Committees

Steering Committee

SHC works with a Steering Committee of health care providers, school officials and other stakeholders to rebuild School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs), achieve a higher standard of care in SBHCs, and identify strategies to ensure the sustainability of SBHCs in the Metro area.

SHC Steering Committee:

• City of New Orleans
• Daughters of Charity of New Orleans Seton Resource Center for Child Development
• Jefferson Parish Human Services Authority
• Jefferson Parish Schools
• Louisiana Department of Education – Recovery School District
• Louisiana Office of Public Health – Adolescent School Health Initiative
• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
• Methodist Health System Foundation, Inc.
• Metropolitan Human Services District
• Orleans Parish Schools
• The Louisiana Assembly of School Based Health Care
• Tulane University Health Sciences Center

In additional to the original twelve steering committee members, the following organizations actively participate on SHC committees:

• Algiers Charters Schools Association
• Baptist Community Ministries
• Center for Empowered Decision Making
• Childrens Bureau of New Orleans
• Childrens Defense Fund
• Childrens Health Fund
• Communities in Schools
• Healthy Lifestyles
• Heart to Heart
• Institute of Mental Hygiene
• Louisiana Spirit
• New Orleans Adolescent Hospital
• Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
• Ran Corporation
• Save the Children
• St. Bernard Parish Schools
• The Eyes Have It
• The University of New Orleans

Behavioral Health Subcommittee

SHCs Behavioral Health Subcommittee is comprised of school-based behavioral health providers, school administrators, and other interested organizations located in the New Orleans Metropolitan area. The behavioral health providers offer a wide range of programs and services and this committee serves as venue to share this programmatic information. One of this committees main goals is to match behavioral health resources with schools needs.

*Communications, Advocacy, Policy,and Sustainability
Subcommittee*

Program Planning, Facilities, and Standards Subcommittee

Research, Evaluation, and Health Information Technology Subcommittee