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School-Based Health Centers Gain Ground in Rhode Island
Making the Grade: State/Local Partnerships for School-Based Health Centers
From 1994 to 2002, staff at Rhode Island Department of Health created four new school-based health centers (SBHCs), helped secure core funding from the state and worked with state agencies and other decision-makers to create more favorable state policies and stable funding for the 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 Rhode Island Making the Grade project:
- Created four new school-based health centers in Woonsocket and Pawtucket counties, bringing the state total to seven.
- Helped secure core funding for school-based health centers from the state.
- Created a state office to support school-based health centers.
- Instituted data collection and monitoring through a standardized data report form.
- Created the Rhode Island Assembly on School-Based Health Care to organize support for the 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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