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3~ <br />- Students without medical homes? <br />- Urgent care so kids can stay in school? <br />- Helping medical home serve students with chronic care needs? <br />- Synergist coordinated services around high-need students? <br />- Convenient, centralized, coordinated, comprehensive services? <br />- Safety-net services? <br />- Mental health/substance use services? <br />How to Best Use SBHC to Improve Important Outcomes..... <br />• Better school attendance <br />• Better academic achievement <br />• Lower drop out rates <br />• Better access to high quality health care <br />• Better health <br />We are enthusiastic about moving forward! <br />• ASCD Health Schools Community Grant awarded! <br />• Would like to convene Steering Committee summer of 2007! <br />She said that the next step is to convene a steering committee (including a County <br />Commissioner representative) to begin to discuss and evaluate the potential for such a center at <br />C. W. Stanford Middle School. They would like the support of the Board of County <br />Commissioners before moving forward. <br />Commissioner Gordon asked how this fits in the grim budget situation. <br />Shirley Carraway said that this steering committee will look at funding and the possible <br />sources. She said that they visited one in Wayne County, and some of it is funded through <br />reimbursable dollars and private insurance dollars. <br />Lisa Stuckey said that she attended a conference and the speaker from South Carolina <br />spoke about how this could be self-funding. <br />Commissioner Foushee said that she heard this presentation and she would like to refer <br />this to staff to bring back a formal proposal in concept for Board approval. <br />Chair Carey said that he is familiar with school based health centers throughout the state <br />and they serve a great need. He said that it is naive to think that we can depend on <br />reimbursements to cover the costs. He said that OCS is not asking the Board to commit to <br />funding, but to a concept. He asked how this relates to what is being done now. <br />Betty Compton said that this is the next natural step in services for children. She said <br />that she has worked in the OCS for a long time. She said that they have not finished the job, <br />which is getting these children the help they need when they need it. <br />Anne Medenbleck suggested that the steering committee tap Duke or UNC for grants. <br />,g: Middle College High School Update <br />Superintendent Neil Pedersen said that this is an update and is a collaborative effort <br />between the two school systems and the Durham Public Schools also. This is the second year <br />and there are 14 students from OCS and 10 students from CHCCS. He said that the program <br />could have as many as 50 students each, so they are under enrolled. He made reference to the <br />overview in the packet. The program is for juniors and seniors. The Durham Tech courses are <br />offered free of charge to the students and the credits are transferable. He said that this is not <br />for students who are involved in athletics or for students who are reluctant to leave their social <br />groups. <br />