School-Based Health Resource Library

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School-Based health Center resource Library

The Foundation seeks to create a space to share resources, funding opportunities, and events for School-Based Health Center (SBHC) staff and stakeholders. Explore our growing resource library below!

The Future of School-Based Health Centers in New York

Sally Dreslin, Step Two Policy Project

Step Two discusses the future of school-based health centers (SBHCs) in New York. Our latest Policy Brief examines the services SBHCs provide, who they serve, how they are regulated, and how they are funded. The focal point of the discussion is the proposed transition of SBHCs from Medicaid fee-for-service to Medicaid managed care.

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Navigating the Promise of SBHCs: A Guide for Health Care Leaders

Developed by the California School-Based Health Alliance (CSHA)

The CSHA has new guidance for health agencies on how the school-based health center model is different from traditional health care settings, and how medical providers can be successful in delivering quality health care to children and youth in this alternative setting. This document helps to differentiate SBHCs from other practices and equips practitioners, staff, agency leaders and other stakeholders with a deeper understanding on the SBHC model of care.

The Blueprint

Developed by the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

The Blueprint is a resource designed for people to find and utilize tools, examples, guides, and helpful resources in starting an SBHC. It’s also a place where you can share your resources with the school-based health care field. You will encounter resources developed specifically by SBHA and discover resources that are shared directly from other local, state, or national partners making the Blueprint very rich and diverse. There is a little something for everyone.

SBHC Operations 101

Developed by the California School-Based Health Alliance (CSHA)

This is the CSHA's comprehensive resource section for expanding and enhancing school-based health centers (SBHCs) and school health programs. If you’re looking for funding to maintain services, or seeking to improve or expand services, this is the place to find out how to proceed

Principles and Guidelines for SBHCs in New York State

Developed by the New York State Department of Health

This document provides information on the principles, values, and guidelines for school-based health centers (SBHCs) operating in New York state. This includes services, core staffing, relationships between SBHCs and school communities, organization and function, fiscal operations, data management, facility requirements, and quality management and improvement.

New York State Center for School Health Resource Hub

Developed by the New York State Center for School Health (NYSCSH)

This webpage includes a plethora of resources for SBHCs including data reporting, guidelines/memos/laws, professional learning, and sample forms. They also include more specific resources such as immunization resources, HIV/AIDs resources, learning management systems, medication resources, and school medical director resources.

Toolkit for Improving Family Planning Services in School Settings

Developed by Child Trends and the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

This toolkit has two sections to support family planning providers and administrators in designing and delivering high-quality family planning care and programming to youth in school-based settings: Foundational Approaches for Providing Family Planning to Adolescents and Case Studies on Innovative Family Planning Service Delivery Strategies.

Guiding Principles for Sexual Health Education for Young People: A Guide for CBO's

Developed by the NY State Department of Health (DOH)

This guide was developed to provide the background behind each principles of youth-centered, strengths-based, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate sexual health services and to provide strategies that community based organizations (CBO's) can put into action to overcome the challenges associated with fulfilling these principles.

Youth Sexual Health Plan: Promoting Sexual Health through prevention of HIV, STDs, unintended pregnancy, hepatitis C, drug user health and trauma-informed care

Developed by the NY State Department of Health (DOH)

The New York State Sexual Health Plan, consistent with the New York State Department of Health Prevention Agenda, is a guide to ensure accurate sexual health information and quality health services are made available to all New York State youth. The purpose of this document is to provide a sexual health plan that addresses the HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention needs of adolescents and young adults and promote positive, healthy, and informed choices regarding sexual health.

National School-Based Health Alliance School Oral Health Playbook

Developed by the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

School Oral Health Playbook, describes why we need increased oral health services, how to start a program/improve on existing efforts, what programs currently exist and what lessons we can learn from their successes and challenges

Integrating Sustainable Oral Health Services into Primary Care in SBHCs: A Framework

Developed by the National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center

This framework offers ideas for school-based health centers (SBHCs) to consider when integrating sustainable comprehensive oral health services into primary care. Implementing these ideas can improve the quality of care and ultimately the oral health and overall health and well-being of school-age children and adolescents.

Toolkit To Increase Well-Child Visits And Vaccinations In School-Aged Youth

Developed by the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

COVID-19 disrupted in-person learning and routine well-child visits for many children. As a result, too many children have fallen behind on receiving recommended immunizations. We all want our kids to be back in school safely, which means catching them up on missed immunizations. This toolkit is designed for district/school administrators, superintendents, school-based healthcare staff, and community–based healthcare organizations, including staff from state and local public health departments, community health centers, pharmacies, pediatric practices, and health systems.

Resources for Vaccine Providers

Developed by The Campaign to ImmuNYze all New Yorkers

The Campaign to ImmuNYze all New Yorkers is an initiative of the County Health Officials of New York (NYSACHO) bringing together patients, parents, providers and campaign partners to heighten awareness of vaccines and the need to immunize throughout life. The Campaign strives to provide up-to-date, accessible information about childhood immunizations and adult immunizations with the goal of increasing vaccination rates throughout New York State.

Adolescent Substance Use Prevention In School-Based Health Centers

Developed by the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

SBHCs provide access to healthcare for our nation’s most vulnerable youth. Connections to schools, healthcare providers, and community resources can be key elements in addressing these social influencers and ultimately preventing adolescent substance use. This toolkit contains a wide variety of resources designed to support school-based health professionals in implementing SBIRT (Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment) and creating culture shifts related to preventing adolescent substance use.

Race, Equity and Inclusion in School-Based Health Care Webinar

Developed by the National School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

This webinar lays out some of the measures that schools can take to mitigate the effects of adverse conditions that can undermine academic achievement. Practical suggestions regarding actions that schools, districts, and other public agencies can take to support schools will also be presented.

Inclusion and Collaborative Design: School-Based Health Centers (SBHC)

Developed by the Community Psychologist

SBHCs, as outlined, are a policy and systems innovation that promotes inclusion. This model, open and accessible to all students in a school, sends a noticeable message of equity, everyone matters. The collaboration with community nonprofits and the emerging shared-staffing model provides organizational enhancement, assists in academic attainment, improves health outcomes, and affirms belonging, a crucial developmental attribute for historically marginalized youth.

Building a Sustainable Healthy Lifestyle through Program H.E.A.L.T.H

Developed by the Dr. Suanne Kowal-Connelly, of Harmony Healthcare Long Island

Previous NYSBHF Behavioral Health Program Participating organization, Harmony Healthcare Long Island, implemented a wide-sweeping program called Program H.E.A.L.T.H., (Helping Educate and Lead the Transformation of Health). This project worked to address many of the varied components necessary to sustain a healthy lifestyle, such as physical activity, healthy eating, and connecting with the environment and natural world. Dr. Suanne Kowal-Connelly created this excellent posted summarizing the program and its successes. She presented it at the 2024 SBHA National Conference and was awarded first prize.