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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