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School-Based Health Centers Take Root in Vermont, But on Rocky Ground
Making the Grade: State/Local Partnerships for School-Based Health Centers
From 1994 to 2001, the Vermont Agency of Human Services established a total of five school-based health centers (SBHCs) in four communities, and provided technical assistance to these and other centers providing school-linked and other health care services for children.
The project was part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers national program.
Key Results: The Vermont Making the Grade project:
- Selected partners in four communities (three rural towns and Burlington, the state's largest city) and helped them establish a total of five school-based health centers.
- The state project office provided technical assistance to these communities, as well as providing school-linked and other health care services for children.
- School-based health care was integrated into other projects to promote child health, such as school liaisons to help coordinate child health services.
- State policies and programs were adjusted to allow school-based health centers to bill Medicaid for services, but this funding proved insufficient; when RWJF funding ended, the state commitment to ensuring the long-term sustainability of school-based health centers remained in question.
Making the Grade Project Results
Individual project results from the RWJF national program, Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers
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