Transcript Preventive Services Improvement Initiative

School-Based Health Care
(SBHC) 101: Nuts and Bolts
Laura Brey, MS
Tammy Alexander, M.Ed.
NASBHC Training of Trainers
April 21-23, 2008
Participant Expectations
Complete the index card and
hand it in.
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Introductions
Presenters:
Tammy Alexander
Laura Brey
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Getting to Know Participants
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Type of agency
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Community setting
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Role in agency
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School population, if
known
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Objectives
Identify key collaborators and partners
 Name the five key components of
needs assessment techniques for
planning school-based health services
 Identify potential funding sources for
school-based health services: including
public, private, and collaborative
partnerships
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Objectives
Describe the rationale and
components of a case statement for a
new school-based health center
 Utilize resource materials related to
planning, evaluating, financing, and
working with the media
 List seven principles describing how to
plan and implement a school-based
health centers
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Nut and Bolt #1
Collaboration and Partnerships
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Collaborative Partnerships
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A mutually
beneficial and welldefined relationship
among two or more
organizations to
JOINTLY develop
structure and share
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Responsibility
Resources
Authority
Accountability
Rewards
Why have a Collaboration?
To accomplish a common goal that
none of the units alone can attain
 To help agencies share information,
resources, staff and equipment
 To create an awareness of needs,
problems, or opportunities
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Characteristics of Successful
Collaboration
Develops clear, concrete, achievable
goals.
 Operate in a receptive environment
that facilitates its work.
 Have good leadership.
 Understand and respect each
member for their different role and
responsibility.
 Build cooperative teams.
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Typical challenges
Differences among collaborators must
be understood and acknowledged.
 Mixed loyalty that some members may
have to their organization.
 Merging of agencies can cause
conflict.
* Lack of clarity
* Lack of awareness
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Difficult Issues that
Undermine Collaborations
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Territorial
questions
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Conflicting
priorities
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Confidentiality
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Political roadblocks
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Certification/Crede
ntialing
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Financial resources
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Strategies to Overcome
Resistance in Collaboration
Joining with the host school
 Relay the message that you are there
to support rather than supplant
 Engage in ongoing negotiations with
key players
 Developing common goals and group
consensus
 Setting Boundaries
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Establish a Planning Group
Composition Considerations
• Local health department
• Community or rural health
center
• Business and community
leaders
• Faith community
• Community and/or
teaching hospital(s)
• School superintendent,
board, or designee
• Mental health, substance
abuse, and social service
agencies
• School administration and
Faculty (school nurse,
teachers, principals,
guidance counselors,
physical education,
nutrition/food services)
• Private physicians
• University faculty
• Elected Officials
• Students
• Parents
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Role Play - Meeting with
Partners / Collaborators
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Nut and Bolt #2
Conduct the Needs Assessment
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What is a Community Needs
Assessment?
An accurate appraisal of the current
situation (strengths, concerns, and general
conditions) of a community’s population
A collection of secondary and first hand
information and data from a wide range of
relevant sources and audiences
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What is a Community Needs
Assessment?
A process for:
identifying needs and resources in a
community
determining gaps between what a
situation is and what it should be
establishing priorities
An opportunity to paint a picture of the
conditions in a community and sharpen your
perceptions of the critical issues children
and families face
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Why Identify Needs and
Resources?
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Better understand the community in which
you will be working
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Become aware of needs and concerns you
never knew about
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Locate hidden strengths or underutilized
resources that could be developed
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Document need
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Make sure future actions are aligned with
expressed community needs
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Why Identify Needs and
Resources?
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Garner greater support and involve more
people in subsequent action
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Give voice to individuals in the community
who have not traditionally been solicited for
comment
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Convince outside funders and supporters
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Make decisions based on priorities and
documented needs
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
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Step 1: Involve stakeholders
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Establish working group to guide the
planning and implementation of
Community Needs Assessments
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Step 2: Determine the Objectives and
Outcomes of the Assessment
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What are you really interested in knowing? Your
questions will flow from this.
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What is your vision? How will you use the
information obtained?
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Which issues, questions, and behaviors are of
particular interest?
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What don’t you know about these issues? What
questions do you need to answer?
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Step 3: Identify secondary data sources
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Find out what outside resources can be used
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What public reports exist (examples of
sources: census data, vital statistics, CPS
reports)
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Have other studies been done?
Are there experts in the community who can
help you?
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment (cont)
Step 4: Choose your approach/
approaches for gathering new
information
Most common approaches:
 Key
informant interviews
 Focus
groups
 Public
forums
 Surveys
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
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When making your choice of approach,
take into account:
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Purpose of the study
 Amount
of time you have and number of people
assisting you
 Available resources
 Size and characteristics of target population
 Relationship you have with target population
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quality of information about a community is only as good as the technique or combination of techniques
used. A single technique may be too narrow; using too many techniques may be costly in terms of time and
dollars. Different techniques are appropriate for different needs. Analyze the situation and then weigh the
advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes a combination of techniques will provide a more reasonable
picture.” (Butler and Howe, 1980)
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Key Informant Interviews
 Purpose
= to collect information from those
in the community who are in a prime
position to know the needs facing the
community
 How
to implement = compile a list of
participants, create protocol, make
appointments (either telephone or inperson), gather data, identify common
themes
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Key Informant Interviews
 Advantages
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Easy and not expensive
Can discuss confidential issues more readily
Establishes rapport and trust with community
Permits clarification of issues and ideas
 Disadvantages
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May be difficult to schedule
May provide a biased perspective
Only represents perceptions – not hard data
Personal relationships may influence outcomes
Should be combined with other methods because may not
represent whole community
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Focus Groups
 Purpose
= to collect information from those in the
community who are in a prime position to know the
needs facing the community
 How
to implement = compile a list of participants,
decide on location, create protocol, invite participants
(think about food and baby sitting if necessary), use
facilitator and documenter, organize and identify
common themes
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Focus Groups
 Advantages
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Easy and not expensive
Establishes rapport and trust with community
members
Permits clarification of issues and ideas
Easily combined with other techniques
 Disadvantages
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May provide biased perspectives
Only represents perceptions – not hard data
Sharing opinions and views in a group setting may
be inhibiting
Should be combined with other methods because
may not represent whole community
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Public forums
 Purpose
= elicit information from a wide range
of residents in a series of public meetings
 How
to implement = develop list of invitees,
create list of questions, select strategically
located venue (use different sites and hold at
different times), publicize, use facilitator and
documenter, identify common themes
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Public forums
 Advantages:
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Get opinions from a wide range of people
Promotes active involvement, community awareness,
and buy-in
Inexpensive, quick picture of community
 Disadvantages:
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Requires good leadership
Opinions limited to those who attend
Lots of advance planning
May generate more questions than answers
May create unrealistic expectations
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Surveys
 Purpose
= collect information from a wide range of
respondents
 How
to implement = find or create carefully
developed instrument and administer through a
sampling procedure (may be face to face, personal
distribution and collection, self-administered in a group,
telephone, mailed), analyze results
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Surveys
 Advantages
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Best approach for eliciting attitudes of broad range
of individuals
Data usually valid and reliable
 Disadvantages
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Costly and requires time and expertise
Needs carefully selected tool and sampling
Subject to misinterpretation
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Individuals may hesitate to answer questions
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
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Planned Approach to Community Action
(PATCH)
– developed by CDC
– effective model for planning, conducting, and
evaluating community health promotion and
disease prevention programs
– Used by diverse communities in US and other
nations to address health concerns
– PATCH Guide for local coordinator has sample
surveys and data collection tools
– Web site www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/path/index.htm
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Step 5: Implement Plan
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Collect secondary data
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Collect primary data (conduct interviews, focus
groups, surveys, etc)
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Analyze secondary and primary data
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Summarize findings
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Planning and Implementing the
Assessment
Step 5: Implement Plan
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Prepare report
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Share with working group, interpret data and
develop recommendations together
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Present to external stakeholders as needed
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Create action plan
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Review Anytown’s Needs
Assessment Document
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Project Work Plan and Design
Example from Chicago SBHC
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Convened a planning committee of key community
stakeholders who met regularly to oversee and
guide the process
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Gathered existing data
 U. S. Census Bureau (2000)
 Chicago Health and Health Systems Project
(CDPH 2006)
 Healthy Albany Park Assessment (2004)
 Illinois State Report Card (2004 – 2005)
 CPS School Profile (2004 – 2005)
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Project Work Plan and Design
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Collected new data
 Conducted fifteen stakeholder interviews with
school administrators, school personnel,
school nurses, and external partners working
in schools
 Conducted a focus group with community
providers
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Analyzed findings
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Drafted initial recommendations
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Make Recommendations
Based on Needs Assessment
Findings
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Select the School
Elementary
 Middle or Junior High
 K-8
 High School
 Alternative School
 Pre-school
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Select the Service Delivery Strategy
and Model
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Service and Staffing Options
Collaborative Partnerships
The role of the school nurse
Policy and Procedures
Referral Networks
Delivery of Service
Parental Consent/Parental Involvement
Integration of the school-based health center with
existing school and community resources
Confidentiality Issues
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Services to Consider for
All Grade Levels
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Primary Care including
biennial risk
assessment
Immunizations
Health Education
Physical Examinations
Mental Health
Laboratory Services
Medications
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Nutrition Counseling
Vision, Hearing, and
Dental Screening
Social Services
Chronic Disease comanagement
Specialty Care
Referrals
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Services at the MS and HS Levels
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Pregnancy testing
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STD testing and treatment
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Reproductive health care
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Group counseling to address issues such as
sexual abuse, depression
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Individual mental health counseling
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HIV testing and/or counseling
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Referral for family planning
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The Role of the School Nurse
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Maintain school nurse mandated functions
(vision and hearing screening,
immunizations, special ed, etc.)
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Member of school-based health team
– Identify students for school-based health center
services
– Provide follow-up
– Reach out to parents
– Serve as a liaison between the school-based
health center and school staff
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Parental/Family Consent / Family
Engagement
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The majority of SBHCs have a parental/guardian
consent policy.
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Consent form should include:
– Services to be offered
– Statement about confidentiality /HIPAA
– Billing issues
– Statement about the relationship between the
sponsoring organization and any collaborators
including the school district
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Review state statutes regarding age of consent for
various health care services
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Confidentiality
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Confidential versus nonconfidential
services
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Access to confidential services
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Release of information
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Providing follow-up information to school
personnel and outside agencies
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Informing students of confidentiality
procedures and limits of confidentiality
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Nut and Bolt #3
Funding for SBHCs
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Need
It’s hard to focus on
best practice standards
when your needs are
rooted in basic survival.
School health clinics
fight for lives
Karina Bland
The Arizona Republic
March 12, 2001
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Multiple Funding Sources/
Models for School-Based Health
Centers
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Federal grants
State grants
Local funding
Community
partnership
contributions
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Foundations
Patient
Revenue
Mixing several
or all funding
sources
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BPHC/FQHC (Section 330 of
the Public Health Service Act)
Title X of the Public Health
Service Act: Family Planning
Foundations that commonly
supports school-based health
care
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
KB Reynolds Charitable Trust
WKKF Kellogg Foundation
Welborn Foundation
McKesson Foundation
Duke Endowment
Health Foundation of Greater
Cincinnati
Visit the Grantsmanship Center
at http://www.tgci.com/ and the
Foundation Center at
http://fdncenter.org for other
foundation funding
opportunities
Figure 1 School-Based Health Center Funding Models
Federal Public
Grants
State Public
Grants
Foundations
Local
Funding/
Community
Partners
Patient revenue
SCHIP
Medicaid
Private insurance
Patient fees
Federal entitlement programs
administered at the state level
MCHB/Title V
CDC HIV/AIDS Prevention
SAMHSA/Title XIX (substance abuse
and mental health screening and early
intervention)
Title XX/ Soc Services Block Grant
(TANF, daycare, child neglect and
abuse)
State Funding
State General Revenue
Tobacco Tax/Settlement
Education
NCLB /ESEA (Title I improving
academic achievement of the
disadvantaged and Title IV safe and
drug free schools)
IDEA (health-related special
education services)
Local Funding
Public and private grants (e.g.,
universities, United Way)
City/county funds
Local businesses (e.g., banks,
insurance companies)
Community Partners
In-Kind Contributions from schools,
hospitals, health departments,
community health departments, and
community agencies (e.g., staff,
facilities, supplies)
Examples of Partners
Parents’ employers
Parents’ health insurance agencies
Local businesses
School districts
Universities
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Federal public grants
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BPHC /FQHC (Section 330 of the Public
Health Services Act)
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Title X of the Public Health Services Act:
Family Planning
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Core Funding Models
Federal
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330 Federally Qualified Health Centers
Entirely federally dependent
Fairly stable
Limited community
Limited funds for expansion
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State public grants
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Federal entitlement programs administered at
state level
– MCHB Title V
– CDC HIV/ AIDS Prevention
– SAMHSA/ Title XIX (substance abuse and mental
health screening and early intervention
– Title XX/ Social Services Block Grant, Temporary
Aid to Needy Families Programs (TANF) job
training, pregnancy prevention, daycare, child
neglect and abuse
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State public grants
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Education
– NCLB/ESEA (Title I improving
academic achievement of the
disadvantaged and Title IV safe
and drug free schools)
– IDEA (health-related special
education services)
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State public grants
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State Funding
– State General Revenue
– Tobacco Tax Settlement
– Juvenile Justice Funds
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Core Funding Model
State Grants
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Louisiana – MCHBG; Tobacco
settlement
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Connecticut – MCHBG, state fund
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Delaware – state fund
 Fairly stable
 Limited growth; targeted funding
 Requires legislative/administrative advocacy
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Local Funding
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Public and private grants
(universities, United Way
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City and county funds
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Local businesses (banks, insurance
companies)
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Core Funding Models
Local Government
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Portland/Multnomah County (OR)
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Seattle/King County (WA)
Great community buy in
Fairly stable income
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Community partners
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In-kind contributions (staff, facilities,
supplies) from
– Schools,
– Hospitals,
– Health departments, and
– Community agencies
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Community partners
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Examples of partners
– Parents’ employers
– Parents’ health insurance agencies,
– Local businesses,
– School districts, and
– Universities
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Core Funding Models
Community Partnerships
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Denver SBHCs
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Baltimore County Public Schools, MD
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Healthy Kids, Lexington, KY
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Indianapolis Collaborative
Collaboration has inherent difficulties
Built over long-term
Requires perseverance, leadership
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Foundations
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Robert Wood Johnson
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WK Kellogg Foundation
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KB Charitable Trust
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Health Foundation of Greater
Cincinnati
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McDonald Foundation
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Welborn Foundation
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Foundations
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For other foundation funding
opportunities visit
– The Grantsmanship Center at
http://www.tgci.com
and
– The Foundation Center at
http://fdncenter.org
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Core Funding Models
Foundations
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Indianapolis SBHCs
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Cincinnati, Ohio SBHCs
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North Carolina SBHCs
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Miami SBHCs
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Patient Revenue
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SCHIP
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Medicaid
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Private insurance
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Patient fees
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Core Funding Model
Patient Revenue
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West Virginia – FQHC rate
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New York – Medicaid institution rate
Commitment to specific sponsor type
Leadership necessary at Medicaid level
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Mixed Funding Sources
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Denver School-Based Health Centers
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Baltimore County School-Based Health
Centers
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Healthy Kids Centers
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Indianapolis Collaborative
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Follow the Income Streams
Mental
Hlth/Sub
Abuse
Health
Care
Education
Public
Health
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Funding Service
Components
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Medical/nursing services
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Public health/promotion
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Mental health/behavioral health
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Case management/social services
coordination
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Education support
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Nut and Bolt #4
Principles of School-Based
Health Care
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Seven fundamental principles
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Goals, structures, processes and
outcomes
SBHC Fundamental
Principles
http://www.nasbhc.org/site/c.jsJPKWPFJrH/b.274345
9/k.9519/NASBHC_Principles_and_Goals_for_SBHC
s.htm
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The School-Based Health
Center:
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Supports the school
Focuses on the community
Focuses on the student
Provides comprehensive care
Advances health promotion activities
Implements effective systems
Provides leadership in adolescent and
child health
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Supports the School
The school-based health center is
built upon mutual respect and
collaboration between the school
and the health provider to promote
the health and educational success
of school-aged children.
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1. Supports the School
Principles/ Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
 Understands and respects
accountability within the
educational system
Mutually agreed upon
vision statement for
the SBHC
Works with the school
administration to develop and
achieve a shared vision
Mutually agreed upon
roles and
responsibilities of
each party
Communication with
School Administration,
School Nurse, Guidance
Counselor, Social Worker,
School Psychologist and
Faculty
Recognition by school
personnel of the value the
SBHC provides in meeting
educational mission
Communicates the vision to
all school constituencies
including teachers, support
staff, students and parents
Builds collaborative and
mutually respectful
relationships with school
personnel
Identifies community
resources that provide
support to students and
promote successful learning
Serves as a resource in
times of school crises and
community disasters
Mutually agreed upon
policies regarding
appointment
scheduling during
school hours and
information sharing
Delineated role within
the school’s crisis
intervention plan
Attendance of SBHC
personnel at school staff
meetings
Presence of SBHC
personnel at appropriate
school functions
Partnership in identifying
students with issues
influencing educational
performance
Training of SBHC staff on
the school’s crisis
intervention plan and
community’s emergency
preparedness plan and the
SBHCs expected response
High satisfaction of
school personnel with
SBHC services
Increased number of
appropriate referrals by
school personnel
Reduced number of
students who leave school
during the day due to
illness
In the event of a school
crisis or community
disaster, SBHC performs
effectively according to
plan
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Responds to the
Community
The school-based health center is
developed and operates based on
continual assessment of local
assets and needs.
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2. Responds to the Community
Principles/ Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Assesses child and
adolescent health care
needs and available
resources in the community
through formal evaluation
methods
Definition of geographic
service area
Program
development based
on periodic review of
data
Improved access to
primary care as
measured by increased
utilization of SBHC
services
Informs the community of
student health needs and
trends
Solicits community input
to address unmet health
needs and support the
operations of the program
Identification of population to
be served including
demographic and
socioeconomic characteristics
Advisory Committee
meetings
Identification of key health
indicators
Stakeholder
meetings
Continuous needs
assessment
Periodic
communication with
the general public
System for gathering data on
key indicators
Resource manual
Advisory Committee with
appropriate community
representation
Recognition by
community of the value of
SBHC services in
meeting the needs of
students and responding
to community values
High parent satisfaction
Improved utilization of
other community
resources through
referrals and/or interprogram collaboration
Communications plan
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Focuses on the Student
Services involve students as
responsible participants in their
health care, encourage the role of
parents and other family
members, and are accessible,
confidential, culturally sensitive,
and developmentally appropriate.
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3. Focuses on the Student
Principles/Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Encourages the student’s
active, age appropriate
participation in decisions
regarding health care and
prevention activities
Parental consent and
parental notification policies
Provision of services in a
manner consistent with
established policies
Increased
enrollment for and
utilization of SBHC
services
Involves the parents or other
adult caregivers as
supportive participants in the
student’s health care
whenever appropriate and
possible
Emancipated minor policy
Ensures confidentiality of
information whether
transmitted through
conversation, billing activity,
telemedicine, or release of
medical records
Patient rights and
responsibilities
Provides services and
materials that are culturally
sensitive and respectful of
family values and diversity
Methodology for identifying
children with special health
care needs
Confidentiality and minor
consent policy
Child abuse and neglect
policy
Non-discrimination policy
Patient education materials
in languages other than
English, where appropriate
Methodology for identifying
non-users
Treatment of students
with acute illness or injury
Counseling of students
with behavioral issues
Management of students
with chronic conditions
Provision of culturally
sensitive anticipatory
guidance and health and
safety education
Student-centered risk
assessment and follow-up
Family assessment and
follow-up
Outreach to non-users
High user and
parent awareness of
SBHC policy
regarding access to
confidential services
Improved user
knowledge of how
and when to utilize
the health care
system
Students with
chronic disease or
behavioral issues
can demonstrate
self-care skills
High satisfaction
among users.
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Delivers Comprehensive
Care
An interdisciplinary team provides
access to high quality
comprehensive physical and
mental health services
emphasizing prevention and early
intervention.
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Principles/Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Provides a scope of
services that is consistent
with identified health care
needs
Defined scope of services
to be provided
Population-based Screening
Patient perception
that well-being has
improved
Promotes availability of onsite services whenever the
school is open and facilitates
after-hours care 24-hour-aday, seven-days-a-week
Adopts generally accepted
guidelines for clinical practice
Promotes the
interdisciplinary role and
functions of the school-based
health care team
Coordinates and integrates
efforts with existing systems
to optimize complementary
programs, improve continuity
of care, reduce
fragmentation, prevent
duplication, and maintain
affordable services
Multidisciplinary team of
caregivers
Posted hours of operation
Effective 24/7 on-call
system
Staffing guidelines
Clinical protocols or
practice guidelines
consistent with nationally
recognized best practices
Referral relationships with
other providers in the
community (including lab,
radiology and pharmacy)
Standards for medical
record keeping
Release of information
policy
Early identification and
treatment
Delivery of care consistent
with best practices
Patient assessment
Patient education
Patient treatment
Patient referral
Management of chronic
conditions
Anticipatory guidance,
health promotion and
prevention activities
Continuity of care
Quality assurance
Chart review
Increasing number
of students
receiving
comprehensive well
exam including risk
assessment
Increasing
compliance rates
as measured by
follow-up visits
completed,
prescriptions filled,
therapy attended,
referrals completed.
Reduced number
of students with
disruptive behavior
or discipline
problems
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Advances Health
Promotion Activities
The school-based health center
takes advantage of its location to
advance effective health
promotion activities to students
and community.
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5. Advances Health Promotion Activities
Principles/Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Serves as a resource to
school administration on
the selection,
development and delivery
of health education
curricula
Partnership
between the
school’s health
education faculty
and SBHC staff
Delivery of
classroom health
education
segments
Increased student awareness of health
threats and risk factors
Participates in
classroom-based and
school-wide health
promotion activities
responsive to the risk
factors that are prevalent
among students
Promotes parent and
community involvement
in health promotion
activities
Coordinated risk
assessment and
health promotion
plan
Age appropriate
health education
materials
Display and
distribution of
multilingual health
education materials
in SBHC
(pamphlets,
posters, models,
videos, etc.)
School-wide
health and safety
promotional events
Reduced high risk behaviors among
students
Increased positive health and safety
behaviors among students
Increased student understanding of
important health and psychosocial issues
Increased student ability to access valid
health information and health promoting
products and services
Increased student knowledge of health
care rights and responsibilities
Increased student ability to communicate
about and advocate for improved persona
health
Increased participation of parents in
heath promotion activities
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Implements Effective
Systems
Administrative and clinical systems
are designed to support effective
delivery of services incorporating
accountability mechanisms and
performance improvement
practices.
84
6. Implements Effective Systems
Principles/Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Ensures compliance with all
relevant laws and regulations
Organizational chart
Develops and measures annual
program goals and objectives
Goals and objectives
Licensing,
Certification
and/or
Accreditation
Staff knowledge of
current laws and
regulations affecting
delivery of services
CLIA compliance
Treatment for high
volume, high risk
problems consistent
with current
professional
knowledge
Maintains a physical plant which
is adequate to deliver high quality
services and assure patient
comfort and privacy
Develops all necessary policies
and procedures, training manuals,
and memoranda of agreement or
understanding
Develops a human resources
system for hiring, credentialing,
training and retaining high quality,
competent staff
Mission statement
Administrative policy and
procedure manual
Clinical policy and procedure
manual
Appointment system and
scheduling standards
Tracking system for missed
appointments, follow-up
appointments and lab reports
Incident reports
Medicaid
EPSDT
compliance
Medical record
keeping
according to
accepted
standards and
demonstrating
collaboration and
communication
among providers
Collects, evaluates and reports
health outcomes and utilization
data
Staff credentialing
Establishes quality improvement
practices including but not limited
to assessment of patient and
community satisfaction
Personnel evaluation and
salary review
Formal quality
assurance
monitoring of
clinical and
administrative
functions
Facility maintenance
Financial audits
Develops strategies and systems
to support long-term financial
stability
Strategic business/
marketing/financial plan
Staff training
Billing and collection system
High SBHC provider
and staff satisfaction
Low SBHC provider
and staff turnover
Increased provider
productivity
High patient and
parent satisfaction
with ease of
appointment-making
and waiting time
Operations within
budget
Eligibility for
reimbursement from
public and private
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third-parties
Provides Leadership in
Adolescent and Child
Health
The school-based health center
model provides unique opportunities
to increase expertise in adolescent
and child health, and to inform and
influence policy and practice.
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7. Provides Leadership in Adolescent and Child Health
Principles/Goals
Structures
Processes
Outcomes
Participates in national and local
organizations that focus on adolescent
and child health
Local
Conferences
Precepting
students in the
health professions
Increased public awareness
of the health care needs of
children and adolescents
Research
Greater number of children
and adolescents with a
medical home
Contributes to the body of knowledge
on the health care needs of adolescents
and children
Promotes the School-Based Health
Center as a training site for health care
professionals
Advocates for the resources necessary
to increase access to physical, mental
and dental health services for
adolescents and children
Informs elected officials, policymakers, health professionals,
educators, and the community-at-large
regarding the unique value,
acceptability, efficiency and
convenience of the school-based health
center model of health care delivery
Forms partnerships to develop stable,
sustainable funding mechanisms for
expanded services
National
Conferences
Journal Articles
Annual
Reports\
Videotapes
Web sites
Vehicles to
communicate
with state and
local health
authorities
Outcome
evaluation
Process
evaluation
Clinical trials
Medical
professional
training
Curriculum
development
Public education
and advocacy
Use of student
volunteers
Improved access to primary
care
Increased exposure of health
professionals to the SBHC
model
Legislation and regulation
supportive of the SBHC model
Increased investment in
SBHCs by federal, state, local
and private funding sources
Increased participation of
SBHCs in Medicaid and Child
Health Insurance Plans
Appropriate contracts with 87
managed care organizations
Nut and Bolt #5
Developing a Case Statement for
a School-Based Health Center
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Case Statement Content

Purpose
– What you propose to do / what are you
seeking funding for
– Summary of needs assessment findings
– Partners/collaborators and their
contributors
89
Case Statement Content

Service design
– Model
– Services
– Staffing
– Hours of operation
– Parent, student, and school staff
involvement
– Community, collaborator/partner
involvement
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Case Statement Content

Current project support /infrastructure
– Sponsoring organizations
– Health center planning group activities
– In-kind contributions of
partners/collaborators
– Implementation grant possibilities

Proposed budget
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Nut and Bolt #6
Using the Media to Your Advantage
92
What is the “Media”?



the various means of mass communication
considered as a whole
including television, radio, magazines, and
newspapers, together with the people
involved in their production
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Types of Media

Daily Newspapers

Magazines

Weekly
Newspapers

Television

Radio

Wire Services

Internet
94
Tips for Dealing with the
Media

Don’t be afraid to approach the media with
an issue or a story idea.

Try to keep relationships with the media
friendly and honest.

Remember, the media are doing their job—
try to make it easier for them.

Access to the media is access to the public.
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Communicating with the
Media

Be an information resource for the media.

Have resources and information to help
reporters in covering stories.

Be familiar with the types of stories each
publication or station covers and how they
report the news.
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Role Play in Pairs
Phone Call to the Editorial
Editor of a Local Newspaper
97
Technical Assistance
Resources for SBHCs
98
National Technical
Assistance

National Assembly on School-Based Health
Care (NASBHC)

Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM)

National Association of Pediatric Nurse
Practitioners (NAPNP)

National Association of Community Health
Centers (NACHC)
99
National Technical
Assistance

American School Health Association
(ASHA)

Center for School Mental Health
Analysis and Action (CSMHA)

Center for Health and Health Care in
Schools at GWU
100
•Figure 2 National Assembly’s Trainings, Tools, and Resources for SBHCS
•STDs/HIV Prevention
•CQI tool sentinel condition
•Quality improvement collaborative
•Conference call presentations
•Obesity/Cardio Health
•Conference call presentation
•Continuing Education
•Panel work group
•Health Education
•Web-based tools and information
•Family Engagement
•Web-based tools and information
•Practice Management Improvement
•Web-based tools and information
•Continuing education
•Evaluation Measures
•Academic Outcomes
•Productivity
•SBHC Census
•Mental Health Evaluation Template
•Asthma
•Green Zone web-based tool kit
•CQI tool sentinel condition
•Center work group
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•
•
•
Web-based resources
Conference call presentations
Continuing education programs
Quality improvement collaboratives
•New SBHCs/Expansion
•Peer-to-peer exchange
•Conference call presentations
•Web-based tools and information
•New SBHC Expansion
•Peer to peer exchange
•Conference call presentations
•Web-based tools and information
•Mental Health Intervention
•CQI tool sentinel conditions
•Continuing education
•Quality improvement collaborative
•Center work groups
•Conference call presentations
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State Technical Assistance

State Assemblies, Associations, and
Coalitions for School-Based Health

State Health Departments that
administer state funding for SBHCs

State Primary Care Associations

State Offices of Rural Health
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National Tools and Resources for
Getting Started

NASBHC website www.nasbhc.org
– Basics,
– Training and Assistance,
– Publications, and
– Members Only Sections

National Association of Community
Health Centers’ (NACHC) CD-Rom,
How to Start a Successful SchoolBased Health Center $25
www.nachc.org
103
Questions and Complete
Evaluations
104