The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools located at George Washington University (Washington), was established by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) with a $2.64 million grant to strengthen the well-being of children and youth through health programs and health care services in schools.

It grew out of a program funded by RWJF: Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers.

Key Results
From February 2001 through August 2005, the Center for Health and Health Care in Schools served as:

• A resource center (primarily Web-based) on school health services for school nurses, staff of school-based health centers, school administrators, teachers, researchers, parents and school children.
  • It developed many free Web-based resources about school health programs and services. The center's Web site routinely generated 15,000–18,000 unduplicated visits per week.
• The national program office for a program the center called Caring for Kids: Expanding Dental and Mental Health Services through School-Based Health Centers, which was funded by RWJF and worked to expand dental and mental health services through school-based health centers. Under this program:
  • Eight projects in seven states expanded mental health services in 17 schools.
  • Seven projects in six states provided dental services in 17 schools.

In recognition of its role in school health, the center received the 2005 Uskhow Community Service Award from the American Academy of Pediatrics' School Health Council.