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Maryland Locks in Financial Security for School-Based Health Centers
Making the Grade: State/Local Partnerships for School-Based Health Centers
From 1994 to 2001, the State of Maryland Executive Department, Office for Children, Youth and Families (now called the Governor's Office for Children) further developed school-based health centers in the state, established new centers, developed the state's infrastructure to support the centers, and created a statewide organization of school-based health centers.
The project was part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers national program.
Key Results:
- The Maryland School-Based Health Care Initiative created four model school-based health centers in Montgomery and Talbot counties.
- The number of school-based health centers in Maryland grew from 14 in 1993 to 61 in 2001.
- Guidelines developed by the state have helped standardize the scope of services offered by the centers.
- The Maryland School-Based Health Care Initiative secured ongoing support from general state funds to support school-based health centers.
- The project team helped form the Maryland Assembly on School-Based Health Care, which has become a mechanism for information dissemination, technical assistance and support for school-based health centers.
Making the Grade Project Results
Individual project results from the RWJF national program, Making the Grade: State and Local Partnerships to Establish School-Based Health Centers
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