... policies and advocate on behalf of children and mothers.The Bureau also understood that thousands ofpractitioners—nurses,doctors, and other healthcare personnel—needed training if children and women ... with peers from other disciplines, with families, and with state Title V programs, which are the onlyagencies charged with ensuring the health of allchildren in their state.Collaboration with ... states and regions. The agenda19THE MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH TRAINING PROGRAMconsists of plenary sessions with national and state speakers on current program, policy, and legislative issues, and...