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School Health Centers Get Final Health Reform Grants
By Kelley Weiss, CHCF Center for Health Reporting Federal grants totaling $500,000 will fund new school clinics in Petaluma, among many others in California. (momboleum/Flickr) The last influx of...
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On-Campus Clinics, a Safety Net for Neighborhood Children
By Marnette Federis San Diego School Nurse Gail McLaurin treats a student for asthma at Central Elementary’s on-campus Health and Wellness Center. (Marnette Federis/KQED) Fourteen-year-old Andrea...
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Schools Struggle to Provide Dental Health Safety Net
Dental disease at the intersection of school performance and health for thousands of California children By Jane Meredith Adams, EdSource Today Students learn how to care for their teeth and receive...
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School-Based Health Centers Serve More Than Just Students
By Chris Richard At the Manual Arts High School Wellness Center in Los Angeles, pediatric nurse practitioner Jennie Lien gives 15-month-old Andrew Baptist a medical examination. Andrew’s...
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Schools Provide Vision Testing — Eyeglasses A Bigger Challenge
San Jose student receives eye exam from nonprofit “Vision to Learn.” (Jane Meredith Adams/EdSource Today) By Jane Meredith Adams, EdSource Today It was a good week for the 90 students at Merritt Trace...
View ArticleThat $34 Million Gift to Oakland Includes Millions for School Health Centers,...
An anonymous donor seeking to improve Oakland is investing in education. Nearly a quarter of the donor’s $34 million gift made this week to city organizations is targeted to school health centers,...
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