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DPH says maternal-health work will move to branch led by acting chief Franchesca Provenzano
Summary
The Department of Public Health told the Perinatal Behavioral Health Task Force that maternal health programs and related work will transition into the Community, Family Health and Prevention branch; DPH named staff liaisons and contractors to help finalize a legislative report due this winter.
Franchesca Provenzano, acting branch chief for the Community, Family Health and Prevention branch at the Department of Public Health, told the task force that much of the state’s maternal-health work will now live in her branch.
"My name is Franchesca Provenzano. I'm acting branch chief for community, family health, and prevention branch here at the Department of Public Health," she said, and introduced staff who will support perinatal behavioral-health work.
Provenzano said the branch oversees programs that support maternal health — maternal child health, adolescent child health and WIC — and that DPH leadership asked staff to transition responsibilities into the branch so recommendations from the task force can be integrated into future initiatives. She said DPH has engaged contractors, including the Connecticut Women's Coalition and DataHaven, and that Mark Abrams or his team will join future calls to support the legislative report process.
Task force chairs thanked DPH for the handoff and asked DPH to circulate contact names and an organizing email. "We will be sending out an email ... about the transition and providing you with contacts, names for each subcommittee," Provenzano said, adding DPH staff stand ready to provide data and subject-matter expertise.
The announcement frames how the task force’s recommendations will be coordinated with agency staff and outside contractors as the group develops a legislative report due to the legislature later in the process.
