Maine Assembly on School-Based Health Care

Letter to the Editor: (Fosters Daily Democrat, December 9, 2009)
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To the editor: The passage of health care reform in the House of Representatives was an important and exciting moment for all those dedicated to the idea that all Americans need and deserve access to high quality, affordable health care. Maine’s two representatives, Mike Michaud and [...]

I am heading to Nashville tomorrow. 11/4 to present at a conference that focuses on Teen Health Promotion. In the AM, I am to present on the work that is being done in our multicultural community to address teen pregnancy and STD prevention with a special focus on the work our youth are doing [...]

The committee just voted UNANIMOUSLY “ought not to pass” on both bills!  I am stunned!  This means that the bills will go to the House and Senate next week and will be killed without debate.  There is no chance that these bills can pass now!
You made the difference!  Thank you!
Kate
Kate Brogan
Vice President for Public Affairs
Family [...]

Yesterday the Health and Human Services Committee held public hearings on LD #251 An Act To Protect the Safety of Maine Children by Requiring the Express Consent of a Legal Guardian To Dispense Prescription Medication to a Minor
and LD #802An Act To Require Reporting on Medical Services or Treatment Provided to Minors without Parental Consent.
Students [...]

Results:

 MYAN, including college intern Chelsea Schoen, prepared and facilitated this centralized training in Waterville on October 31st.  6 Adults and 16 youth attended the training.
Created detailed interactive curriculum for the SBHC fall centralized training.  Goals for the training included: Advocacy training and skill building, opportunity to network, ask questions and share needs/concerns, MEASBHC overview [...]

Letting Kids Know They Matter:
On a spring day in 2008, dozens of Maine youth descended on Maine’s state capital, Augusta, in an event coordinated by the Maine Assembly on School-Based Health Care (Maine Assembly).  Maine youth had a message: School-based health centers (SBHCs) are here to stay!  Maine middle and secondary school students from North [...]

Maine’s School-Based Health Centers, help children succeed in school and in life by keeping them healthy, in school and ready to learn.  We deliver quality health care to Maine children and adolescents where they are, in school.  With a focus on promoting healthy lifestyles and identifying illness early, we help prevent more serious illness later [...]