HSPF Learning Collaborative Symposium
The Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative hosted its seventh in-person convening on July 16 – 17, 2019, in Washington, DC. Over 100 individuals attended including representatives from 14 states, three federal agencies and over 20 national partner organizations.
The symposium highlighted the strong progress being made by state teams and national partners. Healthy Students Campaign and Trust for America’s Health applaud the incredible work being done to increase access to Medicaid services in schools and to promote safe and supportive school environments. The meeting’s agenda, meeting materials and resources from our national partners can be found below.
Meeting Materials
Wendy Ellis, Building Community Resilience
Deb Temkin, Child Trends; Kristen Harper, Child Trends; Robert Hull, National Association of State Boards of Education; Lena O'Rourke, Healthy Schools Campaign
Kirsten Beronio, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Melinda Hollinshead, Public Consulting Group
Hayley Love and Suzanne Mackey, School-Based Health Alliance
Rebecca Gudeman, National Center for Youth Law
Amanda Martin, Center for Rural Health Innovation
Adam Wilk, Emory University; Valeria Williams, The Child Health Readiness Group
Sandra Williamson, American Institutes for Research; Anne Mathews-Younes, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; Valerie Sims Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Adolescent and School Health; Sarah Lee, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Healthy Schools Branch
Shannon Huska, Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing; Jodi Patton, Nevada Division of Health Care Financing and Policy; Melinda Hollinshead, Public Consulting Group
Eric Rossen, National Association of School Psychologists; Amy Edwards, Virginia Department of Education; Mike Leathead, Michigan Department of Education
Additional Resources
- The Building Community Resilience Collaborative
- Free Care Reversal State Activity Brief (Community Catalyst, Healthy Schools Campaign and Trust for America’s Health)
- Joint Guidance to States and School Systems on Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Issues in Schools (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
- National Association of State Boards of Education’s State Policy Database on School Health
- National Association of State Boards of Education’s State Board Insight
- Examining Chronic Absence through a Student Health Lens (National Association of State Boards of Education, Healthy Schools Campaign and Attendance Works)
- State School Psychology Credentialing Requirements (National Association of School Psychologists)
- Federal Commission on School Safety Report
- National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments
- National Center for Healthy Safe Children
