The School Health Programs Department supports a series of programs and services that help each SFUSD school create a healthy learning environment for youth.  These include:

• Asthma Project (pdf)
  Serving children with moderate to severe asthma in 30 – 40 elementary schools
• Centers for Disease Control/Local HIV Prevention (pdf)
  Educating students, staff and parents about sex and STI prevention, including HIV infection
• Community-Based Organization Program
  Providing orientations for community-based organizations working on-site in the schools
• Comprehensive Health Education Program
  Providing classroom instruction to help students move toward health literacy
• Comprehensive Safety Plan for Every School
  Developing plans to protect kids from physical and emotional harm
• Computer Based Health Strategies
  Increasing the awareness of health issues using computer tools and strategies
• Condom Availability Program (pdf)
  Making sexuality education, abstinence education and condoms available at high schools
• Crisis Response (pdf)
  Helping students and staff cope with painful emotions from a community or school crisis
• Elementary School Counseling Grant (pdf)
  Enhancing and integrating mental health learning support/counseling services for optimal learning environments at our 19 STAR schools 
• Elementary School Health Advocates
  Serving as liaison between SHPD and elementary schools to communicate health information
• Elementary School Truancy Program (pdf)
  Improving school attendance by connecting families with supportive services
• ETR Associates (pdf)
• Expanded Collaboratives for Excellence in Learning
  (ExCEL After School Programs)
  Featured Program
  Supporting school/community partnerships including After School Programs, Beacon Centers, Foster Youth Services, Gang Risk Intervention Programs (GRIP), Mentor Programs, Regional Learning Centers, and San Francisco Together Education Accomplishes More (SF TEAM)
• Foster Youth Services (pdf)
  Addressing specific needs of foster youth
• Health Education Teacher Leaders
  Providing current health education information at district professional developments
• High School Wellness Programs
  Linking youth with on-site and community based health services
• High School Health Promotion Committee
  Promoting health and creating a safe school community at the high school level
• Indoor Air Quality (pdf)
  Contributing good indoor air quality contributes to a favorable learning environment for students, teachers and staff
• Influenza Vaccination Program (pdf)
  Increasing staff wellness and decreasing staff absence due to influenza
• Middle School Healthy School Teams (pdf)
  Promoting middle school health and creating a safe school community
• NPD (National Professional Development)
  Featured Program
  The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and the San Francisco Unified School District are funded by CDC to improve the capacity of CDC/DASH-funded agencies and to effectively implement programs through national professional development events, trainings, and follow-up technical assistance.
• Nurse of the Day (pdf)
  Providing access to current health information for any school
• Nutrition Education Project
  Featured Program
  Promoting healthy food choices and daily physical activity
• Positive Alternatives Program (pdf)
  Providing special activities to middle and high school students to increase their self-esteem
• Primary Intervention Program (pdf)
  Providing early mental health intervention for elementary students to encourage school success
• Proposition H Funding (pdf)
• Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
  Helping all schools educate and prevent substance use and violence prevention
• Safe Passages Program (pdf)
  Creating a smooth transition from one school or grade level to the next for students
• School Health Center (pdf)
  Providing health assessments and services to students with unmet health needs
• School Nurse Referral (pdf)
  Providing all school sites with health consultants
• Student Mentor Program (pdf)
  Mentoring is a structured, consistent and purposeful relationship between a young person and a caring adult
• Support Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth
  Featured Program
  Providing support and resources to create safer learning environments for all students including gay, lesbian, transgender students, teachers and families
• Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE)
  Helping middle and high schools prevent tobacco use
• Transition Program (pdf)
  Providing support services to students as they transition from one school to another