| School Health Bulletin - July 15, 2010 |
Making it Personal
"When high school senior Scott Munoz first arrived at Canby High School a few years ago, he had some serious problems. But thanks to help from a dedicated counselor at the school and the school's intervention-prevention program, Munoz turned his life around." Trevor Lockwood, the Director of the Canby HS School-Based Health Center, leads Reconnecting Youth, a science-based intervention-prevention program for reducing high school dropouts, drug involvement, violence, depression and suicide risk behaviors. Read the article, by Peggy Savage, with the Canby Herald Online, HERE. |
HRSA Funding - Oregon Conference Call
Ask your questions, share ideas and resources with your peers
Your Oregon SBHC Network is hosting a conference call next
Tuesday, June 20, at 11:00am for all qualified parties in Oregon who plan to request funding through the Federal SBHC Capital Program (requests are due July 30).
The purpose of the call is to
- share the most up to date information that we have about the funding guidelines
- exchange ideas for funding requests and strategies
- discuss specific challenges in this competitive funding process
This call is for persons who are already informed about the grant guidelines as previously posted and discussed. If you are not yet up to speed, please visit NASBHC's archive of material HERE.
This call has been purposefully scheduled one hour after NASBHC's webinar on Tuesday (next article), so that you will have to time to digest information and call in with your questions.
The conference number is 712-432-1620 and the password is 123666#. We look forward to speaking with you next Tuesday, June 20!
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Telemedicine Equipment & Information
How to use your HRSA grant money - WEBINAR
Looking to spend your Affordable Care Act (ACA) School Health Centers Capital Program money on telemedicine, but don't know where to begin?
For the answer to this question and more, join NASBHC for a
free informational webinar Tuesday, July 20 at 9am PST.
The purpose of the webinar is to explain what telemedicine equipment is available to purchase, how you can use it, and how it will further assist your ability to administer services.
Register for the NASBHC webinar - CLICK HERE.
Send questions for NASBHC in advance of the webinar to: info@nasbhc.org.
Visit www.nasbhc.org/federalgrants for more information on HRSA grant application and equipment suggestions.
Space is limited.
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Federal Incentives for using certified EHR technology
WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced final rules to help improve Americans' health, increase safety and reduce health care costs through expanded use of electronic health records (EHR).
Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009, eligible health care professionals and hospitals can qualify for Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments when they adopt certified EHR technology and use it to achieve specified objectives.
One of the two regulations announced today defines the "meaningful use" objectives that providers must meet to qualify for the bonus payments, and the other regulation identifies the technical capabilities required for certified EHR technology.
Read the full article HERE.
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Is inequality making us sick?
The Archimedes Movement (www.wecandobetter.org) with support from the NW Health Foundation, is hosting a tour through Oregon's rural communities, featuring video clips of the PBS documentary, "Unnatural Causes", followed by lively community discussions about health priorities. Click on a link for more info:
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ASIST
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
August 11 & 12, 2010, 8:30am - 4:30pm
Bethany Presbyterian Church
Grants Pass, OR
Cost: $65.00
Deadline to Register: August 1, 2010
Contact: Jennifer Perry, 541-218-4539
jperry@collegedreams.org
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Network seeks Silent Auction Donations
Featuring Oregon's finest at the 2010 Annual Conference!
During your summer recreations around the state, please consider requesting donations that could be of value to the Network's silent auction during this October's Annual Conference.
As a reminder, we are encouraging each SBHC system to donate a basket of goods or services to the silent auction as a fun way to bring us all together to celebrate the many riches of Oregon.
Chances are, if you enjoy the sites, services or products particular to a specific region of Oregon, someone else will deem them worthy of bidding at our conference.
Many businesses will make in-kind donations of goods and services to non-profits when requested and presented with a letter outlining the cause and tax benefits. Download our donation request letter and pledge form at www.osbhcn.org/conference10/auction.
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Thank you Conference Sponsors!
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SUPPORT THE NETWORK
Please donate today!
CLICK HERE
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Oregon's Senators Wyden and Merkley support school-based health care!
Read the letter
in which they urge the sub-committee of the Senate appropriations committee to fund the SBHC program
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More Resources
on the CORE
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Network with us on GoogleGroups
The Network has launched a professional networking group of more than 200 SBHC professionals - practitioners, administrators and partners. If you would like to join, send your request to info@osbhcn.org.
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Network Staff
Paula Hester
Executive Director
Liz Smith-Currie
Policy Director
Jennifer Melo
Program Director
Betse Thielman
Healthy Kids in School
Program Director
Jennifer Sansom
Operations Coordinator
(503)-813-6400
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Network seeks
board members
The Network seeks to expand its
board with members to support and further its mission to advance access
to quality health care for children and youth.
Read more here |
Conference Update
CALL TO SPONSORS
The Network has published sponsorship opportunities for the 2010 conference in October.
Please email
Paula Hester
if you have a sponsorship connection to share with the Network.
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