Funded Nongovernmental Organizations for Healthy Schools

Strategies and activities to support access to physical, behavioral, and mental health services for students, especially students with chronic health conditions.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

AAP’s Enhancing School-Based Health and Mental Health Services through Training, Education, Assistance, Mentoring, and Support (TEAMS) project will provide technical assistance, specialized professional development and training, and intensive project support to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based policies, practices, and programs. TEAMS will expand access to physical, mental, and behavioral health services, improve the delivery of school-based mental health and health services, increase reimbursement for services, and improve the management of chronic health conditions in schools.

AAP is an organization comprising 67,000 pediatricians committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being of all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

National Association of School Nurses (NASN)

NASN supports CDC-funded state education agencies, districts, schools, and school nurses to improve the health and well-being of students and school staff across the country. Using school nurses as the fulcrum, with evidence-based policies, practices, and programs that expand access to physical, mental, and behavioral health services, NASN aims to improve the delivery of school health services to students in underserved communities.

NASN’s vision is that all students are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Its mission is to optimize student health and learning by advancing the practice of school nursing, and it seeks to ensure a professional registered school nurse is present in every school all day, every day.

Strategies and activities to support the emotional well-being of students and staff.

National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD)

NACDD, with the help of Child Trends and Mental Health America, will support CDC-funded state education agencies, districts, schools, and NACDD constituents (state health department chronic disease staff) in developing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based policies, practices, and programs that support the emotional well-being of students and school staff.

NACDD is a national, nonprofit, professional association composed of the 58 state and territorial health department chronic disease directors and their staff who advocate, educate, and provide technical assistance to inform programming and understanding of chronic disease prevention knowledge, leadership, and capacity.

The University of Maryland School of Medicine National Center for School Mental Health (NCSMH)

NCSMH will partner with Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) to support CDC-funded state education agencies, districts, schools, out-of-school time programs, and their constituents through a comprehensive model of professional development, technical assistance, dissemination, partnerships, and implementation. The development model is the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Emotional Well-Being Learning Community.

The Learning Community is committed to improving emotional well-being for youth in communities that are underserved, economically marginalized, and with high rates of chronic diseases and the risk factors that cause them.

NCSMH at the University of Maryland School of Medicine is a technical assistance and training center that focuses on advancing research, training, policy, and practice in school mental health.

Strategies and activities to support healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional well-being of students and staff in out-of-school time programs.

Education Development Center (EDC)

The Collaborative for Advancing Health Equity in Out-of-School Time (CAHE-OST), a partnership between EDC and the National Afterschool Association (NAA), will support CDC-funded state education agencies, districts, schools, and school-based out-of-school time programs with selecting, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based health equity policies, practices, and programs to improve the health and well-being of youth and staff from communities with high rates of chronic diseases.

The CAHE-OST will provide professional development and technical assistance to support the implementation of goal-orientated action items within the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) framework.

EDC is a global nonprofit that advances lasting solutions to improve education, promote health, and expand economic opportunity. EDC designs, implements, and evaluates programs to improve education, health, and economic opportunity worldwide, with a focus on underserved populations.

Strategies and activities to support the adoption of Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model policies that promote healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional well-being for students and staff.

Society of Health and Physical Educators- SHAPE America

SHAPE America will collaborate with CDC, national health and education organizations, state departments of education, and school districts to effect systems-level change that supports the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of students and staff.

SHAPE America will emphasize the connections between health and education for both physical and emotional health while addressing health and educational inequities. The organization will support CDC-funded state education agencies, SHAPE constituents, and schools to implement equitable and inclusive policies and practices that support WSCC, advance health equity, and reduce disparities. Its extensive network will provide a national system of peer-learning and resource sharing.

SHAPE America is the voice for over 200,000 health and physical education professionals across the United States. Its mission is to advance professional practice and promote research related to health and physical education, physical activity, dance, and sport.