Central Valley School Health Coalition

Next Meeting: April 30, 2024

Join the California School-Based Health Alliance for our Central Valley School Health Coalition meeting that aims to bring together school-based health partners from across the region!

This event is for Central Valley educators and health, mental health, and other student support practitioners, and the meeting will focus on trauma-informed mental health services at school.

Our next meeting will be during lunch at our statewide annual conference – Building Transformative School Health for California’s Future

Location: Santa Clara Convention Center

Time: Tuesday, April 30, 12:30-1:30 pm

Contact Amy Ranger for Central Valley Scholarship information.

Are you a member of the California School-Based Health Alliance?

Organizations that join as members receive valuable benefits – including discounted registration to our California School Health Conference – and a limited number of complimentary hours of technical assistance. 

About the Central Valley School Health Coalition

There is growing recognition in the role health and well-being plays in the success of students. School-based health centers (SBHCs), defined as health clinics located on or near school campuses where children and youth can get immediate help for acute and chronic conditions as well as preventative care, are positioned to help create more equitable access to care for youth.

The California School-Based Health Alliance’s Student Health Index — designed to identify opportunities to expand health care in schools — revealed that Merced, Madera, Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties are among the top 10 counties with the highest ratio of high need schools to all schools.

Purpose

The purpose of the Central Valley School Health Coalition is to expand and support the SBHC movement, and to facilitate greater engagement, investment, and proliferation of school health services, all of which equate to greater access for youth.

Resources from Past Meetings

Resources