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School-Based Health Alliance Announces New Online Resource to Support School-Based Health Centers in Tackling Hunger

Washington, D.C. – The School-Based Health Alliance today released a new toolkit, “Emerging Models And Resources To Address Food Insecurity In School-Based Health Centers,” created in partnership with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. This toolkit supports school-based health centers (SBHCs) in tackling hunger in their communities by providing tools, materials, and examples from …

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New York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations

Two of our staff members had the pleasure of attending the New York School-Based Health Alliance annual conference in Cooperstown, New York, on March 17 – 18. Jacquelyn Christensen, our Vice President of Quality, Research & Evaluation, and Katherine Cushing, our Senior Program Manager in Quality, Research & Evaluation, appreciated the chance to talk with …

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NEW Children & Adolescents Social Determinants of Health Learning Collaboratives

Through our Youth Safety Net Project, the School-Based Health Alliance is excited to announce year three of our learning collaboratives on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) screening and care!   SDOH Care Improvement This learning collaborative will help health centers improve and expand existing SDOH practices, while learning about sustainable business practices for SDOH screening and care. For more information, see …

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School-Based Health Center Request for Applications in Connecticut

On behalf of the State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health, the national School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) is seeking proposals to provide coordinated, culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate, School-Based Health Center (SBHC) services that may include: outreach, primary care, equipment, mental/behavioral health, telehealth, mobile unit, dental health care, and health promotion/education (see summary of funding below …

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A Call for State Action to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis

New policy recommendations call on state government leaders to recognize the urgency of the youth mental health crisis and the role state agencies can play in addressing student mental health needs.  “State Policy Opportunities: Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems to Support Students,” developed by Healthy Schools Campaign (HSC) and Mental Health America (MHA), identifies …

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Update to Recommendations to Protect Children Under Age 12, their Families and Communities

Source: https://vaccineequitycooperative.org/resource/update-recommendations-to-protect-children-under-age-12/ Building on the progress that has already been made with implementation of our first set of recommendations, the Vaccine Equity Cooperative Kids Vaccine Working Group created additional recommendations that respond to the slow progress of COVID-19 vaccinations for children, the decline in routine childhood immunizations, and the release of Omicron-specific boosters this fall. …

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