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Funding Coordinated School Health

Mississippi Department of EducationLea Ann McElroy, Director

Bureau of Coordinated School Health

Where are you?

Does your funding look like this?

…or is it focused like this?Physical

EducationHealth Education

Health Services

NutritionServices

Counseling, Psychological

Services

Healthy School Environment

HealthPromotionfor Staff

Family and Community Involvement

Where do you want/need to be?

Where do you want/need to be?

What are your district’s resources?

How are you currently using those resources?

What are your district’s needs/goals? What will it take to meet those

needs/goals?

Remember…

TEAMWORK IS CRITICAL for TEAM SUCCESS

TEAMmates are Critically Important to Success

There is no “I” in TEAM Educate/get buy-in Move from “mine” to “ours” Promote ownership in the whole

What tools do you need to get there?

What tools do you need to get there?

Resource list Funding & expenditure guidelines Additional funding sources Successes

Tool #1: Resource List

Source of Funds Use of FundsDollar Amount Restricted?

Federal - Title I Salary - 2 teachers @ 100% $100,000 No

Federal - SBAC Salary - 1 nurse @ 25% $10,000 No

  Equipment - school clinic $5,000 No

District funds Salary - 1 nurse @ 75% $30,000 No

Federal - USDA grant purchase fruit & vegetables $2,000 Yes

Tool #2: Funding & Expenditure Guidelines

Tool #2: Funding & Expenditure Guidelines

Tool #3: Additional Funding Sources

MAEP through increased attendance

Maximize Federal dollars School-based Medicaid programs MOUs, interagency agreements,

interns Leverage grant funds

**Reduced absenteeism means… (2007-2008 figures)

Statewide Enrollment: 493,302 ADA Statewide: 470,879 Statewide Attendance: 95% $4,574 per student based on fully funded

MAEP Statewide schools leaving $102,562,802

on table (not taking into consideration local contribution)

**Reduced absenteeism means…

School District: 3,000 Students

Each 1% attendance improvement =

$137,220

Medicaid School-Based Programs

Mississippi Cool Kids (EPSDT)

School-Based Administrative Claiming (SBAC)

Health-Related Services

What is Mississippi Cool Kids (EPSDT)?

A FREE health care program for Mississippi’s children ages birth through 21 who are eligible for Medicaid

A way for children to get medical exams, checkups, follow-up treatment, and special care they need – all while they are in school - to make sure they enjoy the benefits of good health

A “fee-for-service” program

What is School-Based Administrative Claiming (SBAC)?

A federally funded program administered by the Division of Medicaid in coordination with MDE

A program that allows school districts to be reimbursed for some of their costs associated with school-based health and outreach activities which are not claimable under the Medicaid School Health-Related Services program or other Medicaid “fee-for-service” programs

What is the School Health-Related Services Program?

Designed to identify children who have a learning problem because of a medical problem which requires special services

Services include: Speech/language therapy and evaluations Occupational therapy and evaluations Physical therapy and evaluations Psychological evaluations Psychotherapy services

MOUs and More…

Mental Health Public Health University Law Enforcement Wellness/Fitness

Tool #4: Successes

Has a peer been successful with funding in another district?

Ask questions! Do not reinvent the wheel! Network!

“No educational tool is more essential than good health.”

-Council of Chief State School Officers

Coordinated School Health

Make it a reality in your school!!

Contact Information

MS Dept. of Education

Lea Ann McElroy, DirectorBureau of Coordinated School Health

601-359-1737lmcelroy@mde.k12.ms.us