NASBHC Sea of Red Storms the Hill

June 29, 2007 -- At Advocacy Day, held in conjunction with the 2007 National School-Based Health Care Convention, NASBHC hosted a celebratory rally, featuring speakers renowned in the field. Already galvanized by the three bills currently introduced in Congress: S.1669/HR 2870 The Healthy Schools Act of 2007 and S.600 The School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007, supporters in bright red t-shirts advertising A Vote for School-Based Health Care is a Vote for a Healthier America streamed onto the hill for over 160 visits at the offices of their representatives and senators.

Advocacy Day broadcast quality video
Advocacy Day press release 

January 2007 Congressional Briefing on School Health Centers

Patrick and Jenifer Dugan of Watertown, NY
brief Congressional staff about the impact
of SBHCs on their lives.

January 21, 2007 -- Members of the National Assembly on School-Based Health Care met today with Congressional staff at a series of informational briefings to explain the role of school-based health care and discuss new legislation that would expand the federal health care safety net to include school-based health centers.  More than 100 Senate and House offices were represented.

The theme of the briefings, Fulfilling the Needs of Children and Families in Crisis: SBHCs as Frontline Responders, focused on how school based health centers help students and their families in times of crisis, such as a sudden natural disaster like Hurricane Katrina, an emerging public health epidemic like childhood obesity, or a rise in the number of children living on military bases with a parent at war.

Congressional Briefing press release 
Congressional Briefing Picture Story