Crossposted from the Washington School-Based Health Alliance Registration is now open! The Washington School-Based Health Alliance is pleased to host a virtual state conference May 2-3, the Student Health Summit 2023: School-Based Health Care for Health & Educational Justice. Read more and register! We hope you will join us!
On March 29, 2023 the Rainier Beach High School School-Based Health Center (SBHC) hosted Anita Whitfield, King County’s Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer to learn more about the critical services they provide. They were joined by leadership from Public Health–Seattle & King County (PHSKC) and Rainier Beach High School. SBHC Manager, Kerren Buchanan said of…
Crossposted from the Washington School-Based Health Alliance The Washington School-Based Health Alliance (WA SBHA) will be creating a youth video montage to share at the Student Health Summit 2023 on May 2-3. This video will highlight the importance of school-based health care and the impact school-based health centers (SBHCs) have in the lives of youth. WA SBHA is…
Crossposted from King County Executive Office Summary King County Executive Dow Constantine announced a new partnership with Ballmer Group to invest more than $2.4 million in expanding access to a broad range of health care, including mental health supports in school-based health centers through 2025. Story As young people across the nation are facing unprecedented…
Crossposted from the Washington School-Based Health Alliance Registration is now open for the 2023 National School-Based Health Care Conference June 26-28, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Join the national School-Based Health Alliance for its annual conference, “Celebrating and Growing the Workforce,” at American University Washington School of Law. In addition to the keynote speakers, this conference will feature…
The School-Based Partnerships team at Public Health–Seattle & King County (PHSKC) was thrilled to visit the Robert Eagle Staff Middle School School-Based Health Center (SBHC) on March 15. They were joined by staff and representatives from Neighborcare Health (the sponsor organization for the SBHC) including Chief Executive Officer, Rashad Collins. Staff from Seattle Public Schools…
Crossposted from the Washington State Department of Health The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) invites Washingtonians to apply to the School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Community Advisory Board. Who they’re looking for: Young people (ages 16-21), parents or guardians, school staff, health care providers, and community members. DOH welcomes applications from Washingtonians who are passionate…
Crossposted from King County Executive, Dow Constantine King County declared racism as a public health crisis in 2020, recognizing that governments need to acknowledge and respond by undoing the centuries of harms of systemic racism in our society and equitably invest in dismantling racism and protecting the health and well-being of Black, Indigenous and People of Color so that all communities thrive. Envisioned jointly by community members and King County in August 2021…
At Public Health–Seattle & King County, we regularly hear the challenges that our school-based health center partners face in engaging young people in youth advisory councils and other youth leadership opportunities. We all know how critical it is to engage young people in our clinics to ensure the highest quality services for them. But how…
Crossposted from the National School-Based Health Alliance The School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) seeks new members to join our Youth Advisory Council (YAC) as part of ongoing efforts to amplify the youth voices in school-based health care. Youth who have current or prior access to a school-based health center (SBHC), are working to address health care issues affecting young people, and are…
Public Health — Seattle & King County is requesting applications from community health service providers that seek an investment from the City of Seattle’s Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise (FEPP) Levy approved by voters in November 2018. Pre-application conference Public Health – Seattle & King County (PHSKC) will conduct a pre-Application conference for this RFA. This conference…
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