This Viewpoint discusses threats to and protections for school-based health services.

Educators hold five distinct forms of power when interacting with struggling families: professional authority, daily access to children, documentation power, community trust, and system privilege. But...

From expanding Medicaid-funded school-based health centers to fostering collaboration with other health organizations, states recognize the vital role schools play in delivering care in rural areas.

“Due to the remote area we serve, our students have little to no access to medical services otherthan those provided in schools.”—Superintendent from a rural school district in Michigan. Schools are…

YouTube video by Healthy Schools Campaign

The massive budget bill known as “OBBBA” (HR1) includes significant changes to Medicaid policy that will negatively affect the health of students, families, schools and communities. There are, however...

Spaces transformed to address heavy rains in neighborhoods vulnerable to flooding, particularly on the South and West sides.

With Medicaid cuts expected to reach nearly $1 trillion over the next decade, schools will have less funding and fewer resources to address a significant public health issue: chronic absenteeism.

Spaces transformed to address heavy rains in neighborhoods vulnerable to flooding, particularly on the South and West sides.

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Deep cuts to Medicaid, sparked by Trump’s spending bill, will have devastating effects on K–12 students and create far-reaching consequences for families and communities.

Dozens of school playgrounds across Chicago aren't just a fun place for children. They're also designed to help address the effects

In the second year of expanded Medicaid billing for school health services, participating Illinois school districts received an additional $23.4 million in federal funding — money that can be used to ...

The new playground at Spencer Technology Academy has a nature area, multisport court and permeable surfaces that collect rainwater in an area prone to flooding.

Healthy Schools Campaign is speaking out on key threats to public schools, vulnerable populations and nonprofit organizations that are being put forth by Republican lawmakers …

This report from Healthy Schools Campaign, a nonprofit organization dedicated to making schools healthier places where children can learn and thrive, documents 10 years of its Space to Grow program. S...

‘Helping take care of children’s medical needs in school is a step forward. Taking that away is such a step backward,’ student disabilities advocate.