National Assembly on School-Based Health Care

Health Care Reform and SBHCs

Breaking news!

HRSA has postponed the FY 2010 School Based Health Center Equipment (HRSA-10-276) funding opportunity.  According to HRSA, the cancellation of the initial grant is in response to the high volume of questions they received from the SBHC field concerning the application criteria, the cap for multi-site school-based health centers, and the limited application development time.

HRSA will release new guidance for the funding opportunity in September.

LEARN MORE.

Visit our Discussion Board to share your ideas and questions on the grant award here.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L.111-148) includes two important provisions for school-based health centers (SBHCs): language authorizing a federal SBHC grant program, and an emergency appropriation that would provide $200 million for SBHCs over four years.  Learn more about SBHCs and health reform.

Read the article "School Clinics Await Funds from Health Care Reform," Education Week Magazine, 8/3/2010

NASBHC Supporters

New NASBHC Resources 

• NASBHC has released its most recent national Census data on school-based centers --  the most comprehensive analysis to date of SBHCs in the U.S. It provides a 360-degree view of the role of SBHCs in meeting the needs of underserved children and adolescents by collecting trend data on demographics, staffing, operations, prevention activities, clinical services, and policies.  Read the 8-page report highlighting the major Census findings.
• Read the article "School based health care: How it is funded" in the Fall 2010 issue of SEEN Magazine.
• NASBHC recently partnered with the National Association of School Nurses to create a fact sheet detailing the differences between SBHCs and school nurses, as well as how they collaborate to achieve student success. View the fact sheet here.