The role of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) is to provide funding for and offer technical assistance to school-based health centers. This Web page will address the following topics:
Funding for School-based Health Centers and Sample RFP – information on available funding and sample RFP
School-based Health Center Funded Programs – names of centers, contact information and abstract of programs
Annual Reports – links to annual reports from 2001 through the most current fiscal year available
Technical Assistance – DSHS provides a school-based health center-dedicated staff person available via email or phone to answer questions and provide information and referrals related to school-based health centers
Funding for School-based Health Centers and Sample RFP
School-based health centers in Texas, like most of them across the country, are funded through multiple sources including, state and/or federal funds, private foundation and third-party revenues.
In 1993, the Texas Department of Health, now the Texas Department of State Health Services began funding communities to establish school-based health centers. DSHS has since supported the establishment of 40 school-based health centers.
Funding is available every fiscal year for the start-up and expansion of school-based health centers. Funding is available for up to three years and is contingent on state appropriations. The fiscal cycle is from September 1 to August 31. The Request for Proposals application is usually available in February with awards posted by June 1st.
For more information on the competitive process, click on the 2009 RFP sample application shown here.
RFP Application SAMPLE (Word, 1.7M)
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School-based Health Center Funded Programs
Currently, DSHS is funding the following five school-based health centers. Click on the name of each center to bring up an abstract of their program and contact information:
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Annual Reports
The annual reports provide an overview of school-based health centers in Texas and describe services and usages of school-based health centers that receive funding through the Texas Department of State Health Services. Click on any report to bring up the data for that fiscal year.
- FY 2008 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (275K, PDF, file viewing information)
- FY 2007 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (482K, Word, file viewing information)
- FY 2006 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (567K, Word, file viewing information)
- FY 2005 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (604K, Word, file viewing information)
- FY 2004 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (471K, PDF, file viewing information)
- FY 2003 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (58K, PDF, file viewing information)
- FY 2002 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (73K, PDF, file viewing information)
- FY 2001 Annual Report on School-Based Health Centers (60K, PDF, file viewing information)
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Technical Assistance:
For more information, references and referrals contact:
Nancy Eichner, School-Based Health Center Program Specialist
School Health Program
Texas Department of State Health Services
512-776-2782
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