Our Vision

 

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All children and adolescents are healthy and achieving at their fullest potential.

Our Mission

 

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To promote and support school-based health centers to assure that all children receive high quality, comprehensive health care.

Our Core Values

 

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• Children and adolescents have the right to high quality, accessible, confidential, culturally competent, comprehensive health care.
• The school setting is a sensible, appropriate and valuable site to deliver health care.
• School success and good health are inextricably linked and health and education partnerships are key to student success.
• Health care for children and adolescents should be interdisciplinary, comprehensive, with an emphasis on prevention and early intervention.
• Diversity among NASBHC’s leadership, membership, staff and volunteers is essential.
• Families are the best advocates for services that benefit their children.
• School-based health centers provide valuable health care and should be appropriately reimbursed.
  

 

Adopted by Board of Directors, 6/2007