New Construction and Equipment Funding Available for SBHCs
HHS has announced $75 million in funding for school-based health center construction and equipment through the SBHCC Program. Follow the link to learn more, and register for a webinar about the grants.
Tackling Poverty Along with Reading and Arithmetic Marketplace featured a story that gives perspective into the challenges youth and adolescents face, and the impact a school-based health center can have on an entire community.
May is National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month!
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month seeks to raise community awareness and support of effective teen pregnancy prevention initiatives. Learn more at Advocates for Youth's website.
May is Asthma Awareness Month!
Asthma Awareness Month is an effort to increase public awareness about the United States' asthma epidemic and to take action to get asthma under control in communities nationwide. Learn more at www.asthmacommunitynetwork.org!
NASBHC's 2010-2011 Annual Report For the first time ever, we published our Annual Report digitally. Take a look, and be sure to let us know what you think!
New York SBHCs Receive Funding
Funding for SBHCs in New York continues to grow despite tough state budget circumstances.
Map of SBHCC Grantees An interactive map from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation that lists the number of School-Based Health Center Capital Program Grantees in each state.
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Don't forget to fill out the Census before the end of the school year!
The Census is an indispensable resource: it has provided answers to congressional offices during the crafting of the Affordable Care Act, served as a primary source for the General Accounting Office’s report to Congress on SBHCs, and is the sole source of national data on school-based oral health services for Healthy People 2020.
