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Funding Coordinated School Health

Funding Coordinated School Health. Mississippi Department of Education Lea Ann McElroy, Director Bureau of Coordinated School Health. Where are you?. Does your funding look like this?. …or is it focused like this?. Physical Education. Health Education. Family and Community Involvement.

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Funding Coordinated School Health

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  1. Funding Coordinated School Health Mississippi Department of Education Lea Ann McElroy, Director Bureau of Coordinated School Health

  2. Where are you?

  3. Does your funding look like this?

  4. …or is it focused like this? Physical Education Health Education Family and Community Involvement Health Services Health Promotion for Staff Nutrition Services Healthy School Environment Counseling, Psychological Services

  5. Where do you want/need to be?

  6. 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?

  7. Remember…TEAMWORK IS CRITICAL for TEAM SUCCESS

  8. 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

  9. What tools do you need to get there?

  10. What tools do you need to get there? • Resource list • Funding & expenditure guidelines • Additional funding sources • Successes

  11. Tool #1: Resource List

  12. Tool #2: Funding & Expenditure Guidelines

  13. Tool #2: Funding & Expenditure Guidelines

  14. Tool #3: Additional Funding Sources • MAEP through increased attendance • Maximize Federal dollars • School-based Medicaid programs • MOUs, interagency agreements, interns • Leverage grant funds

  15. **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)

  16. **Reduced absenteeism means… • School District: 3,000 Students • Each 1% attendance improvement = $137,220

  17. Medicaid School-Based Programs • Mississippi Cool Kids (EPSDT) • School-Based Administrative Claiming (SBAC) • Health-Related Services

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. MOUs and More… • Mental Health • Public Health • University • Law Enforcement • Wellness/Fitness

  22. Tool #4: Successes • Has a peer been successful with funding in another district? • Ask questions! • Do not reinvent the wheel! • Network!

  23. “No educational tool is more essential than good health.” -Council of Chief State School Officers

  24. Coordinated School Health Make it a reality in your school!!

  25. Contact Information MS Dept. of Education Lea Ann McElroy, Director Bureau of Coordinated School Health 601-359-1737 lmcelroy@mde.k12.ms.us

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