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SBHCs in Proposal to VP
California Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg met with Vice President Joseph Biden on January 22 to urge federal officials to spend $10 billion on mental health early intervention, including...
View ArticleCA SBHCs Awarded $30 Million
California school-based health centers (SBHCs) have received 70 grants totaling more than $30 million – the most of any state – since 2011 in an effort to improve access to primary, mental, and oral...
View ArticleNew L.A. SBHC for Special Needs Kids
South Los Angeles children with autism will soon have a school-based health center in their community to meet their special developmental needs. The Los Angeles County Education Foundation‘s $250,000...
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SBHC Grants in the News
In December 2012, 31 school-based health centers (SBHCs) across California received $14.34 million in federal grants in an effort to improve access to primary, mental, and oral health care for...
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Superintendents Urge Funding for SBHCs
Listen to Serena Clayton on KCBS: Report 1 | Report 2. Read the California Healthline report. Nineteen California school superintendents — including State Superintendent Tom Torlakson — have signed on...
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New SBHCs in L.A.
The new SBHC at Dominguez High School in Compton is operated in partnership with St. Johns Well Child & Family Center. Several school-based health centers have held grand openings in the Los...
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Inspiration & Ideas in Long Beach
Hundreds Gather in Long Beach to Network, Learn, and Be Inspired Nearly 400 school administrators, educators, health care providers, and children’s health advocates converged on The Westin Long Beach...
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SBHCs Serve More Than Students
At the Manual Arts High School Wellness Center in Los Angeles, pediatric nurse practitioner Jennie Lien gives 15-month-old Andrew Baptist a medical examination. Andrew’s great-grandmother, Yvonne Lee...
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Educating Youth About Health Insurance
Students at George Washington High School in San Francisco create an informational video about health insurance for other students. School-based health centers throughout California are part of the...
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AB 174 Heads to Senate
AB 174 passed the Assembly Floor on May 29 and is now headed to the Senate, but we still need your help. The bill, co-sponsored by CSHC and the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, would create a...
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Back-to-School Resources
Make sure that all children start the school year off right by ensuring that parents know how to get health coverage for their children with these resources: • A Back-to-School Checklist for Parents...
View ArticleNews Release: CA SBHCs Up 13%
Nearly 230,000 California students in grades k-12 will have access to school-based health care when they return to classes this fall, an increase of more than 25,000 students from just one year ago....
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CA SBHCs Grow in 2013
Students celebrate the opening of LAUSD’s Washington Prep Wellness Center. Photo by The L.A. Trust. School-based health centers (SBHCs) are on the rise in California! There are now 226 SBHCs providing...
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Study Links SBHCs, Student Success
A new study published in the October 2013 Journal of Adolescent Health details the relationship between use of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in San Francisco and student success. The study,...
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Join the School Success Express
The California Endowment’s School Success Express bus tour gives communities the chance to discuss how the historic new Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) can improve schools. See a list of tour...
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Superintendents Urge Funding for SBHCs
Listen to Serena Clayton on KCBS: Report 1 | Report 2. Read the California Healthline report. Nineteen California school superintendents — including State Superintendent Tom Torlakson — have signed on...
View ArticleCommunity Schools Gain Traction Under LCFF
From EdSource: “Efforts to create full-service community schools that focus on serving the “whole child” with a wide array of services are gaining traction under the state’s new funding formula for...
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2014 Youth Conferences Focus on Health Careers
LAUSD high school students at the Y2Y SoCal conference on March 28. More than 120 youth from Northern and Southern California attended two separate conferences in March and April that focused on...
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Bringing Health Care to Youth
By Allison Jarrell, Petaluma Argus-Courier Kyla Ehrenreich, a physicians assistant, gives students a tour of the Petaluma Health Center’s clinic at San Antonio High School. Scott...
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Congressman Visits Vallejo SBHC, Touts H.R. 2632
By Lanz Christian Bañes, Vallejo Times Herald Student health was the topic Thursday during a visit by Rep. Mike Thompson to a Vallejo elementary school. “I’ve got great admiration for what you’re...
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