Oregon School-Based Health Alliance

Technical assistance and training this program provides support, school Health expertise, and resources to schools, educational service districts, School-Based Health centers (sbhcs) and other Health providers. We support communities to create systems that better support youth and families. Examples of 2022-2023 technical assistance include: conducting school Health needs assessments for school districts or educational service districts and convening partners to collaboratively develop flexible and innovative school Health solutions that complement and enhance the schools' existing multi-tiered systems of support. In the last year, technical assistance was provided to eight school districts across the state to support a community-based school Health needs assessment and planning process. Providing funding and support to sites for program development and implementation, as well as content-specific training. Grants were provided to 5 sbhc sites to support healthy youth relationships programming and youth action councils. Resources and technical assistance were provided to grantees. Providing youth-adult partnership trainings and a youth-adult partnership conference, and stakeholder for a community schools initiative.

Advocacy this program aims to create lasting systems change by influencing public policy and resource decisions within political, economic, and social systems. Approaching policy makers, including legislators, we address issues relative to the expansion of school Health care and quality of that care, as well as policy agenda items. All advocacy is non-partisan and unrelated to any campaigns for office. Advocacy includes social media campaigns, public speaking and community organizing around a central issue. Social media, electronic newsletters, action alerts and our website are all important in communication with our members, champions, stakeholders and grassroots advisors who message to a variety of audiences. A central component of our advocacy is to build the ability of youth to participate in decision-making processes that impact them.

Youth voices for youth Health youth voices for youth Health reflects a strategic priority of osbha to engage and empower youth, especially those representing marginalized and underserved communities, in its work to strengthen Oregon's School-Based Health clinics and advance Health equity across all systems of care. Osbha supported and partnered with 15 student Health advocates from different areas of the state to uplift youth voices related to their Health needs and desired services. Additionally, osbha supported 8 paid youth interns that worked with staff to deliver programming related to youth advocacy and Health content, and supported youth action councils tied to sbhcs.