13 SBHCs Revolutionized the Way We Think About Wellness: Here’s How By Jordanna Snyder, Hallways to Health program manager How can wellness spill out from school-based health centers (SBHCs) into the surrounding hallways, the school staff offices, and into the community itself? What role can SBHCs play in school-wide...
By Jordanna Snyder, Program Manager, School-Based Health Alliance and Nataki Duncan, Program Assistant, School-Based Health Alliance Shifting from lazy summer days to a busy school year can be overwhelming. Hallways to Health school-based health centers (SBHCs) have been helping students, school staff, and employees make a smooth transition by...
By Jordanna Snyder, Program Manager, School-Based Health Alliance What is Hallways to Health? The School-Based Health Alliance’s Hallways to Health (H2H) initiative pushes for wellness to extend beyond school-based health center (SBHC) walls and into the broader school and community. Our H2H sites work to change policies that advance...
When Larry Bostian joined the School-Based Health Alliance one year ago as Vice President of Development, he brought more than 30 years of fundraising experience with him. As part of an effort to let the school-based health care field get to know us better, we’re spotlighting the Charlotte, NC,...
2013-14 was a busy year for the School-Based Health Alliance! Our Hallways to Health and New Directions initiatives tested innovative methods of providing care and building sustainable school-based health centers (SBHCs), we launched the Linda Juszczak Legacy Fund in honor of our former president, and we committed creating more SBHCs...
School-Based Health Alliance staff took a tour of the school-based health center (SBHC) at San Fernando High in California this week. The SBHC got school staff involved to create a message board of what wellness means to them. The response was overwhelming! This SBHC is part of our Hallways to Health...
Starting the School Day with a Healthy Breakfast In partnership with the West Contra Costa Unified School District, our YMCA Youth Wellness Team arrived at school an hour early to promote school breakfast. The youth wellness team gave out incentives to all the students who participated, prepared yogurt parfaits...
Wellness Night for Whitefoord Elementary Staff Hallways to Health is having a positive effect on employee wellness at Whitefoord Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia. Through the initiative, the school staff established an employee wellness committee, which is actively pursuing their mission to inspire, create, and maintain a workplace and...
Advocating for School-Based Health Care in Maryland As part of National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month, MASBHC held its annual Advocacy Day on Monday February 9. The event was a success, with MASBHC representatives from Montgomery County, Prince George’s County, and the Eastern Shore visiting more than 35 legislators....
Merlo Station High School’s Health Fairs Becoming a Part of the School Culture After a very successful school-wide health fair last year, Hallways to Health created quite the buzz among students and staff. In an effort to keep up with the momentum and enthusiasm generated in the first year,...
