Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Bureau
of Family Health
The Bureau of Family Health is a new bureau within the PA
Department of Health that expands the mission of the former
Maternal and Child Health Bureau Community Systems and Child
and Adult Services. The organization chart of the Bureau can
be found in the figure at the conclusion of the document. The
Bureau is responsible for writing and implementing the Federal
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant. The Bureau is responsible
for several levels of service: Direct Health Care Services,
Enabling Services, Population-Based Services, and Infrastructure
Services.
An Advisory Council of the Bureau of Family Health provides
advice on priorities, needs, gaps in service, programs and
expenditures. Current members of the Advisory Council include:
Robert Cicco, MD
Chair, MCH Advisory Council - PA Title V Program
(412) 578-5858
Ivonne Bucher de Gutierrez, Director
Bureau of Family Health
(717) 787-7192
Kim Strizzi, Director
Div.of Program Support & Coordination
(717) 783-5436
Andrew Bulla, Program Analyst
Div. of Program Support & Coordination
(717) 787-7262
The UCLID Center
at the University of Pittsburgh and the Leadership Education
in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at Children’s
Seashore House/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia will
jointly serve on the Advisory Council of the Bureau of Family
Health and provide technical assistance to their efforts. This
responsibility will include the following components:
- Advise
the Secretary, Department of Health and the Bureau of Family
Health/Pennsylvania Title V Program in the
assessment of MCH needs and strategic program planning to meet
these needs, and other pertinent MCH matters;
- Advise
regarding public access to documents and materials presented
at MCH
Advisory Council meetings and encouraging
constituent public and family participation and relevant MCH
public-private partnerships.
- Provide
advice, data and comments on programs financed by the Block
Grant.
- Suggest
improved and efficient uses of available resources.
- Advise
integrated and coordinated approaches of MCH services at
the Local and
State level.
- Advise the Pennsylvania WIC & Supplemental Food
program; program eligibility, objectives & initiatives;
WIC policy; formulae requirements; and other WIC planning,
administrative and participation requirements
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