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Montefiore gets $4.5M to invest in school behavioral health programs
Crains Health Pulse New York The Montefiore Health System’s school health program will get $4.5 million for behavioral health programs this year, thanks to funding secured by New York leadership in Congress, Montefiore has announced. The support is part of a federal...
read moreTelemedicine Could Help Keep Kids in Class
After telemedicine was implemented, the researchers found that students in grades 3-8 who had access to telemedicine at school missed on average 10 percent fewer days of school (.8 days in a typical school year) and were 29 percent less likely to become chronically...
read moreNYC Nurses Go on strike at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Hospitals
More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday, forcing the health centers into a frantic flurry to move patients, divert ambulances and scale back other services, including their school-based health centers (sbhcs). After failing...
read moreSchool-based health clinics a ‘game changer,’ especially for rural students
WSKG | By Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo, Report for America corps member Published January 5, 2023 Bassett Healthcare runs the largest school-based health network in rural New York. It has locations in Schoharie, Chenango, Otsego and Broome counties. At school-based health...
read moreSchool-Based Health Centers in Oneida County
CNYhomepage.com Published 12/29/2022 ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – For some, getting to the doctor with their child is not an easy task. But luckily, there are four School-Based Health Alliance locations across Oneida County. Rich Williams, Chief Operating...
read moreHHS Invests Nearly $27 Million to Expand Support for Pediatric Mental Health Care
Three national organizations also will receive a total of $3.2 million to provide technical assistance to grantees including the School-Based Health Alliance The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services...
read moreWe Need More Health Clinics at Schools
In-school clinics improve well-being and educational outcomes and serve children who need them most After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it's clearer than ever that schools are more than just places to learn: they are vital safe spaces...
read moreBassett School-Based Health Center earns $5K award from Excellus. Where the funds will go.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named Bassett’s School-Based Health Center (SBHC) program as a 2022 recipient of its $5,000 Community Health Award. Practice Manager Jane Hamilton, RN, and Courtney Graham, FNP, accepted the funding on behalf of SBHC during a visit...
read moreJust over half of U.S. public schools offer mental health assessments for students; fewer offer treatment
Citing an “unprecedented mental health crisis” among young people in the United States, the Biden administration recently announced new funding to expand mental health services in the nation’s K-12 schools. While school-based mental health services have become more...
read moreMedicaid Changes Could Provide a Big Boost to School Mental Health Services
As the founder of a public residential high school in Baton Rouge, La., Sarah Broome saw Medicaid as a logical way to pay for much-needed student mental health services. Many students at Thrive Academy came from low-income families and had a history of trauma. Broome...
read moreMontefiore gets $4.5M to invest in school behavioral health programs
Crains Health Pulse New York The Montefiore Health System’s school health program will get $4.5 million for behavioral health programs this year, thanks to funding secured by New York leadership in Congress, Montefiore has announced. The support is part of a federal...
read moreTelemedicine Could Help Keep Kids in Class
After telemedicine was implemented, the researchers found that students in grades 3-8 who had access to telemedicine at school missed on average 10 percent fewer days of school (.8 days in a typical school year) and were 29 percent less likely to become chronically...
read moreNYC Nurses Go on strike at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Hospitals
More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday, forcing the health centers into a frantic flurry to move patients, divert ambulances and scale back other services, including their school-based health centers (sbhcs). After failing...
read moreSchool-based health clinics a ‘game changer,’ especially for rural students
WSKG | By Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo, Report for America corps member Published January 5, 2023 Bassett Healthcare runs the largest school-based health network in rural New York. It has locations in Schoharie, Chenango, Otsego and Broome counties. At school-based health...
read moreSchool-Based Health Centers in Oneida County
CNYhomepage.com Published 12/29/2022 ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – For some, getting to the doctor with their child is not an easy task. But luckily, there are four School-Based Health Alliance locations across Oneida County. Rich Williams, Chief Operating...
read moreHHS Invests Nearly $27 Million to Expand Support for Pediatric Mental Health Care
Three national organizations also will receive a total of $3.2 million to provide technical assistance to grantees including the School-Based Health Alliance The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services...
read moreWe Need More Health Clinics at Schools
In-school clinics improve well-being and educational outcomes and serve children who need them most After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it's clearer than ever that schools are more than just places to learn: they are vital safe spaces...
read moreBassett School-Based Health Center earns $5K award from Excellus. Where the funds will go.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named Bassett’s School-Based Health Center (SBHC) program as a 2022 recipient of its $5,000 Community Health Award. Practice Manager Jane Hamilton, RN, and Courtney Graham, FNP, accepted the funding on behalf of SBHC during a visit...
read moreJust over half of U.S. public schools offer mental health assessments for students; fewer offer treatment
Citing an “unprecedented mental health crisis” among young people in the United States, the Biden administration recently announced new funding to expand mental health services in the nation’s K-12 schools. While school-based mental health services have become more...
read moreMedicaid Changes Could Provide a Big Boost to School Mental Health Services
As the founder of a public residential high school in Baton Rouge, La., Sarah Broome saw Medicaid as a logical way to pay for much-needed student mental health services. Many students at Thrive Academy came from low-income families and had a history of trauma. Broome...
read moreMontefiore gets $4.5M to invest in school behavioral health programs
Crains Health Pulse New York The Montefiore Health System’s school health program will get $4.5 million for behavioral health programs this year, thanks to funding secured by New York leadership in Congress, Montefiore has announced. The support is part of a federal...
read moreTelemedicine Could Help Keep Kids in Class
After telemedicine was implemented, the researchers found that students in grades 3-8 who had access to telemedicine at school missed on average 10 percent fewer days of school (.8 days in a typical school year) and were 29 percent less likely to become chronically...
read moreNYC Nurses Go on strike at Mount Sinai and Montefiore Hospitals
More than 7,000 nurses at two hospitals in New York City went on strike early Monday, forcing the health centers into a frantic flurry to move patients, divert ambulances and scale back other services, including their school-based health centers (sbhcs). After failing...
read moreSchool-based health clinics a ‘game changer,’ especially for rural students
WSKG | By Phoebe Taylor-Vuolo, Report for America corps member Published January 5, 2023 Bassett Healthcare runs the largest school-based health network in rural New York. It has locations in Schoharie, Chenango, Otsego and Broome counties. At school-based health...
read moreSchool-Based Health Centers in Oneida County
CNYhomepage.com Published 12/29/2022 ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – For some, getting to the doctor with their child is not an easy task. But luckily, there are four School-Based Health Alliance locations across Oneida County. Rich Williams, Chief Operating...
read moreHHS Invests Nearly $27 Million to Expand Support for Pediatric Mental Health Care
Three national organizations also will receive a total of $3.2 million to provide technical assistance to grantees including the School-Based Health Alliance The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services...
read moreWe Need More Health Clinics at Schools
In-school clinics improve well-being and educational outcomes and serve children who need them most After more than two years of disrupted lessons during the pandemic, it's clearer than ever that schools are more than just places to learn: they are vital safe spaces...
read moreBassett School-Based Health Center earns $5K award from Excellus. Where the funds will go.
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield has named Bassett’s School-Based Health Center (SBHC) program as a 2022 recipient of its $5,000 Community Health Award. Practice Manager Jane Hamilton, RN, and Courtney Graham, FNP, accepted the funding on behalf of SBHC during a visit...
read moreJust over half of U.S. public schools offer mental health assessments for students; fewer offer treatment
Citing an “unprecedented mental health crisis” among young people in the United States, the Biden administration recently announced new funding to expand mental health services in the nation’s K-12 schools. While school-based mental health services have become more...
read moreMedicaid Changes Could Provide a Big Boost to School Mental Health Services
As the founder of a public residential high school in Baton Rouge, La., Sarah Broome saw Medicaid as a logical way to pay for much-needed student mental health services. Many students at Thrive Academy came from low-income families and had a history of trauma. Broome...
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