A Note from the Executive Director |
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The staff and Board of NMASBHC are feeling lucky this March! We have so many things for which to be grateful that I thought I would share with you a list. Included are additional ways we hope you will partner with us in 2022 to continue strengthening the field of school-based health care:
1) We are thankful that many of you were active in February, celebrating SBHC Awareness month. Please watch for an email and video from us on March 3rd, wrapping up our celebration!
2) The kids and families of New Mexico are lucky to have so many of you advocating for their healthcare! Thanks to all of you who assisted us in advocating for SBHC funding during the legislative session. While our bill for funding wasn't successful, we heard from a number of legislators that are newly interested in SBHCs, and we plan to spend the rest of this year laying the groundwork for another ask next session. We hope you will help us bring legislators and policymakers out to visit an SBHC this year to educate them about the need. Please email Wilma (wilma@nmasbhc.org) if you would be willing to host.
3) The SBHC Planning Grant program is launching this week! Thanks to funding from NMDOH/OSAH, we are offering $10-20K grants to schools or medical entities that wish to expand SBHC services. Watch for a forthcoming announcement about this opportunity to be funded to assess and plan for expansion of services, including new brick and mortar SBHCs, new hours of services at existing SBHCs, new telehealth services and new mobile services. We are thrilled at this first-ever chance to grow the field in this way! Please email kimberly@nmasbhc.org if you are interested.
4) Kim is back! Many of you had an opportunity to work with Kim Sabo (formerly Stanek) during her tenure as our Program Manager. She'll be rejoining us as a part-time consultant, supporting the SBHC Planning Grant program. Please help us welcome her!
5) NMASBHC has been funded to launch a youth health advisory group! Adult leaders, whether it is the staff and Board of NMASBHC, legislators, or state agency personnel, need to hear from their youth constituents/patients/partners. As we build out this new program, we hope you will help us identify youth that may be interested in participating. Please email Wilma (wilma@nmasbhc.org) if you have suggestions.
There are so many reasons to look forward with optimism, particularly as the rates of COVID-19 transmission continue to decrease in our state. We hope you are feeling lucky this March, and we hope you will reach out to us if there are ways we can help.
Wishing you health!
Nancy Rodriguez, nancy@nmasbhc.org
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We hope you have received your copy of the 2022 Calendar.
Thank you for all the SBHCs who participated and submitted pictures!
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NMASBHC Board Openings-
Application Closing Soon
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Are you interested in supporting School Based Health Centers in New Mexico? NMASBHC is seeking interested and committed individuals for open positions on our Board of Directors.
If you can't currently commit to joining the board, but still want to participate, you can also join a committee or share this opportunity!
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FREE Supply Opportunity for SBHCs! Promotional Materials OR Hygiene Supplies
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NMASBHC wants to help SBHC meet student needs, and we've heard from many SBHCs that two of their greatest needs are for marketing support and supplies for students. NMASBHC is able to provide these resources for FREE to your SBHC.
For those who have completed the form, our staff will be contacting you soon.
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Project ECHO for SBHCs:
Join the Community of Practice!
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Next Session:
Tuesday, March 8th from 3:00 - 4:00 PM
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NMASBHC is collaborating with UNM Project ECHO, OSAH and other partners to create an educational and professional development community of practice for SBHCs in New Mexico.
Sessions began on June 29, 2021 and will extend through May of 2022.
Sessions are on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month from 3:00 - 4:00 PM.
We hope that the community of practice that is created will help SBHCs thrive during the transitions that the pandemic has necessitated. Continuing education available for free! Find flyers and more information on our website.
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NMDOH - Asthma Champions Grant |
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If your SBHC, or group of SBHCs, provides treatment to students with asthma, you may wish to consider applying for the NMDOH-Asthma Control Program's "Asthma Champions" funding opportunity. Please be on the lookout for the upcoming application.
The New Mexico Department of Health’s Asthma Control Program
(NMACP) calls for a state effort to address asthma control with evidence-based initiatives. NMACP is interested in supporting asthma-related initiatives aimed at improving the lives of New Mexicans with asthma. NMACP recognizes that a multi-component approach to controlling asthma
is more effective than individual strategies applied in isolation and are excited to support partners’ work across the state. Those with existing or new ideas for programming are encouraged to submit applications. NMACP supports progress toward expanding the reach, quality, effectiveness, and
sustainability of asthma control services by strengthening leadership and other essential infrastructure components and expanding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s six EXHALE strategies ( https://www.cdc.gov/asthma/exhale/index.htm).
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The Quarterly SBHC Partners Meeting is coming up:
Tuesday, March 15th
at 11:30 AM.
Please check your emails for the agenda and attendance info.
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The Office of School and Adolescent Health has a new training portal called Train Me OSAH. Visit the website and check out the variety of training options at: https://trainmeosah.com/
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NM Medicaid Presumptive Eligibility Determiner Trainings - March |
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There are certification training sessions for Presumptive Eligibility Determiners set for March. The next certification training is scheduled for March 21st 2022, 8:30am-4:30pm and March 22nd 2022, 8:30am-2:30pm.
Please contact HSD at the email address below to get information about registering for the training. 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 e-mail HSD.PEDeterminers@state.nm.us
or call 505-476-7151.
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Planning a Youth Vaccination Event?
Help is Available!
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New Mexico's school-age immunization rates are lower than in past, thanks to the pandemic. NMDOH and the Medicaid Managed Care Organizations are working hard to support summer-time events to ensure children get back on schedule with required immunizations. If your clinic or organization wishes to plan a special immunization event, the MCOs are willing to help and can send out outreach teams in person. Please let NMASBHC know if you need that support, and we'll connect you to the appropriate staff at Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, Presbyterian, and/or Western Sky Community Care. |
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Clinic Resources, Training Opportunities and Community Announcements |
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Reproductive Health Asynchronous Trainings
Provide 1.0 CME each
These recorded webinars on Moodle address multiple reproductive health concerns each providing 1.0 CME each after creating an account with UNM HSC moodle and completing the required surveys.
Virtual IUD Practicums
If you or your team are interested in virtual IUD practicums, join us via zoom to receive hands-on, individualized training with 2.0 CME at no cost!
If you are from Albuquerque: Register at least one week ahead of time. We can set up a pick up or drop off for the materials! If you are in NM, outside Albuquerque: Register a month ahead. We can send you a box of everything you need with postage to send it back! Click to register.
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Receive your materials and take the pre-survey! Let us know when you receive the materials via text or email! Join us via Zoom. Receive your one-on-one training with our clinical trainer. Take the immediate post-survey. Return the materials. We will set up another pick-up/drop off or you can send the box back with the postage provided! If you are an LMP site you get to keep everything for future practice. If you are interested in becoming a site email us!!! You will receive 2.0 CME in 2 weeks time! Take the post-survey 3 months later. |
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Addressing Bias in Contraceptive Care |
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The UCSF Bixby Center's Beyond the Pill program and the University of New Mexico LARC Mentoring Program are hosting an interactive virtual training certified for up to 5.0 CME/CE credit hours at no cost and open to all clinic staff.
In this training, participants will explore the impacts of bias on contraceptive care and practice applying strategies including cultural humility to help ensure that counseling is patient-centered.
Learners will discuss the role of shared decision-making in contraceptive counseling and practice sharing scientific information within this framework. Participants will also have an opportunity to review and discuss strategies for remaining patient-centered in challenging scenarios.
Virtual Training Date:
May 17th, 2022
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Earn up to 5.0 CMEs
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New Mexico Indoor Mask Mandate Lifted |
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On Thursday, February 17th 2022 Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that she has lifted the mask requirement for indoor spaces. Given the declining trend in hospitalizations, it was decided to drop the mandate.
While masks are no longer required in many indoor public settings, the new public health order issued by the State of New Mexico, does still require mask usage in hospitals, assisted living centers and other healthcare settings.
Each school governing body has the ability to choose what is best for them and their communities on the mandate. We hope you all still continue to get tested, take necessary precautions, and continue to be safe and healthy in your communities.
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Head to Toe 365 has a video library of sessions for the past year covering topics from:
- Motivational Interviewing for Vaccine Hesitancy
- Evidence-Based Practice for Adolescent Reproductive Care
- Creating Protective Communities for Youth
- And so much more pertinent topics affecting youth
To access these videos or learn more visit:
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NM Alliance of Health Councils Supporting COVID Vaccination events/services |
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Is your SBHC or broader organization planning a COVID-19 vaccination event for children and youth? Your County Health Council can help with marketing, organizing, and staffing your event. To find contact information for your local tribal or county health council, visit: www.nmhealthcouncils.org. |
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School Based Health staff are amazing, and usually know other caring, dedicated individuals.
If you have any colleagues interested in a position in the SBHC field, please share the following opportunities:
Medical Assistant 1, 2 or 3 - ALBUQUERQUE
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Vision Scholarship Opportunity! |
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Disparities in access to, and use of, eye care among minority populations have been exacerbated during the pandemic because children have missed well-child visits, vision screenings were suspended when schools and child care centers closed, and fewer visited the eye doctor.
To increase access to eye care, the National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness is launching the Zenni Scholarship to Advance Children’s Vision in partnership with Zenni Eyewear. This new program supports vision screening and access to eye care for populations who are underserved across the U.S.
The program is available to individuals who serve children ages 3 years through high school who are considered at increased risk of having vision disorders and have poor access to vision screening and eye care.
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As students return to school, mental health needs are of utmost importance for students, teachers and SBHC staff.
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March Health Awareness Activities |
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This month of March is an opportunity to embrace food as nutrition and fuel for our everyday lives. This year's theme is "Celebrate a World of Flavors."
Nutrition has been a key topic many SBHCs are interested in during our ECHO sessions last semester! Here are a few of the key resources they suggested to SBHC staff below. Also, be sure to check out the ECHO sessions for more important and relevant topics!
Find free downloadable resources for Nutrition Month at:
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National Sleep Awareness Week |
Sleep is an essential part of our lives that can help people thrive physically and mentally. Poor sleep is heavily linked to weight gain, decreased concentration and productivity, increased risks of heart diseases and strokes, mental health issues, and can affect emotional and social interactions. Sleep is an important part of our lives that keeps us healthy
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Support NMASBHC this year! |
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