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A push to hire school safety officers awakens an old debate
New York’s school police force is already the largest in the nation by far. There are currently 4,451 employed school safety agents, according to the NYPD – or about one for every 230 students. Los Angeles, the second-largest school district in the nation, employs...
read moreMental health resources available for children this back-to-school season
A pandemic, virtual learning and now inflation are all issues that can impact the family unit – including little ones. “Families have all set of new challenges that they have to deal with,” said Donna Leslie, executive director of Carastar Health. “School itself is...
read moreBiden Administration to Address Mental Health Crisis in Youth
On July 29th, the Biden Administration announced actions to address the decline in youth mental health by awarding funds to increase access to comprehensive mental health services in schools and encouraging governors to take advantage of these funds. Over the years,...
read moreBenefits of School Lunch
School lunch is critical to student health and well-being, especially for low-income students—and ensures that students have nutrition they need throughout the day to learn. Research shows that receiving free or reduced-price school lunches reduces food insecurity,...
read moreDeveloping National Standardized Performance Measures for School-Based Health Centers: The National Quality Initiative
Abstract Background: Despite extensive literature on school-based health center (SBHC) characteristics and outcomes, their quality of care has not been examined nationally. Standardized quality metrics can inform health care delivery and improvement. Methods: SBHC...
read moreNew York State Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus (HWB) Program
New York's essential front line health care and mental hygiene workers have seen us through a once-in-a-century public health crisis and turned our state into a model for battling and beating COVID-19. To attract talented people into the profession at a time of such...
read moreAnticipation grows for simpler school Medicaid reimbursement process
Guidance for schools under the federal healthcare assistance program has not been significantly updated in nearly 20 years. Dive Brief: The federal government will issue guidance later this summer to encourage states to support districts’ Medicaid reimbursements for...
read moreFACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two New Actions to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis
Our nation’s young people are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among youth were on the rise. The pandemic exacerbated those issues, disrupting learning, relationships, and...
read moreNYC plans to end school-based COVID testing program this fall, source says
New York City is planning to end its program to administer weekly coronavirus tests to a random sample of students, Chalkbeat has learned, removing one of the last standing campus COVID safety measures. The decision to discontinue on-site PCR testing after summer...
read more5 school-based health clinics shuttered due to SUNY Downstate budget woes
Five school-based health clinics serving 10 schools in Brooklyn closed last month because of budget constraints, according to a letter from operator SUNY Downstate. Now, families are rallying to try and save the facilities. City officials were “disappointed” with SUNY...
read moreA push to hire school safety officers awakens an old debate
New York’s school police force is already the largest in the nation by far. There are currently 4,451 employed school safety agents, according to the NYPD – or about one for every 230 students. Los Angeles, the second-largest school district in the nation, employs...
read moreMental health resources available for children this back-to-school season
A pandemic, virtual learning and now inflation are all issues that can impact the family unit – including little ones. “Families have all set of new challenges that they have to deal with,” said Donna Leslie, executive director of Carastar Health. “School itself is...
read moreBiden Administration to Address Mental Health Crisis in Youth
On July 29th, the Biden Administration announced actions to address the decline in youth mental health by awarding funds to increase access to comprehensive mental health services in schools and encouraging governors to take advantage of these funds. Over the years,...
read moreBenefits of School Lunch
School lunch is critical to student health and well-being, especially for low-income students—and ensures that students have nutrition they need throughout the day to learn. Research shows that receiving free or reduced-price school lunches reduces food insecurity,...
read moreDeveloping National Standardized Performance Measures for School-Based Health Centers: The National Quality Initiative
Abstract Background: Despite extensive literature on school-based health center (SBHC) characteristics and outcomes, their quality of care has not been examined nationally. Standardized quality metrics can inform health care delivery and improvement. Methods: SBHC...
read moreNew York State Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus (HWB) Program
New York's essential front line health care and mental hygiene workers have seen us through a once-in-a-century public health crisis and turned our state into a model for battling and beating COVID-19. To attract talented people into the profession at a time of such...
read moreAnticipation grows for simpler school Medicaid reimbursement process
Guidance for schools under the federal healthcare assistance program has not been significantly updated in nearly 20 years. Dive Brief: The federal government will issue guidance later this summer to encourage states to support districts’ Medicaid reimbursements for...
read moreFACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two New Actions to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis
Our nation’s young people are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among youth were on the rise. The pandemic exacerbated those issues, disrupting learning, relationships, and...
read moreNYC plans to end school-based COVID testing program this fall, source says
New York City is planning to end its program to administer weekly coronavirus tests to a random sample of students, Chalkbeat has learned, removing one of the last standing campus COVID safety measures. The decision to discontinue on-site PCR testing after summer...
read more5 school-based health clinics shuttered due to SUNY Downstate budget woes
Five school-based health clinics serving 10 schools in Brooklyn closed last month because of budget constraints, according to a letter from operator SUNY Downstate. Now, families are rallying to try and save the facilities. City officials were “disappointed” with SUNY...
read moreA push to hire school safety officers awakens an old debate
New York’s school police force is already the largest in the nation by far. There are currently 4,451 employed school safety agents, according to the NYPD – or about one for every 230 students. Los Angeles, the second-largest school district in the nation, employs...
read moreMental health resources available for children this back-to-school season
A pandemic, virtual learning and now inflation are all issues that can impact the family unit – including little ones. “Families have all set of new challenges that they have to deal with,” said Donna Leslie, executive director of Carastar Health. “School itself is...
read moreBiden Administration to Address Mental Health Crisis in Youth
On July 29th, the Biden Administration announced actions to address the decline in youth mental health by awarding funds to increase access to comprehensive mental health services in schools and encouraging governors to take advantage of these funds. Over the years,...
read moreBenefits of School Lunch
School lunch is critical to student health and well-being, especially for low-income students—and ensures that students have nutrition they need throughout the day to learn. Research shows that receiving free or reduced-price school lunches reduces food insecurity,...
read moreDeveloping National Standardized Performance Measures for School-Based Health Centers: The National Quality Initiative
Abstract Background: Despite extensive literature on school-based health center (SBHC) characteristics and outcomes, their quality of care has not been examined nationally. Standardized quality metrics can inform health care delivery and improvement. Methods: SBHC...
read moreNew York State Health Care and Mental Hygiene Worker Bonus (HWB) Program
New York's essential front line health care and mental hygiene workers have seen us through a once-in-a-century public health crisis and turned our state into a model for battling and beating COVID-19. To attract talented people into the profession at a time of such...
read moreAnticipation grows for simpler school Medicaid reimbursement process
Guidance for schools under the federal healthcare assistance program has not been significantly updated in nearly 20 years. Dive Brief: The federal government will issue guidance later this summer to encourage states to support districts’ Medicaid reimbursements for...
read moreFACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Two New Actions to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis
Our nation’s young people are facing an unprecedented mental health crisis. Even before the pandemic, rates of depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts among youth were on the rise. The pandemic exacerbated those issues, disrupting learning, relationships, and...
read moreNYC plans to end school-based COVID testing program this fall, source says
New York City is planning to end its program to administer weekly coronavirus tests to a random sample of students, Chalkbeat has learned, removing one of the last standing campus COVID safety measures. The decision to discontinue on-site PCR testing after summer...
read more5 school-based health clinics shuttered due to SUNY Downstate budget woes
Five school-based health clinics serving 10 schools in Brooklyn closed last month because of budget constraints, according to a letter from operator SUNY Downstate. Now, families are rallying to try and save the facilities. City officials were “disappointed” with SUNY...
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