Problem:
Health Centers for Schools: Operating since 1996, Health Centers for Schools provide year-round medical care for children who are uninsured or covered by Medicaid and serve as a secondary access point for insured children. The nine centers provide medical, mental health, dental, nutritional, navigation, and exercise programming to eligible children and adolescents in more than 80 schools in the Greater Houston area. Memorial Hermann and the five served districts share the goal of keeping kids in school where they can learn. Transportation from feeder schools is provided, and consented students can be seen without parents present with no charge for services. Outcomes are academic as well as clinical with 94% of the 24,000 student visits returning to their classroom to continue their school day.