Health Teams in School

The Children’s Trust, in collaboration with Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the Miami-Dade County Health Department, developed this initiative to bring comprehensive health services to schools in Miami-Dade to improve access to high-quality health care.

Schools are staffed with a team of professionals including a nurse or nurse practitioner and a licensed clinical social worker. Schools with high enrollment have the option to augment staffing coverage with additional support from a licensed practical nurse.

Benefits of health teams in schools:

• A coordinated level of care

• Expanded health screenings and assessments

• Mental and behavioral health services

• Nutrition and health counseling

• Better access to a regular primary-care physician

• Primary health services for uninsured students lacking other options

• Emergency first aid/CPR

• Chronic disease management

• Immunizations

Contacts

• School Health Program Contacts List (9/15/16, pdf)

• School Health Program Site List (9/15/16, pdf)

Resources

Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Comprehensive Health Services