March 28, 2019
Healing Super Heroes Every School Day 2019 Awareness Month Wrap-Up By Anna Burns, Manager of Communications and Public Policy Research assistance from Miranda Robinson-Perez February 2019 marks my third year managing the national campaign we call National School-Based Health Care Awareness Month. And as the person who tracks user...
February 11, 2016
By Anna Burns, Outreach and Engagement Associate, School-Based Health Alliance January 4, 2016 Peer Health Exchange (PHE) has an elegant solution for encouraging students to seek out services in their SBHC—and it’s already demonstrating success. We recently spoke with Louisa Brown, Director of Communications for Peer Health Exchange. She...
December 3, 2015
This story comes from a submission to our #BacktoSchool contest in August. We’ll post similar stories over the next several months. At Grant and Wilson Middle Schools in Albuquerque, NM, 68-82% of the students live in poverty, depending on which neighborhood they reside. It draws from one of the...
November 16, 2015
This story comes from a submission to our #BacktoSchool contest in August. We’ll post similar stories over the next several months. Connecticut has made tremendous strides in the last several years to provide trauma-informed mental health care in its school-based health centers, (SBHCs) especially after the Sandy Hook tragedy....
November 9, 2015
This story comes from a submission to our #BacktoSchool contest in August. We’ll post similar stories over the next several months. Focusing on the students they serve, the Healthy Kids Clinic in Kentucky participated in the “Longest Day of Play” at Wolf Creek National Fish Hatchery on Saturday, June...
September 23, 2015
By Terri Chandler RDH, Founder and Executive Director, Future Smiles I am the executive director of Future Smiles, a school-based oral health care program in Clark County, Nevada—the fifth largest school district in the country. And it’s still growing, which explains why certain resources, such as teachers, services, and...
September 11, 2015
We received more than 25 submissions from school-based health centers (SBHCs) all over the country for our back-to-school story contest in August! The stories varied from informative to positive to heartfelt. We will continue to share these important stories in the coming weeks and months. Our latest story comes from South...
September 3, 2015
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted an entry to our Back-to-School Story Contest! We received stories, videos, and photos from all over the country. It is inspiring to see the huge impact school-based health care field is having across the nation. The winner of our raffle a...
August 27, 2015
During the month of August, the School-Based Health Alliance is accepting stories, high resolution photos, and videos that showcase different aspects of school-based health centers (SBHCs). We’ve already received lots of submissions, but we want to hear from everyone! All submissions will enter a raffle to win a $100...
August 19, 2015
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is accepting applications for its 2016 Culture of Health Prize. This prize recognizes and honors communities that are taking action to promote better health. The ten winning communities will receive a $25,000 cash prize and have their stories shared by RWJF. Applications are...