The Center for Health and Health care in Schools supports the good health of children and adolescents by working with parents, teachers, health professionals and school administrators to strengthen successful health programs at school.

This web site combines information on key school health issues with guidance on organizational and financing challenges. High-quality school health programs are the most direct, efficient ways to assure that all children get the help they need to lead healthy and productive lives.

New Grant Alerts

School-Based Health Center Capital Program
The purpose of this funding is to address significant and pressing capital needs to improve delivery and support expansion...

Banking on Youth Competition
The Consumer Bankers Association Foundation and banks across the United States have partnered with Ashoka's Youth Venture...

Responsible Sports Community Grant
Liberty Mutual provides grants to non-profit youth sports organizations and educational athletic programs to help...

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News Alerts

Social-Emotional Learning Gets Prominent Mention in Draft Federal Education Legislation
April 10, 2012. News from our colleagues at CASEL... “For the first time ever, both houses of Congress have included social...
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Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows
April 10, 2012. Birth Rates for U.S. Teenagers Reach Historic Lows for All Age and Ethnic Groups , a new data brief...
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Weekly Insider

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools Weekly Insider is a web-enhanced newsletter that offers news alerts, grant announcements and general web site updates delivered directly to your email on a weekly basis.

This week’s issue – May 2-8, 2012

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What's Happening?

A November 2011 Health Affairs article by Center staff Donna Behrens & Julia Lear asks why dental care is out of reach for many kids and how in-school care can help.



To read the full article, click here.




The Impacts of School-Based Behavioral and Emotional Health Interventions on Educational Performance is an annotated bibliography that describes recent rigorous research from peer-reviewed literature.

 

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Test your knowledge!

Approximately how many school-based health centers are currently operating in the United States?

a. 100

b. 5,000

c. 2,000

d. 1,000



Teens Run DC

 

Teens Run DC is helping at-risk young people meet life and fitness goals through a school-linked running program.

In 2010, Teens Run DC began collaborating with Olga Acosta Price, director of CHHCS, for help with program development and evaluation design.