DC Assembly on School Health Care

Welcome to the DC Assembly on School Health Care

The DC Assembly on School Health Care (DC Assembly) is a coalition of organizations and individuals committed to providing quality and accessible health care for children and adolescents in the District of Columbia. The DC Assembly was founded to provide coordinated efforts to increase the availability of health care for at-risk and medically underserved populations through partnerships involving schools and health care providers.

The Healthy Schools Act
The latest version of the Healthy Schools Act can be found by clicking here. The bill covers both DC Public and Charters schools and addresses the high rates of adolescent obesity and supports long term health and well-being of the District's adolescents.

On December 8, 2009, DC City Council representatives Mary Cheh and Vincent Gray co-introduced the Healthy Schools Act of 2009. The Bill contains a provision requiring DCPS, DOH and OPEFM to develop a plan to build and operate school health centers in all DCPS comprehensive high schools.

The purpose of the RFA: "The Government of the District of Columbia, Department of Health (DOH), is soliciting applications from qualified not-for-profit organizations located and licensed to conduct business within the District of Columbia to improve access to care for high school students by operating new school-based health centers. The overall goal is to help address the primary and urgent care needs of students in the schools that will house the school-based health centers. This includes assuring appropriate confidentiality and coordination of care, making referrals for specialty care, and serving as a model medical home."

The DC Assembly premiered our video virtual tour of the Woodson Adolescent Wellness Center at a September 23rd "Breakfast Briefing" for the DC City Councilmembers and their staff at the Wilson Building. Speakers included Councilmember Tommy Wells; Dr. Anisha Abraham, the medical director at the Woodson Adolescent Wellness Center; Martha Blackford, a Woodson SHS student, and Darlene Williams, an active Woodson SHS parent. Thank you to all who were able to attend.

Please view our "In The News" tab for more H1N1 updates as well as other recent DC Assembly on School Health Care news!

H1N1 NEWS

February 8, 2010 update:

There are currently no additional clinics scheduled for the remaining weeks of January, however, plenty of vaccine is still available to everyone in doctor’s offices and in pharmacies. Please contact your healthcare provider to receive the vaccine or use the “flu vaccine locator” tool (scroll down, tool is on the left-hand side) to find pharmacy locations. Additional H1N1 vaccination clinics may be announced at a later date.