About Us
The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools (CHHCS) is a nonpartisan resource center at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. CHHCS builds on a 20-year commitment to achieve better health outcomes for children and adolescents through school-connected health programs and services.
The Center pursues this commitment by linking educators and health professionals to the information essential to building effective school health programs; testing new school-connected strategies to achieve better health outcomes for children, and promoting awareness of successful new directions in school-based programming.
Health programs range from those that help students adopt healthy habits to those that foster a physically and emotionally healthy school environment. School-based services include physical and mental health care, dental services, screenings and referrals to community resources, as well as school-located services to support students with special needs.
Current and recent projects undertaken by the Center include
• helping school and health personnel assist newcomer children and their families reduce emotional and behavioral health problems through community partnerships;
• assisting a community service agency and local department of mental health design an evaluation for their school mental health program, and
• developing a policy options paper for a state considering a school-based health center initiative.
The Center's 2,500-page website, healthinschools.org, provides up-to-date information for health professionals, educators and families to assist in promoting the health of children through school-connected programs. No advertising is accepted for the web site.
Staff, Consultants & Advisors Biographical background and email addresses for members of the CHHCS team.
Awards Recognition from our colleagues.
Sponsors and Supporters The Center is indebted to these organizations for their financial support and for their commitment to the health and well-being of children.
Press Releases Press releases issued by CHHCS that document major undertakings by the Center.
