title: School-Based Health Centers: A Funder's View Of Effective Grant Making.
abstract: Health status and academic achievement have been found to be linked: When students have poor health status, they are at increased risk for poor academic outcomes. The school-based health center is a delivery model that supports improved access to health care, as well as healthy behaviors and outcomes, for students. Interact for Health is a private foundation that has provided funding to open school-based health centers in the Greater Cincinnati, Ohio, area since 1999. This article outlines grant-making strategies and effective policies that the foundation has identified as most conducive to creating sustainable school-based health centers. These include identification of the right partners, development of a business plan, and guidelines and policies that support long-term financial sustainability.
authors.affiliation: Susan M. Sprigg (ssprigg@interactforhealth.org) is a research officer for innovation and learning at Interact for Health, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sprigg
authors.affiliation: Francie Wolgin is senior program officer at Interact for Health and executive director of Growing Well, both in Cincinnati.
authors.forename: Francie
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wolgin
authors.affiliation: Jennifer Chubinski is vice president of innovation and learning at Interact for Health.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chubinski
authors.affiliation: Kathryn Keller is vice president of system strategies at Interact for Health. The authors acknowledge that much of the literature referenced in this article on the connection between student health and academic achievement is several years old. These articles, though, are the most recent that they could identify.
authors.forename: Kathryn
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005582:Foundations / Q000191:economics*; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009820:Ohio; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*
keywords: Children’s Health; Disparities; Health Philanthropy; Safety-Net Systems