About School Health Connection
School Health Connections (SHC) goal is to improve overall health of students and school communities. SHC coordinates the development and rebuilding of school-based health centers (SBHCs) housed within the New Orleans Metropolitan area, including Orleans, St. Bernard, Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes. This work was initiated through an $8.7 Million W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant award to the Louisiana Public Health Institute(LPHI) to develop and coordinate SHC. In addition, SHC has received two additional grant awards from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, one which focuses on school-based behavioral health and the other will aim to improve SBHC financial sustainability and clinic quality by implementing electronic medical record technology in school clinics. 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
- The Louisiana Assembly of School Based Health Care
- 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
- Tulane University Health Sciences Center
Our Vision
School Health Connection will increase access to health services and improve the health and well-being for students, families, and communities throughout the New Orleans Metropolitan area.
Our Mission
School Health Connection provides leadership, and facilitates collaboration and coordination in order to implement a sustainable network of school-based health centers and create healthy school environments in Greater New Orleans area. SHC utilizes advocacy, partnerships, technology, technical assistance, resource development, and evaluation to develop high quality school-based health services, programs, and activities.
