by Diana Procopis | Sep 29, 2020 | News
Elementary school students will start in-person classes today — returning to school buildings for the first time since March 13 — while middle and high schools are set to reopen on Thursday. Almost no students will attend school five days a week. Instead, children...
by Diana Procopis | Sep 28, 2020 | News
“The absence of these vital health care services may have lifelong consequences for these vulnerable children, and I call on states, pediatric providers, families, and schools to ensure children catch up,” CMS administrator Seema Verma said in a statement. Among the...
by Diana Procopis | Sep 28, 2020 | News
We know that school-based dental services have become a crucial way to connect low-income students, particularly students of color, with oral health care and education. And ensuring that every child — regardless of their background — has access to oral health care is...
by Diana Procopis | Sep 25, 2020 | News
School administration will be among the first to receive the earliest and most available doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Viju Jacob, the associate medical director for SBHC at Urban Health Pan states, “The opportunity is there because most parts of the country are at...
by Diana Procopis | Sep 18, 2020 | News
As children and families prepare to begin months of virtual learning, hundreds of thousands of low-income children are dealing with another hidden consequence of closed schools — no access to dental care. We know that school-based dental services have become a crucial...
