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LAUSD Earmarks $50 Million for SBHCs
By Thomas Himes, Los Angeles Daily News Los Angeles Unified is poised to expand its efforts to make access to health care easier for schoolchildren with an allocation of $50 million for wellness...
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With Youth Depression, Young People Often the ‘First Responders’
By Zachary Forster and Peter Schurmann, New American Media High school sophomore Kelly Morimoto says when her friend first came to her to talk about his depression she was “shocked.” No one, after all,...
View ArticleNew SBHC OK’d for Merced’s Livingston High
Merced Union High School District is set to open a new school-based health center in summer 2015 and it will be the first such facility in Merced County. You can read more about this planned SBHC from...
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Bring Oral Health Care to California’s Schoolchildren
California School-Based Health Alliance & Children Now If families are eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, it’s important to get their children enrolled. But a critical step for California...
View ArticleRural SBHCs Increasing in Central Valley
This article appeared in California Healthline on April 13, 2015. By Alice Daniel, California Healthline Regional Correspondent LIVINGSTON — Salina Mendoza grew up in a tiny unincorporated community...
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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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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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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: 1. 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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Health Access Grows for Students in CA
Students and faculty join CA Rep. Doris Matsui in celebrating the opening of the Hiram Johnson SBHC in Sacramento in March 2015. School-based health care is growing in California and providing more...
View ArticleSchool Health Care Remains Popular in CA
School-based health care is growing in California and providing more services and health care access for students. There are now 246 school-based health centers (SBHCs) providing high-quality health...
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