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The first school-based health centers opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1967), Dallas, Texas (1970), and St. Paul, Minnesota (1973). [7] The first two were launched because their founders believed that school-based health care could provide accessible, affordable health care to poor children.
Brenham state school opened in January 1974, and was the first of the Texas State Schools to be certified as an ICF-MR (Intermediate Care Facility - Mentally/Intellectually Challenged). Brenham State school features a nature area, primarily for use of residents and family members but also available on a limited basis to outside organizations ...
JPS Health Network closed 16 clinics in or near Fort Worth area schools last year after more than a decade of promoting the school-based clinics as an essential access point for underserved children.
The agency's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, along with Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University coordinate the Texas School Survey, [4] a program consisting of two surveys on drug and alcohol abuse, an annual one done at the local school-district level and a biennial statewide survey. The statewide survey, called ...
School-based health centers, or SBHCs, offer physicals, immunizations, eye exams, mental health care and sometimes dental care. At the turn of the century, there were barely 1,000 SBHCs nationwide ...
The number of school-based health centers (SBHCs) has grown across the country from 1,135 in 1998 to roughly 3,900 today, according to the national School-Based Health Alliance. There are more ...
School-based health and nutrition services are provided through the school system to improve the health and well-being of children and in some cases whole families and the broader community. These services have been developed in different ways around the globe, but the fundamentals are constant: the early detection, correction, prevention or ...
The School-Based Health Alliance was founded in 1995. [1] The School-Based Health Alliance advocates for national policies, programs, and funding to expand and strengthen centers, while also supporting the movement with training and technical assistance.