FEDERAL SCHOOL-BASED HEALTH CENTER AUTHORIZATION CAMPAIGN

NASBHC is asking school health advocates to get involved in four actions to get federal lawmakers' attention, click on the below resources to join the campaign:

1. Call federal lawmakers to urge their support of the SBHC authorization

   • Phone Call Guide 

2. Invite federal lawmakers to tour your center

   • Center Tour Guide 

   • Sample invitation letter

SHOW YOUR CAMPAIGN SPIRIT

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OTHER ADVOCACY TOOLS

• Action Kit featuring "how to" guide for letters to the editor, opinion/ editorials, candidate forums and declarations of support

• NASBHC's School-based health centers site visit guide

• Massachusetts School-Based Health Center tour guide

• National polling data highlights broad public support for school-based health centers (W.K. Kellogg Foundation site)

SCHOOL HEALTH CENTER FACT SHEETS

• School-Based Health Centers Increase Access

• Benefits of School-Based Health Centers

• School-Based Health Center Cost-Savings

• School-Based Health Centers and Mental Health

• School-Based Health Centers: Medicaid and SCHIP

• School-Based Health Centers and Childhood Obesity

• SCHIP and SBHCs:  Unlocking the benefits for children

Teens from Chelsea High School (Chelsea, Massachusetts) thank state Rep. Gloria Fox for her support at rally day for School-Based Health Center Awareness Day at the Massachusetts State House.  The advocacy day was organized by the Massachusetts Coalition for School-Based Health Centers.

Photo Credit: Lolita Parker, Jr.

Louisiana Assembly on School-Based Health Care Executive Director Chip Peters and 16th US Surgeon General David Satcher appear at US Capitol briefing on school-based health centers.

Photo Credit: US Newswire/Kaye Evans-Lutterod