New York School-Based Health Foundation

09/26/2025

We are so excited to share our updated Interactive New York School-Based Health Center Map! Explore to find an SBHC near you and other helpful information such as their sponsoring hospital/clinic, whether or not their data is included in the NYSBHF Data Hub, what school campus they serve, SBHC phone number, and more!

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1GtnebdaEVdkRvYRDXlglSWOm0VzycI4&usp=sharing

Check it out at the link above or on our website here: https://bit.ly/3Kg6WZR

2025 NY SBHC Site Map

09/15/2025

Register for the excellent upcoming webinar series beginning Wednesday, September 24th from our friends at the NYS AAP!
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/B6-zMVhTQdyyx7-T5cRuag

09/08/2025

We hope all NYC public school students had an excellent first week of school! Swing by your SBHC for your sports physical and make sure your parental consent form is filled out so you can access SBHC care all year round!

08/19/2025

We wanted to draw your attention to this incredibly important recent report from the New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on shortages of health care professionals in rural New York State Counties.

Findings show that the 16 rural New York counties have 0.5 pediatricians for every 10,000 people – less than one-fifth of the state ratio (2.8), one-third of the U.S. (1.8), and less than half the GMENAC guideline (1.2). There are no pediatric physicians in three of the 16 counties.

The report specifically highlights the importance of expanding school-based health and dental care as a vital strategy to increasing health care access.

Read the report in full here:

08/01/2025

Thank you to all of our fantastic board members who attended our Annual Board of Directors Retreat in person or virtually! We are so excited for another year of supporting and expanding school-based health across New York!

07/25/2025

Submit your favorite SBHC hero by August 20th!

The 2025 G.R.I.T. Awards celebrate Resilient, Innovative, Tenacious, and Genuine individuals making a difference in school-based health care across the nation. We invite you to submit your finalists from New York State so we can spotlight the dedicated professionals and champions in your community.

GRIT is accepting nominations in the following categories:
- Providers – who work in school-based health centers, including but not limited to the front desk and clinical staff (primary care, behavioral, oral, vision, nutrition, telepresenter, etc.).
- Administrators – who provide leadership, support, and oversight to the SBHC team and partners.
- Advocates – who speak on behalf of and support SBHCs from various perspectives at the local or state level.
- Champions – who do their work day-in and day-out at the local level who embody the spirit of G.R.I.T., supporting the work of the health and school partners.

Help us honor those who go above and beyond in school-based health care.

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=HEZWNqQi8UGIXz4FrF3U5yedWv9NCdpNgGJDQY-zhcBUOTlRQ0c1MVNPMElQUVpSS1kzMktVTlZQRC4u&route=shorturl

07/10/2025

Check out this fantastic upcoming webinar series presented by the AAP! These bi-weekly sessions, starting 8/6, cover how digital media impacts youth mental health and what you can do to help.

Register here: https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/da3bccaa18e842579fc2a41198447692

07/03/2025

Thank you to Dr. Stephanie Evans, MA, Shirley Broadhurst, and Behavioral Health Clinical Manager Justin Reimenschneider for showing us around Mount Pleasant Middle School’s SBHC!

We love talking with our amazing SBHC experts!

06/02/2025

Tomorrow! We hope to see you there!

05/27/2025

We are pleased to present the 2023-2024 Annual Profile on New York State’s School-Based Health Centers!
This comprehensive report examines the invaluable contributions of New York’s School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs), encompassing the diverse student populations and communities they serve, the health challenges they face, and the comprehensive range of services they provide to their students.

The report is a product of the SBHC Data Hub, a collaborative initiative undertaken by the New York School-Based Health Foundation, Apex Evaluation, and SBHC Sponsoring Organizations (SOs).

It includes 13 SOs and 126 SBHCs, or 50% of the NY SBHC community, and showcases the services provided to 65,397 students over 261,389 visits. Check out the report in full here and please share it with your colleagues:https://www.nysbhfoundation.org/_files/ugd/fef389_4b23120ca5a44adbb30c900550736625.pdf

05/15/2025

Do you work with an SBHC? Are you looking for more ways to support your immigrant and refugee students? Would you like to join a skilled and supportive community of other SBHC providers? If so, you should join NYSBHF's second STRONG cohort for the 2025/26 school year!

Join us on June 3rd at 3pm to learn more about this free and impactful behavioral health program! Register here for the webinar or to contact us about joining this group of amazing SBHC providers: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeO8juFTASCwIhgxdq_oPElCg0QMPJaGNfZUMAZ66JW8APDzA/viewform

04/28/2025

Please check out this excellent policy brief from the Step Two Policy Project. The brief has many interesting findings, but particularly focuses on the benefits of alignment and increased support for SBHCs, SBHC-Ds (dental services), and SBMHs (mental health services) in an initiative to expand community schools in NYS.

"Given the current uncertainty of federal healthcare and education funding to states, it is more important than ever to maximize the value of State spending. Linking school-based health services and Community Schools is a low-barrier, high-impact approach to improving educational and health outcomes for students, and to better engaging families and the surrounding community in supporting student success."

Policy Brief by Sally Dreslin and Adrienne Anderson