King County, Auburn Mountainview High School and Sea Mar Community Health Centers celebrated the opening of the first school-based health center located in the Auburn School District March 7. School-based health centers offer health services to students at their school – usually for no cost and have positive impacts on students’ well-being and school participation. These health…
Not only are school-based health center (SBHC) clinicians smart, empathetic healthcare providers, they are also creative educators! Many King County SBHCs host student advisory councils and other groups where young people get to learn about the healthcare field and strengthen their leadership skills. One of these groups, hosted by provider Olivia Domini of HealthPoint spent…
Crossposted from Best Starts Blog A key feature of Best Starts’ work is deep investment in promotion. While crisis response and intervention are essential in supporting community well-being, promotion creates long-term and sustainable positive impact. Mental health promotion often looks like helping babies, kids, and young people build strong family bonds, community connections, and learn…
We are excited to end National Nurses Week (May 6-12) with a huge THANK YOU to the nurses that staff our school-based health centers (SBHCs). Our SBHCs do the work of comprehensive primary care clinics with very minimal staffing. In community settings, medical providers typically have Medical Assistants (MAs), pharmacists, and other critical medical team…
On May 8, 2024 the Cleveland High School School-Based Health Center (SBHC) team welcomed representatives from the Public Health–Seattle & King County (PHSKC) School-Based Partnerships Program. The SBHC is operated jointly by PHSKC and Kaiser Permanente, offering primary care medical and mental health services to the 850 students who attend Cleveland. It was a joy…
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is excited to announce that they are now accepting applications for the School-Based Health Center (SBHC) grant program. They expect to award one planning grant ($50,000) to plan for a new SBHC and up to six operations grants ($150,000) to sustain, improve, or expand operations at an existing…
Did you know that National School Nurse Day has been celebrated since 1972? That’s FIFTY-TWO years of celebrating our fabulous school-based health partners! Held on the Wednesday of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), School Nurse Day began as a way to help people better understand the vital role school nurses play in student health and…
In May we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month. This month offers us space to reflect on how our school-based health centers (SBHCs) support the mental health and wellbeing of King County students. As part of this, today we highlight the work of four partnerships funded by Public Health–Seattle & King County (PHSKC) to enhance existing…
The Public Health–Seattle & King County Tobacco and Vapor Prevention Program has compiled a number of resources to support school-based health teams in screening for tobacco use and providing appropriate interventions. There are some great tools to support health care professionals to develop their own health education and treatment services–check them out!
Crossposted from the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will soon be accepting Request for Funding Applications (RFA) for additional school-based health center (SBHC) grants. We expect to post the RFA by May 8, 2024, and the application period will close on June 7, 2024. These grant awards…
Crossposted from King County Communities of Opportunity Introduction As of the latest update in 2021, alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis use among students in grades 8, 10, and 12 across King County school districts are on a promising downward trend based on the recently released School District Health Profiles for King County. The King County School…
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