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Project Name: MCHB State Systems Development Initiative (H18)
Applicant Title: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Abstract Text: The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) proposes to use State System Development Initiative (SSDI) grant funding in the amount of $100,000 annually to strategically enhance the data capacity of the South Carolina Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program. In particular, the funding will be used to meet the following goals: (1) To strengthen capacity to collect, analyze, and use reliable data for the Title V MCH Block Grant to assure data-driven programming. This includes supporting a comprehensive needs assessment process to establish the appropriate and effective direction for the utilization of Title V recourses for the next five-year cycle; the population based collection of all measures necessary for completing an annual Title V MCH Block Grant Application and Annual Report; support population-based surveillance systems, and ensure staff are adequately trained on various MCH data sources. (2) To strenthen access to, and linkage of, key MCH datasets to inform MCH Block Grant programming and policy development, and assure and strengthen information exchange and data interoperability. This will include working with internal and external partners and developing and implementing a plan to overcome barriers to data access and linkages. (3) To enhance the development, integration, and tracking of health equity and social determinants of health (SDoH) metrics to inform Title V programming. This includes addressing completeness and accuracy of SDoH metrics, the training of analytic staff on health equity and expanding the capacity to collect and present data with a health equity lens, and addressing disparities in MCH outcomes. (4) Develop and enhance capacity for timely MCH data collection, analysis, reporting, and visualization to inform rapid state program and policy action related to emergencies and emerging issues/threats, such as COVID-19. This includes the development of data to action tools for MCH and Title V programmatic decision-making and utilization of syndromic surveillance systems to more rapidly detect potential emerging issues in the MCH population.