NC DHHS Notice of Funding Availability
Reporting Form
RFA #A-346: North Carolina School Health Center Program
DHHS Division/Office issuing this notice: Division of Public Health (DPH), Women’s and Children’s Health Section, Children and Youth Branch
Date of this notice: September 1, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of the North Carolina School Health Centers Program is to provide funding to School Health Centers (SHCs) that will enable them to increase access to age-appropriate health care for older children and adolescents, ages 10 to 19, with the goals of improving the health status and supporting the academic achievement of young people who live in underserved communities with increased risks due to social and economic factors. SHCs funded through this RFA shall be required to provide access to comprehensive, coordinated and preventive health care either through services and programs and/or referrals to other primary care providers, medical specialists, mental and behavioral health agencies, nutritionists and other community services and programs. Through direct services and/or referral networks, SHCs shall be required to focus on early intervention and prevention by assuring access to annual age-appropriate wellness visits (Health Check/EPSDT), health risk assessments and immunizations. The applicants that are selected through this RFA must provide evidence that they have the capacity to implement quality services that are sustainable and are in compliance with the North Carolina Quality Assurance Standards for SHCs and Performance Measures for SHCs based on Bright Futures guidelines and other national guidelines and recommendations.
Description: Contracting agency responsibilities shall operate one (or more) School Health Center(s) that implement services that efficiently and effectively contribute to the contract outcomes and performance measures and comply with quality standards relevant to services they provide. The SHCs shall provide access to comprehensive acute, chronic, and preventive health care services including annual wellness visits in collaboration with individual schools, local education agencies (school districts), primary care and specialty providers and other agencies and community-based organizations. They shall operate in collaboration with a school campus serving students either on campus or linked to one or more campuses and be open when school is in session at regularly scheduled hours. The SHCs shall offer age-appropriate health risk screening, treatment, education, referral and/or follow-up on an annual basis to older children and adolescents who have used their services three or more time. The focus shall be targeted towards older children and adolescents, ages 10 to 19 and shall provide them with age- appropriate risk screening, treatment, education, referral and/or follow-up with relevant screening tools and procedures.
Contracting agency responsibilities shall meet the performance measures appropriate for the scope of services provided by the SHC and report the total number of unduplicated students served, total number of visits by type (medical, preventive, behavioral health, and nutrition) and total number and rate of unduplicated students served that are covered by: Health Check/Medicaid for Children, Medicaid, NC Health Choice/CHIP, Private Insurance, Medicare, Tri-care Military, Uninsured, Unknown, and Other. The total number and types of referrals should be recorded including users with a Medical Home and Dental Home.
Eligibility: The sponsoring agency, the contracting party for this grant, shall be a public or private non-profit institution and be recognized locally and through documentation contained in the application as suitable for assuming managerial, medical and fiduciary responsibilities. SHC applicants selected for funding may be “school-based” or “school-linked”. A “school-based” SHC is located on a school-campus and primarily provides services and programs for students on that campus. A “school-linked” SHC is usually located off a school campus and works collaboratively with multiple schools and other agencies to provide access to age-appropriate health care. A SHC that is located on a school campus and primarily providing services to students from other schools is also classified as “school-linked.” The SHCs selected through this RFA shall collaborate with local community agencies and organizations including the public schools, school districts and local education associations, school health advisory committees (SHACs), primary care providers (PCPs), local health departments, federally funded community health centers, local mental health agencies and other appropriate community programs, organizations and agencies. They shall have advisory boards representing the diversity of the community that meet regularly. Applying SHCs may provide a comprehensive array of services directly through center staff including acute, chronic and preventive health services, health risk screening, mental health services and nutrition services or provide limited or specialty services and refer children and youth for additional care.
How to Apply:
Application forms and instructions are included in the RFA which will be released on Friday, September 1, 2017. This RFA will be available from Carol Tyson, School Health Unit Manager, contact information provided below, and on the Program’s website at: http://ncdhhs.gov/dph/wch/aboutus/childrenyouth.htm
All prospective applicants are encouraged to attend the technical assistance conference call and webinar on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm by phone at: (Meet Me#)
919-733-2482 and at: https://ncdhhschildrenandyouth.adobeconnect.com/sbhealthcentersrfa/.
Applicants shall submit an original paper document and 3 copies of the application. All copies shall include the required attachments. In addition to the paper copies, applicant organizations shall submit an electronic version of the application in Word, line item budget and budget narrative as an excel document, in an email attachment to . Electronic submission will not be accepted in lieu of an original. Faxed applications will not be accepted.
The original application must contain original documents, and all signatures in the original application must be original and preferably signed in blue ink. Mechanical, copies, or stamped signatures are not acceptable. The original application should be clearly marked “original” on the application face sheet. Copies of the application should be clearly marked “copy” on the application face sheet.
Deadline for Submission: 5:00 pm on November 15, 2017
To Obtain Further Information direct all inquiries concerning this RFA to:
Carol Tyson, RN, FNP, MPH
School Health Unit Manager
Division of Public Health
Phone: 919-707-5660
E-Mail:
Mailing address:
NC Division of Public Health
Children and Youth Branch
School Health Unit
1928 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1928
Street / Hand Delivery
Tangee Bullock, Office Assistant
NC Division of Public Health
5601 Six Forks Road
Building 2, Floor 3, Cubicle D16
Raleigh, NC 27609-3811
DPH revised 10/29/10