2011 AMCHP and Family Voices National Conference ... - HRSA
2011 AMCHP and Family Voices National Conference ... - HRSA
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<strong>2011</strong> <strong>AMCHP</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Family</strong> <strong>Voices</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Conference</strong>: Welcome Plenary <strong>and</strong><br />
MacQueen Memorial Lecture<br />
02/13/<strong>2011</strong> Omni Shoreham, Washington, D.C.<br />
sessions. Those are short rapid session where you'll have the opportunity<br />
to learn a lot about what other people are doing in the maternal <strong>and</strong> child<br />
health world. That's are agenda for this afternoon. There is a lot to do,<br />
so we're going to get going. Our first presenter this afternoon is a very<br />
dear friend, Dr. Peter Van Dyck. For many years, Peter has been at the<br />
helm of the Maternal <strong>and</strong> Child Health Bureau, within the Health<br />
Resources <strong>and</strong> Services Administration. I think we know that Peter's<br />
biography <strong>and</strong> his commitment are long <strong>and</strong> strong, <strong>and</strong> his<br />
accomplishments are many. But what we see as so important is his<br />
unyielding support for Maternal <strong>and</strong> Child Health <strong>and</strong> for <strong>AMCHP</strong>. Peter<br />
is here to welcome us to Washington <strong>and</strong> to share some updates from the<br />
MCHB.<br />
PETER VAN DYCK: Good afternoon. Thanks Phyllis. It's great to be here <strong>and</strong> welcome you<br />
to almost sunny, warm Washington. First I'd like to introduce a few of<br />
my heroes. Employees of the Maternal <strong>and</strong> Child Health Bureau. Would<br />
you st<strong>and</strong> folks. Come on, st<strong>and</strong>. Seek them out during the meeting.<br />
Say Hi. Pat them on the shoulder. Tell them it will be alright. As a step<br />
in creating the history of the Title V legislation, in 1921 President Harding<br />
signed the first Federal law, the Maternal <strong>and</strong> Infant Care Act, better<br />
known as the Sheppard Towner Act, providing grants <strong>and</strong> aid to states for<br />
human services similar to existing grants <strong>and</strong> aid programs for agriculture<br />
<strong>and</strong> vocational training. Although the appropriation was small, five or ten<br />
thous<strong>and</strong> dollars per state, it established several precedents that carried<br />
forward into the Title V Social Security Act. It showed that not only<br />
could the national government fund local health services for mother <strong>and</strong><br />
infants, but also that it was possible <strong>and</strong> practical to distribute money to all<br />
of the states. In other words, it established a national policy that people in<br />
the nation, through their Federal government, share with the states <strong>and</strong> end