A Note from the Executive Director
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Happy February 2020! This month is all about LOVE! Both SBHC Awareness Month and Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month fall in February, and NMASBHC encourages every SBHC, partner and supporter to take a moment to recognize and share with colleagues information about both. If you love the ideas of school-based health and healthy teen relationships, take a few moments to do some work to make them happen this month.
Firstly, please see our first article below to learn a bit about how you can engage in legislative advocacy to support funding expansion for SBHCs in honor of SBHC Awareness Month!
Secondly, visit
www.loveisrespect.org to find resources on building awareness about health teen relationships. The resources there are ones clinicians, parents and youth can utilize to educate about the type of relationships we hope all people can have, particularly youth who are learning to build their first relationships.
And lastly, please read on for many training, job and other learning opportunities in February. We hope some of these resources are ones you'll love this month.
With best wishes for a successful legislative session and Happy Valentine's Day,
Nancy Rodriguez
nancy@nmasbhc.org
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Call Your Legislator Now:
SBHC Funding on the Line!
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What better way to celebrate SBHC Awareness Month than to make a call to your state legislators to ask that they provide more funding for SBHCs?! W
e are thrilled to inform you that the budget released today (HB2) includes new funding in the amount of $1,350,000 for school-based health centers! Please join us in educating your state legislators about the importance of this funding to expand school-based health services - both hours and clinics - for New Mexico's children. Visit:
www.nmlegis.gov
to find your legislator. Or, call or email members of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee (
https://www.nmlegis.gov/Committee/Standing_Committee?CommitteeCode=HAFC
) before their 1:30pm meeting on 2/5/20 to encourage them to support HB65 - funding for SBHCs.
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A huge thank you to all the SBHCs who contributed photographs for the 2020 SBHC Calendar. And a special note of gratitude to this year's sponsor: Presbyterian Health Plan Inc. We apologize, but we had some glitches in their mailing! If you did not receive your copy, please reach out to wilma@nmasbhc.org with your correct mailing address. We will happily mail you a new copy! And in case you missed it, here is the team photo from January: La Clinica de Familia's Centennial High School team. Best Care Bears ever!
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Exemplary SBHC Application Due Feb. 29th!
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It is that time of year again! The 2020 NMASBHC Exemplary Award application is now available. Start coordinating with your SBHC teams now and apply to be recognized statewide as an Exemplary Awardee.
All SBHCs in New Mexico are eligible to apply (DOH contracted and non-contracted sites). We can't wait to see your applications! Download the application packet below. If you have any questions please contact nancy@nmasbhc.org.
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NMASBHC Offering SBHA Convention Scholarships: Applications Available Now, Due March 9th
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NMASBHC has set aside funding for scholarships for adults and youth to attend the 2020 SBHA National Convention. The Convention will be held
June 23-25
at the Sheraton Denver Downtown in Denver, Colorado. This professional development opportunity rotates to the Western region only every four years so NMASBHC is investing in our field’s attendance in 2020.
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Head to Toe Conference: Registration Now Open & SBHC Changes
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Registration is now open for the 2020 Head to Toe Conference. In a new effort to maximize SBHC teams' ability to attend the full conference, there will be no SBHC pre-conference. Instead, there will be a "track" of special SBHC activities woven throughout the full conference. Please stay tuned for more details, and please talk to your organization about plans to register. Please note that all NMDOH/OSAH-contracted SBHCs have funding in their contracts to attend the conference.
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Medicaid Certification/Re-certification
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The New Mexico Human Services Department (NMHSD) Medical Assistance Division requires certification of all NMDOH/OSAH-funded school-based health centers. If you operate an SBHC that is newly contracted, and you need to set up certification, please reach out to NMASBHC (
nancy@nmasbhc.org
) or MAD's Chrissy Kupferschmidt (
Christina.Kupfersch@state.nm.us
). If you have been certified before and are wondering when your recertification comes due, feel free to reach out to the same parties. The only recertifications that are scheduled to occur in 2020 are those for La Clinica de Familia, REC 6, and REC 9 SBHCs.
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NM Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility Determiner Trainings: February
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Please contact HSD at the email address below to get information about trainings offered and to request them if you need them. Seating is limited and space is available on a first come, first served basis. After successful registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail that will include instructions on how to join the training on its scheduled date and time. If you have any questions regarding entities qualified to participate as PEDs, the PED certification process or for more information on training sessions being scheduled for future months, please contact
Armando Muñoz
at
armando.munoz@state.nm.us
or at (505) 476-6813.
If you have any questions regarding entities qualified to participate as PEDs, the PED certification process or would like more information on future training sessions, please e-mail:
HSD.PEDeterminers@state.nm.us
or call 505-476-7151.
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Clinic Resources, Training Opportunities, and Community Announcements
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American Lung Association Trainings
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If you serve patients with asthma, please consider the ALA trainings for your staff. There is a spirometry training in March - see below and register soon as spots are limited. Or, visit
http://action.lung.org/AlbuquerqueAEI for more information and to register for the April Asthma Educator Institute.
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Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Tools:
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To build awareness about what a healthy relationship looks like among teen patients, visit www.loveisrespect.org or dibbleinstitute.org for free videos and downloadable tools like the infographic below. Make Valentine's Day a learning opportunity for the students who visit your SBHC or young people in your life!
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Nursing Scholarship Available:
Applications Due February 14th
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The New Mexico Center for Nursing Excellence is excited to announce the 2020 Nightingale Scholarships. They are offering 20 $1,000 scholarships to New Mexico nursing students, studying in the levels of:
- ADN
- RN-to-BSN
- BSN
- Graduate Nursing Students
Application Criteria
- Must be a New Mexico resident
- Currently enrolled in a nursing program approved by the NM Board of Nursing
- Must have completed the first semester or 6-8 hours of a nursing program (nursing courses, not pre-requisites)
- Maintain at least an overall 3.0 GPA or B average
Deadlines & Information
- Applications are now being accepted. Please submit all applications and supporting documents to application@nmcne.org
- DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: All applications must be submitted by February 14, 2020
- QUESTIONS: application@nmcne.org or (505) 565-5811
A special thank you to the NM Board of Nursing for a grant from the Nurse Excellence Fund that supports these scholarships.
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