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Catherine Hess, MSW
Senior Program Director National Academy for State Health Policy 1233 20th Street, NW Suite 303 Washington , DC 20036 Ph: 202-903-2783 Fax: 202-903-2790 Email: catherinehess@msn.com Catherine A. Hess is currently the Executive Director of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP) in Washington, DC. Ms. Hess was recruited in 1988 as the first executive for this national non-profit association, which was established in 1944 and incorporated in 1987 to represent state public health agency programs authorized under Title V of the Social Security Act.As AMCHP's Executive Director, she has overseen three Special Projects of Regional and National Significance funded by the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation funded project on Women's Access to Comprehensive Health Services, and a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention project on smoking cessation and prevention. Through these projects AMCHP has published over twenty-five reports containing information, analyses and recommendations regarding maternal and child health. Ms. Hess has authored a number of these reports and speaks frequently on maternal and child health policy issues.Ms. Hess's past experience includes serving as Director of the Policy Office fro the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Division of Family Health Services. While there, she staffed and wrote the report for the state's Task Force on Prevention of Infant Mortality which resulted in the country's first state financed maternity care insurance program, Healthy Start. Prior to this position, Ms. Hess worked in the fields of children's mental health, special education, and advocacy services.Ms. Hess holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Rochester (1976) and a Master of Social Work from the Boston University School of Social Work (1980).
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