (13.2), Virgin Islands (13.2), Virginia (both), and West Virginia (13.1)

FY '21 NPM 13


FY '21: 27 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.
Alabama (both), American Samoa (13.2), Arizona (both), Arkansas (13.1), Delaware (13.2), District of Columbia (13.2), Georgia (both), Guam (13.2), Idaho (13.2), Illinois (both), Iowa (both), Maine (13.2), Marshall Islands (13.2), Maryland (13.1), Michigan (both), Mississippi (both), Montana (13.2), Nebraska (13.2), New Jersey (13.2), New Mexico (13.2), Palau (both), Puerto Rico (both), South Carolina (13.2), Utah (13.2), Vermont (13.2), Virginia (both), and West Virginia (13.1)

FY '20 NPM 13


FY '20: 32 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.
Alabama (both), Alaska (13.2), Arizona (both), Arkansas (13.2), Connecticut (both), Delaware (both), District of Columbia (13.2), Federated States of Micronesia (13.2), Georgia (both), Hawaii (13.2), Idaho (13.2), Illinois (both), Iowa (both), Kentucky (13.2), Maryland (both), Massachusetts (both), Michigan (both), Mississippi (both), Montana (13.1), New Jersey (13.2), New Mexico (13.2), New York (both), North Dakota (13.2), Northern Mariana Islands (13.2), Oregon (both), Puerto Rico (13.2), Rhode Island (13.1), Utah (both), Vermont (13.2), Virgin Islands (13.2), Virginia (both), West Virginia (both)

FY '19 NPM 13


FY '19: 32 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.
Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia and West Virginia

FY '18 NPM 13


FY '18: 31 states and jurisdictions selected NPM 13.
Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Federated States of Micronesia, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Marshall Islands, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, and West Virginia