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Family and Children First Council

125 E. Court Street, Suite 350, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
PH: (513) 946-4990 | FX: (513) 632-6527

Child and Family Health Services Consortium

The Hamilton County Child and Family Health Services Consortium (CFHS) is a group of health care providers who have worked together for almost twenty years to impact the health status of young, uninsured women and children in Hamilton County. The Consortium identifies health needs, service gaps and barriers to care for high risk, low income families and children and then plans community public health and clinical services to meet those needs. CFHS programs are funded through a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. The CFHS grant is administered by the Hamilton County Family and Children First Council (FCFC) who contracts with providers for provision of services and programs selected by the Consortium.

The Hamilton County CFHS Consortium, which is an active committee of FCFC, is comprised of many local health care providers. The Consortium meets monthly to assess progress on Consortium goals, to coordinate services, to review CFHS programs, to receive current data about health care needs and gaps in Hamilton County and to exchange information. Meetings are typically held on the first Thursday of every month at 2:00 at the Hamilton County Public Health building at 250 William Howard Taft Road. Meetings are open and anyone is welcome to attend. Please call the Council office at 513-946-4990 on the first Thursday of the month to make certain a meeting is scheduled that day if you plan to attend.

The target population for the Hamilton County CFHS is high risk, uninsured or underinsured women and children in Hamilton County, with special emphasis on the health care and support needs of at risk young infants and children and their mothers, pregnant women, and adolescents, particularly those who are overweight or with mental health issues.

One of the essential tools used by the Consortium to identify county needs and to look at county wide progress in improving child and family health outcomes is the Hamilton County Maternal and Child Health Assessment (MCHA). The purpose of the MCHA is to:

• Describe the current status of and trends in maternal/child health indicators
• Track progress in improving maternal/child health
• Inform community planning and policy making
• Monitor impacts of policy decisions and investments

The Maternal and Child Health Assessment was compiled by the National Research Center for CFHS and is updated annually. A plethora of valuable information about key indicators of the health status of our community can be found in the Maternal and Child Health Assessment report.