Advancing Rural Health Transformation Through School-Based Health Care
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Why School-Based Health Care?
Expanding access to care for children at school creates stronger and healthier rural communities. School-based health centers (SBHCs) bring access to primary care, behavioral health, specialty, and other services that support student health and academic success where they spend most of their day – at school. They help rural communities overcome barriers such as restrictive access to care, gaps in care, geographic isolation, limited infrastructure, transportation, and workforce shortages.
Why Partner with SBHA?
No rural community starts in the same place. You may be building a vision for school-based health care. Others may already have SBHCs or are ready to expand. No matter your starting place, the School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) wants to partner with you to move from vision to implementation. For more than 30 years, SBHA has collaborated and consulted with, and provided technical assistance to diverse partners (State Departments of Health and Education, Medicaid agencies, Offices of Rural Health, Area Health Education Centers, Primary Care Associations, health systems, schools, funders, community organizations, and others) to expand care access for children and adolescents in rural and urban communities.
How SBHA Helps States Turn Vision into Action?
Establishing school-based health care as a statewide rural access strategy requires thoughtful planning, trusted partnerships, and strong implementation. SBHA wants to support you in turning your vision into action by partnering with you to:
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Design scalable strategies that align school-based health care with rural health priorities
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Expand access through multiple delivery models, including brick-and-mortar SBHCs, mobile health programs, telehealth services, and hybrid approaches
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Strengthen partnerships among schools, health systems, community providers, and state agencies
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Support sustainable financing and policy alignment to ensure long-term success
We can help!
Let’s have a conversation. Reach out to us at info@sbh4all.org to explore how school-based health care can support your state’s rural health transformation goals.
Related Rural Health Resources
Telehealth Toolkit
Guides health centers through the design, implementation, and operation of a telehealth program that meets the needs of children and adolescents.
Mobile Health Toolkit
Enhances the capacity of healthcare organizations to integrate high-quality, sustainable, mobile healthcare services with school-based healthcare.
Our Consulting Team
Brings decades of combined experience in planning, implementing, operating, evaluating, and improving community-provided school-based health care, including SBHCs.