Federal School-Based Health Center Bill Gaining Bipartisan Support As schools open their doors to students for a new academic year, a growing number of supporters in Congress have joined together to sponsor legislation that authorizes a federal school-based health care program. “Even as it seems that our nation is...
School Health and Mental Health Organizations Receive 5-Year Federal Award to Lead School-Based Health Services Quality Improvement and Sustainability Initiative WASHINGTON, DC—The School-Based Health Alliance (“The Alliance”) and the Center for School Mental Health (CSMH) were jointly awarded a cooperative agreement from the federal Maternal and Child Health Bureau...
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...
School-Based Health Alliance Urges Trump Administration to End Policy of Separating Families at U.S. Border Washington, DC—The School-Based Health Alliance issued the following statement today on the current crisis of family separation at the U.S. border: “The situation at the border is a moral crisis. It is also a...
Announcing Our 2018 Award Winners By John Schlitt, President Each year for nearly two decades, the School-Based Health Alliance has recognized luminaries in the school-based health care field with a Lifetime Achievement award. During the national convention we honor select individuals and institutions who have demonstrated a strong commitment...
Legislation Introduced in Congress to Reauthorize SBHC Program Today, a bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation to reauthorize the School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) program. House members John Faso (R-NY), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Sarbanes (D-MD) sponsored H.R. 5899 to extend the School-Based...
Marching for Our Lives: Because High School Is Stressful Enough By Anna Burns, Manager, Communications and Public Policy Saturday, March 24 was an extraordinarily beautiful Saturday in the District. I stayed up late the night before, crafting witty, heartfelt March for Our Lives posters with some girlfriends. I was...
Creating Freedom from Violence By John Schlitt, President Enough is enough. Never again. Now is the time. It seems unimaginable, but the national gun violence prevention movement, fueled by unthinkable acts and media-savvy youth activists, may have finally reached a tipping point in our public discourse. Inspired by the...
Paula Fields, MSN, BSN, RN is a senior program manager at the School-Based Health Alliance. First, tell us about yourself! I am a nurse, a mom, a MiMi of a Type 1 diabetic grandchild, and a fierce advocate for children and school-based health care! I’ve worked to establish and...
The 2018 National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month was one for the record books. Every February, the school-based health care field recognizes our accomplishments and raises awareness about how school-based health centers (SBHCs) are revolutionizing the way children and adolescents access health care services. This year, we tapped into...
