Alliance Urges Senate to Pass Companion Bill Washington, D.C. – Sept. 30, 2020 – The School-Based Health Alliance celebrates yesterday’s passage of H.R. 2075, the School-Based Health Centers Reauthorization Act of 2020 in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill extends the authorization for federal funding of school-based health...
School-Based Health Centers Enhance Self Esteem By Andre Armour, Youth Advisory Council member Andre is a young advocate seeking peace and proper justice for his community. He believes that his purpose in life is to serve others in whatever capacity is needed. Imagine yourself at your lowest state in...
From the Washington Post: Pedro Noguera is dean of the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California and Robert Boyd is president of the School-Based Health Alliance, a nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of young people through school-based health care. Noguera and Boyd,...
Washington, DC, Sept. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Covid-19 has shown us that schools are more than just places of education, they provide for many student needs, including healthcare. The School-Based Health Alliance honored Dr. Claire Brindis and Dr. Angela Diaz with the organization’s Pioneer Award, which recognizes the...
Re-Imagining School-Based Healthcare Together We are still gathering data related to pandemic’s impact on the current SBHC landscape and the SBHC response during these uncertain times. If you represent an SBHC or SBHC sponsor, please complete this brief, 10-minute survey about your current SBHC operations by Tuesday, September 22,...
In celebration of National Health Center Week, this compilation comes from the School-Based Health Alliance’s Youth Advisory Council to share their perspectives on the importance of school-based health centers. Emma Bittar, FL I never had a school-based health center growing up. As a matter of fact, I never heard...
“Not Just Face Masks and Hand Sanitizer, but Counseling and Care” Washington, DC – While school district leaders across the country urgently seek protective gear and cleaning supplies, redesign classrooms and bus schedules to enable social distancing, and take other preventative safety measures, they must also place an equally...
The School-Based Health Alliance is hosting a five-part virtual learning series—Summer School with the School-Based Health Alliance. We’ve been listening to the field, and we missed seeing many of you at our annual convention. To help meet your needs in the current landscape, we’re offering this virtual series on pressing...
Science and community circumstances must guide decision-making; funding is criticial “Science should drive decision-making on safely reopening schools. Public health agencies must make recommendations based on evidence, not politics. We should leave it to health experts to tell us when the time is best to open up school buildings,...
On Monday, July 13, 2020, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, the American School Health As-sociation (ASHA) is hosting a free virtual event, Preparing for a New Learning Environment: Considerations for Schools in the Era of COVID-19. The event will feature 20 experts who will address how to...
