Events

Healthy Schools Campaign is excited to announce the 12th convening of the Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative, featuring Katherine Neas, U.S. Department of Education deputy assistant secretary, and other guest speakers.

Healthy Schools Campaign has developed an interactive map on school Medicaid eligibility, billing and providers, and published a new report that can enable policymakers, school districts, advocates and others to better understand their state school Medicaid program, including its strengths and opportunities for improvement.

The 11th convening of the Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative took place virtually November 9-10, 2021. More than 150 individuals attended, including representatives from 20 states and over a dozen national partner organizations ...

The 11th convening of the Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative featured Dora Hughes, of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation, on addressing health equity in the return to in-person learning.

Healthy Schools Campaign has published two new guidance documents that highlight how state education agencies and school districts can use COVID-relief funding to align spending with key health priorities.

The 10th convening of the Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative featured Bechara Choucair, White House Vaccinations Coordinator, and Mayra Alvarez, president of The Children’s Partnership and member of the Biden-Harris COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.

The Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative hosted a virtual convening December 8-9, 2020. Over 100 individuals attended including representatives from 18 states, three federal agencies and over 15 national partner organizations.

More than 100 individuals attended the December 2020 Healthy Students, Promising Futures Learning Collaborative meeting, including representatives from 18 states, three federal agencies and more than a dozen national partner organizations.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic and guidance from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local public health officials, the staff at Healthy Schools Campaign and Trust for America’s Health decided to hold a virtual meeting instead of the originally planned in-person symposium. The virtual meeting offered participants an opportunity to share progress being made across HSPF state teams. In addition, participants heard from federal officials about their plans to support state and local leader’s efforts to expand school support to students during the pandemic.

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South Carolina is a very rural state with significant health care deserts; for example, some counties have no pediatricians. This creates barriers to care and results in poor health care outcomes and significant health disparities.