Request for Proposals: Comprehensive School-Based Health Center Program

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Offered by PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent Health, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the Georgia School-Based Health Alliance, Inc. (GASBHA)

According to the national 2025 COUNT® Data Book, a study on the well-being of America’s children, Georgia ranks 39th in the nation in child well-being and 32nd in education. Georgia ranks in the bottom 20% in seven categories:

  1. children in poverty,
  2. high-school students not graduating on time,
  3. teens not attending school and not working,
  4. low birthweight babies,
  5. children without health insurance,
  6. children living in high-poverty areas, and
  7. children in families where the household head lacks a high-school diploma.

In addition, more than 185,515 of Georgia’s children are uninsured and, as a result, do not have a medical home and have limited access to routine health care.

Goals of the Comprehensive School-Based Health Center Program:

  • Increase access to quality health care (physical, behavioral, oral), improve the delivery of health services, and improve the overall health of the children of Georgia.
  • Improve the academic achievement of Georgia’s children through increased school attendance.
  • Facilitate the expansion of school-based health centers throughout the state.
  • Maintain the state alliance for school-based health centers—GASBHA.

Through the expansion of school-based health center services, children in Georgia will benefit from improved access to primary health care, improved health outcomes, and improved school attendance. The state will benefit from reduced costs to the Medicaid system through the reduction in inappropriate emergency room visits, hospitalizations for asthma, diabetes, and other chronic illnesses, and transportation costs.

Purpose

This request for proposals is meant to stimulate planning and facilitate collaboration and community discussion to expand the number of school-based health centers in Georgia. This initiative is not part of the Governor’s funding, which has ended.

Note: PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent Health will provide technical assistance throughout the planning process as needed and requested.

Award Amount: Up to $10,000

Project Period: 12 months

Timetable

Aug. 20: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Video webinar for potential grantees to ask questions
Zoom Information: Meeting ID: 973 6496 9562/
Meeting URL:  zoom.us/j/97364969562

Sept. 8: Proposal deadline

Submit proposal to PARTNERS for Equity in Child and Adolescent Health, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, via email to daholt@emory.edu. Deadline: 5 p.m.

Sept. 11: Award selection

Sept. 15: Award announcements

Oct. 15: Funds released

For general information, contact Deborah Holt at 404-966-4846 or daholt@emory.edu.

Visit the Georgia School-Based Health Alliance website at gasbha.org for information on activities in Georgia and various resources.

Watch a video on school-based health centers:

Download the Request for Proposals.

Contact:
Bill Valladares
GaFCP Communications Director
404-739-0043
william@gafcp.org

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Emory University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics recognizes the unique issues and barriers surrounding access to quality health care for Atlanta’s underserved and at-risk youth. More specifically, the need to increase access to and improve the delivery of pediatric primary care services for urban-based populations was acknowledged through the work of community based programs and Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital’s pediatric primary care clinic.

Georgia Family Connection Partnership (GaFCP) is a public-private partnership created by the State of Georgia and investors from the private sector to assist communities in addressing the serious challenges facing children and families. GaFCP also serves as a resource to state agencies across Georgia that work to improve the conditions of children and families. Georgia KIDS COUNT provides policymakers and citizens with current data they need to make informed decisions regarding priorities, services, and resources that impact Georgia’s children, youth, families, and communities.