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Children’s Aid NYC National Nurses Month Spotlight: Caitlin Griffin
When Caitlin Griffin started searching for jobs in New York City, she knew she wanted to take her career in a new direction. She started reaching New York City nonprofits and came across Children’s Aid. “I looked at the website,” she said, “and I thought it would be...
read moreGovernor Hochul Announces First Recipients of $4M Mental Health Scholarship Program
For Immediate Release: 4/11/2023 GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES FIRST RECIPIENTS OF THE $4 MILLION MENTAL HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Funding Will Increase Retention and Completion Rates of Underrepresented Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the Mental Health Field ...
read moreNew York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations
Blog Post 3/22/23 Link to original post New York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations Two of our staff members had the pleasure of attending the New York School-Based Health Alliance annual conference in Cooperstown, New York, on March 17 –...
read moreAdvocates, students and educators call for ban on flavored tobacco products in New York
CNY Central by Emma Misiasze Mon, March 13th 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. — Students, educators and parents joined together Monday to call on state lawmakers to end the sale of flavored tobacco in New York and increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1. Members of the NYS PTA, NYS...
read moreBassett Valentine’s Soirée Raises More Than $250,000 for School-Based Health
'This year’s Soirée paid tribute to two individuals who have been key to the 30-year-long success of Bassett’s School-Based Health Program – Chris Kjolhede, MD, MPH, Bassett pediatrician and program co-director, and Jane V. Hamilton, RN, practice manager. They have a...
read moreNYS Expires Health Emergency Face Covering Mandate
Updated guidance released requires Article 28 facilities to develop their own policies based on CDC mask guidance. See links below. Per the memo: "Facilities or entities regulated under Articles 28, 36, and 40 should develop and implement policies for personnel and...
read moreNorth Country FHC Celebrates SBHC Awareness Month
April Fallon from North Country Family Health Center and Heather Lupia, the Administrator for School-Based Health Centers speak to ABC50's Ask the Expert about the importance of School-Based Health Center Awareness Month and resources available in North Country...
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 moreChildren’s Aid NYC National Nurses Month Spotlight: Caitlin Griffin
When Caitlin Griffin started searching for jobs in New York City, she knew she wanted to take her career in a new direction. She started reaching New York City nonprofits and came across Children’s Aid. “I looked at the website,” she said, “and I thought it would be...
read moreGovernor Hochul Announces First Recipients of $4M Mental Health Scholarship Program
For Immediate Release: 4/11/2023 GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES FIRST RECIPIENTS OF THE $4 MILLION MENTAL HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Funding Will Increase Retention and Completion Rates of Underrepresented Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the Mental Health Field ...
read moreNew York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations
Blog Post 3/22/23 Link to original post New York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations Two of our staff members had the pleasure of attending the New York School-Based Health Alliance annual conference in Cooperstown, New York, on March 17 –...
read moreAdvocates, students and educators call for ban on flavored tobacco products in New York
CNY Central by Emma Misiasze Mon, March 13th 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. — Students, educators and parents joined together Monday to call on state lawmakers to end the sale of flavored tobacco in New York and increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1. Members of the NYS PTA, NYS...
read moreBassett Valentine’s Soirée Raises More Than $250,000 for School-Based Health
'This year’s Soirée paid tribute to two individuals who have been key to the 30-year-long success of Bassett’s School-Based Health Program – Chris Kjolhede, MD, MPH, Bassett pediatrician and program co-director, and Jane V. Hamilton, RN, practice manager. They have a...
read moreNYS Expires Health Emergency Face Covering Mandate
Updated guidance released requires Article 28 facilities to develop their own policies based on CDC mask guidance. See links below. Per the memo: "Facilities or entities regulated under Articles 28, 36, and 40 should develop and implement policies for personnel and...
read moreNorth Country FHC Celebrates SBHC Awareness Month
April Fallon from North Country Family Health Center and Heather Lupia, the Administrator for School-Based Health Centers speak to ABC50's Ask the Expert about the importance of School-Based Health Center Awareness Month and resources available in North Country...
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 moreChildren’s Aid NYC National Nurses Month Spotlight: Caitlin Griffin
When Caitlin Griffin started searching for jobs in New York City, she knew she wanted to take her career in a new direction. She started reaching New York City nonprofits and came across Children’s Aid. “I looked at the website,” she said, “and I thought it would be...
read moreGovernor Hochul Announces First Recipients of $4M Mental Health Scholarship Program
For Immediate Release: 4/11/2023 GOVERNOR HOCHUL ANNOUNCES FIRST RECIPIENTS OF THE $4 MILLION MENTAL HEALTH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM Funding Will Increase Retention and Completion Rates of Underrepresented Undergraduate and Graduate Students in the Mental Health Field ...
read moreNew York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations
Blog Post 3/22/23 Link to original post New York SBHA conference highlights engagement, data innovations Two of our staff members had the pleasure of attending the New York School-Based Health Alliance annual conference in Cooperstown, New York, on March 17 –...
read moreAdvocates, students and educators call for ban on flavored tobacco products in New York
CNY Central by Emma Misiasze Mon, March 13th 2023 ALBANY, N.Y. — Students, educators and parents joined together Monday to call on state lawmakers to end the sale of flavored tobacco in New York and increase the state’s cigarette tax by $1. Members of the NYS PTA, NYS...
read moreBassett Valentine’s Soirée Raises More Than $250,000 for School-Based Health
'This year’s Soirée paid tribute to two individuals who have been key to the 30-year-long success of Bassett’s School-Based Health Program – Chris Kjolhede, MD, MPH, Bassett pediatrician and program co-director, and Jane V. Hamilton, RN, practice manager. They have a...
read moreNYS Expires Health Emergency Face Covering Mandate
Updated guidance released requires Article 28 facilities to develop their own policies based on CDC mask guidance. See links below. Per the memo: "Facilities or entities regulated under Articles 28, 36, and 40 should develop and implement policies for personnel and...
read moreNorth Country FHC Celebrates SBHC Awareness Month
April Fallon from North Country Family Health Center and Heather Lupia, the Administrator for School-Based Health Centers speak to ABC50's Ask the Expert about the importance of School-Based Health Center Awareness Month and resources available in North Country...
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...
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