Our Work

NICHQ started out as a vision from a team of pediatric and public health leaders. They saw a critical need to improve children’s healthcare, especially to address issues of quality in ambulatory pediatrics. In the past two decades, we have expanded our work to include an emphasis on the social and community influences of children’s health. It's in the space of building bridges between healthcare, public health and communities that we see the most potential for driving change in children's health outcomes.

View NICHQ initiatives by date or by name (click one to learn more), or return to the timeline.

Active

- : Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care (FELSC)
- : National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
- : Hemoglobinopathies National Coordinating Center (HNCC)
- : Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Prevention Program
- : Florida Children’s Medical Services Learning and Action Network
- : Enriching ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) with High-risk Pregnancies and Children with Disabilities
- : United HealthCare Catalyst Initiative: Infant Health Equity
- : Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project (SHSPP)
- : New York State Birth Equity Improvement Project
- : Equity Systems Continuum

Complete

- : Content Development for Newborn Screening Clearinghouse
- : Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (ECHO DINE)
- : Quality Improvement Community of Learning
- : Equity Systems Continuum Planning Grant
- : New York State Maternal and Child Health Collaboratives 
- : National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (2017 - 2022)
- : National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep Improvement and Innovation Network (NAPPSS-IIN)
- : Rare As One Network Workstream Facilitation
- : Disseminating Results: Missed Sickle Cell Disease Clinic Appointments and the Health Belief Model
- : Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Regional Collaboratives Program National Coordinating Center
- : Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (ECCS CoIIN)
- : Early Childhood Health Equity Landscape: Learning from Existing and Emerging Initiatives
- : Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (MCEH CoIIN)
- : Safe Sleep Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality
- : Exploring State-Level Strategies to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes
- : Pediatrics Supporting Parents
- : Ohio Infant Mortality Focused Home Visiting Curriculum
- : Strengthening Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Through Policy and Cross-State Learning Efforts
- : StriveTogether Prenatal – Three Impact and Improvement Network
- : American Academy of Pediatrics - Children and Youth with Epilepsy Evaluation
- : Florida Asthma and Tobacco Cessation Learning and Action Network
- : Common Metrics to Drive Change Through Early Childhood Systems
- : Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program
- : Improving Children’s Vision: Systems, Stakeholders & Support
- : NewSTEPs 360: Improving Timeliness of Newborn Screening Diagnosis
- : New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (BQIH) Collaborative
- : Texas Ten Step Star Achiever Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative
- : Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN)
- : Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Program
- : Massachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative
- : AMCHP Birth Outcomes Collaborative
- : Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment (CHOPT) Projects
- : Mass in Motion Kids Learning Collaborative
- : Promoting Optimal Child Development
- : New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Projects
- : Florida Learning and Action Network (LAN) and Asthma Care Team (ACT) Programs
- : Early Childhood Caries Collaborative
- : CHIPRA Massachusetts Medical Home Initiative
- : Best Fed Beginnings
- : Indiana Breastfeeding Initiative
- : Working to Improve Sickle Cell Healthcare (WISCH)
- : Overcoming Childhood Obesity Through Advocacy
- : Improving Healthcare for Children in Foster Care
- : CHIPRA Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program
- : Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health Information Technology
- : Collaborative to Improve Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- : Improved Hearing Screening and Intervention Services (IHSIS)
- : The National Early Care and Education Learning Collaborative
- : e-Plans to Promote Healthy Weight
- : Collaborate for Healthy Weight
- : Let's Go! Maine Evaluation
- : Be Our Voice
- : Autism Intervention Research Network
- : Spread of Quality Improvement for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
- : California Medical Education Collaborative
- : Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Projects (NOIP)
- : Asthma Jump Start
- : Improving Systems to Support Quality Healthcare for Children and Youth in New York State
- : Greater Rochester Obesity Collaborative
- : Improved Follow Up to Newborn Hearing Screening by Working Through the Medical Home
- : Tulsa Children's Project
- : Delaware Primary Care Initiative on Childhood Overweight
- : Awareness and Access to Care for Children & Youth with Epilepsy
- : Healthy Births Care Quality Collaborative - Los Angeles Best Babies Network
- : Building the Foundation for Collaborative Learning and Research for Persons with Spina Bifida
- : Accelerating Improvement in Childhood Obesity
- : California Plan/Practice Improvement Project (PPIP)
- : Reaching Children Initiative
- : New York City Immunization Improvement Spread Project
- : Healthy Care for Healthy Kids
- : HRSA Perinatal & Patient Safety Pilot Health Disparities Collaborative
- : Spread of Medical Home Concept
- : Diabetes Project
- : PPOC Quality Improvement Initiative
- : New Jersey Improving Preventive Services Project
- : CDC Cross-State Immunization Initiative
- : Cultural Competency in Children's Primary Healthcare
- : Maine Youth Obesity Collaborative
- : Collaborative to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Vermont
- : Collaborative on the Medical Home for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
- : Collaboration to Improve Care for Children with Cystic Fibrosis
- : Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Learning Collaborative
- : Evaluating a Quality Improvement Strategy (EQUIS) on Asthma
- : Collaborative to Improve Preventive Care & Care for Children with Asthma
- : Improving Vaccination & Preventive Delivery Services
- : Improving Healthcare for Asthma & Depression
- : Helping Improve Pediatric Practice Outcomes (HIPPO) Asthma Study

Active

Enriching ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) with High-risk Pregnancies and Children with Disabilities
Equity Systems Continuum
Family Engagement and Leadership in Systems of Care (FELSC)
Florida Children’s Medical Services Learning and Action Network
Hemoglobinopathies National Coordinating Center (HNCC)
National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives
New York State Birth Equity Improvement Project
Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID) Prevention Program
Supporting Healthy Start Performance Project (SHSPP)
United HealthCare Catalyst Initiative: Infant Health Equity

Complete

Accelerating Improvement in Childhood Obesity
AMCHP Birth Outcomes Collaborative
American Academy of Pediatrics - Children and Youth with Epilepsy Evaluation
Asthma Jump Start
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Learning Collaborative
Autism Intervention Research Network
Awareness and Access to Care for Children & Youth with Epilepsy
Be Our Voice
Best Fed Beginnings
Building the Foundation for Collaborative Learning and Research for Persons with Spina Bifida
California Medical Education Collaborative
California Plan/Practice Improvement Project (PPIP)
CDC Cross-State Immunization Initiative
Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment (CHOPT) Projects
CHIPRA Massachusetts Medical Home Initiative
CHIPRA Technical Assistance and Analytic Support Program
Collaborate for Healthy Weight
Collaboration to Improve Care for Children with Cystic Fibrosis
Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network to Reduce Infant Mortality (Infant Mortality CoIIN)
Collaborative on the Medical Home for Children with Special Healthcare Needs
Collaborative to Improve Care for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Collaborative to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Vermont
Collaborative to Improve Preventive Care & Care for Children with Asthma
Common Metrics to Drive Change Through Early Childhood Systems
Content Development for Newborn Screening Clearinghouse
Cultural Competency in Children's Primary Healthcare
Delaware Primary Care Initiative on Childhood Overweight
Diabetes Project
Disseminating Results: Missed Sickle Cell Disease Clinic Appointments and the Health Belief Model
e-Plans to Promote Healthy Weight
Early Childhood Caries Collaborative
Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (ECCS CoIIN)
Early Childhood Health Equity Landscape: Learning from Existing and Emerging Initiatives
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes: Developmental Impact of NICU Exposures (ECHO DINE)
Equity Systems Continuum Planning Grant
Evaluating a Quality Improvement Strategy (EQUIS) on Asthma
Exploring State-Level Strategies to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes
Florida Asthma and Tobacco Cessation Learning and Action Network
Florida Learning and Action Network (LAN) and Asthma Care Team (ACT) Programs
Greater Rochester Obesity Collaborative
Healthy Births Care Quality Collaborative - Los Angeles Best Babies Network
Healthy Care for Healthy Kids
Helping Improve Pediatric Practice Outcomes (HIPPO) Asthma Study
HRSA Perinatal & Patient Safety Pilot Health Disparities Collaborative
Improved Follow Up to Newborn Hearing Screening by Working Through the Medical Home
Improved Hearing Screening and Intervention Services (IHSIS)
Improving Children’s Vision: Systems, Stakeholders & Support
Improving Healthcare for Asthma & Depression
Improving Healthcare for Children in Foster Care
Improving Sickle Cell Transitions of Care Through Health Information Technology
Improving Systems to Support Quality Healthcare for Children and Youth in New York State
Improving Vaccination & Preventive Delivery Services
Indiana Breastfeeding Initiative
Let's Go! Maine Evaluation
Maine Youth Obesity Collaborative
Mass in Motion Kids Learning Collaborative
Massachusetts Perinatal Quality Collaborative
Maternal and Child Environmental Health Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (MCEH CoIIN)
National Action Partnership to Promote Safe Sleep Improvement and Innovation Network (NAPPSS-IIN)
National Network of Perinatal Quality Collaboratives (2017 - 2022)
Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Projects (NOIP)
New Jersey Improving Preventive Services Project
New York City Immunization Improvement Spread Project
New York State Breastfeeding Quality Improvement in Hospitals (BQIH) Collaborative
New York State Maternal and Child Health Collaboratives 
New York State Perinatal Quality Collaborative (NYSPQC) Projects
NewSTEPs 360: Improving Timeliness of Newborn Screening Diagnosis
Ohio Infant Mortality Focused Home Visiting Curriculum
Overcoming Childhood Obesity Through Advocacy
Pediatrics Supporting Parents
PPOC Quality Improvement Initiative
Promoting Optimal Child Development
Quality Improvement Community of Learning
Rare As One Network Workstream Facilitation
Reaching Children Initiative
Safe Sleep Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) to Reduce Infant Mortality
Sickle Cell Disease Newborn Screening Program
Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Program
Sickle Cell Disease Treatment Demonstration Regional Collaboratives Program National Coordinating Center
Spread of Medical Home Concept
Spread of Quality Improvement for Children and Youth with Special Healthcare Needs
Strengthening Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Through Policy and Cross-State Learning Efforts
StriveTogether Prenatal – Three Impact and Improvement Network
Texas Ten Step Star Achiever Breastfeeding Learning Collaborative
The National Early Care and Education Learning Collaborative
Tulsa Children's Project
Working to Improve Sickle Cell Healthcare (WISCH)