Nurture Now: Helping Kids Shine
Nurture Now: Helping Kids Shine is a special initiative to help address the crisis in children’s mental health by providing basic mental health services in School-Based Health Centers (SBHC) (new or expanded).
This webpage includes links to the VHCF-provided forms and tools provided in the RFP.
RFP and VHCF-PROVIDED FORMS
- Nurture Now: Helping Kids Shine RFP
- Cover Sheet & Executive Summary
- Key Elements of SBHCs Required for Nurture Now Proposals
- SBHC Operations Overview Before and With NN Funding
- Sustainability Plan
- Budget Form
- Proposal Checklist
THE TOOLS
There are many implementation guidebooks, toolkits, and written materials to help an organization plan for and operate a well-functioning SBHC. Below is a list of some of the most informative ones.
- Washington School-Based Health Alliance SBHC Planning, Readiness and Implementation checklist
- Washington School-Based Health Alliance SBHC Clinic Coordinator Toolkit: Practical Strategies and Guidance to Enhance SBHC Coordination, Utilization & Efficiency
- School-Based Health Center Alliance’s Partnering with Schools to Improve Youth Mental Health: A Resource for Community Mental Health and Substance Use Care Organizations
- Key slides from the National Association of Community Health Center’s webinar, School and Health Center Partnerships
- Virginia Department of Education’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU); School-Community Provider Collaboration for Behavioral Health Services
PRE-PROPOSAL WORKSHOP AND INTENT TO APPLY
Proposals will only be accepted from those organizations whose executive leaders and staff key to planning and administering the SBHC attend the virtual Pre-Proposal Workshop and submit an Intent to Apply form by 5 pm on January 15.
Monday, January 8, 2024 from noon – 1:30 pm
Click here to register for the Workshop.
Last Updated on January 22, 2024
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