The School-Based Health Alliance was thrilled to run an exhibitor booth at last week’s 2024 National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC) Policy & Issues Forum in Washington, D.C., where our team connected with hundreds of passionate FQHC staff from… Read More »SBHA Presents at 2024 National Association of Community Health Center (NACHC) Policy & Issues Forum
Integrated Mental Health Webinar This webinar was designed for health center staff and aims to increase the audience’s knowledge of and capacity to identify best practices around strengthening partnerships and care coordination in school-based health centers, define ways to incorporate… Read More »Integrated Mental Health (02.24)
Initiative Overview The School-Based Health Care Coordination (SBHCC) Initiative brings a transformative approach to care coordination for students in schools with school-based health centers (SBHCs). School-based health care coordination is the deliberate organization of comprehensive health care activities, including those… Read More »School-Based Health Care Coordination Initiative
Funding from Pivotal Ventures and MacKenzie Scott recognizes the critical role of school-based health centers WASHINGTON, Jan. 2, 2024 –– Recognizing the healthcare access crisis for America’s young people, Pivotal Ventures, a Melinda French Gates company, and MacKenzie Scott are… Read More »Prominent philanthropists invest $23 Million in School-Based Health Alliance to advance health equity
Trauma-Informed Care in SBHC’s The webinar on trauma-informed care in school-based health centers was led by Mayachristine, a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience in school-based settings. She discussed the importance of increased mental health services in schools, the… Read More »Trauma-Informed Care in SBHC’s (12.23)
School-Based Health Center Start-Up Basics Date: Oct. 24, 2023 To support new school-based health centers (SBHCs), the School-Based Health Alliance offered two free technical assistance opportunities during fall 2023 and winter 2024. We are excited to announce a new learning… Read More »School-Based Health Center Start-Up Basics
The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) has been partnering with the National Council for Mental Wellbeing‘s (NCMW) Center of Excellence for Integrated Health Solutions since 2020. Most recently, in partnership with NCMW, SBHA convened a learning collaborative focused on integrating behavioral… Read More »Addressing Youth Mental Health
The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign (NKH) believe that by working together to embrace and build on families’ trust in SBHCs, we can promote federal nutrition programs and nutritious food consumption in support of positive health outcomes and improved… Read More »Addressing Food Insecurities in SBHCs
No Kid Hungry: Messages for Communicating with Eligible Immigrant Families about Public Benefit Programs Date: Sept. 25, 2023 No Kid Hungry and Protecting Immigrant Families (PIF) worked with the nationally-recognized opinion research firm BSP Research to learn about immigrant families’… Read More »Messages for Communicating with Eligible Immigrant Families about Public Benefit Programs
Working across two distinct and complex systems—healthcare and schools—can be challenging. The School-Based Health Alliance partnered with the National Center for Youth Law to provide guidance to school-based health centers about navigating federal privacy laws that apply to both education and healthcare entities:… Read More »HIPAA, FERPA, and School Health: Confidentiality and Information Sharing in School-Based Health Care