SFUSD Student Support Services Department :: High School Wellness Programs

FEATURED PROGRAMS

	ExCEL After School Programs
	Nutrition Education Project
	Support Services for LGBTQ Youth
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	National Professional Development

ALL PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Asthma Project (pdf)California Healthy Kids Survey/Youth Risk Behavior Survey Centers for Disease Control/Local HIV Prevention (pdf)Community-Based Organization Program Comprehensive Health Education Program Comprehensive Safety Plan for Every School Computer Based Health StrategiesCondom Availability Program (pdf) Crisis Response (pdf) Elementary School Counseling Grant (pdf) Elementary School Health Advocates Elementary School Truancy Program (pdf) ETR Associates (pdf) Expanded Collaboratives for Excellence in Learning
(ExCEL After School Programs) Featured Program

Foster Youth Services (pdf) Health Education Teacher Leaders High School Wellness Programs

High School Health Promotion Committee Indoor Air Quality (pdf) Influenza Vaccination Program (pdf) Middle School Healthy School Teams (pdf) Nurse of the Day (pdf)Nutrition Education Project
Featured Program Positive Alternatives Program (pdf)Primary Intervention Program (pdf) Proposition H Funding (pdf) Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Safe Passages Program (pdf) School Health Center (pdf)School Nurse Referral (pdf) Student Mentor Program (pdf)Support Services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth
Featured Program Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) Transition Program (pdf)

High School Wellness Programs

...Building collaborations and teams to support youth and their families

Historical Background: Research shows that school-based and school-linked health services play an important role in improving the health and well being of youth when linked to other health services. This program was created in response to high school student feedback through a citywide survey. Students indicated that they wanted and needed access to mental health, substance abuse, and reproductive health services. In August of 1999, a School Health Task Force was created to develop a proposal on how best to implement school-based and school-linked services for San Francisco high school students. The Department of Children, Youth and Families allocated funds for development of Wellness Centers at San Francisco large high schools, in collaboration with SFUSD School Health Programs Department grant funding.

What is the goal of the High School Wellness Center/ Program?
The goal of The High School Wellness Center/Program is to improve the health, safety and educational outcomes of San Francisco’s high school students at each of the sites.

What is the High School Wellness Center/ Program?
The High School Wellness Program is a collaborative initiative between: the Department of Children, Youth & Their Families (DCYF); the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), School Health Programs Department; and the Department of Public Health. Community Mental Health Services (CMHS).

The purpose of the Wellness Centers/Program is to provide and link students to health care and prevention/early intervention programs and services. Areas of need and focus are: mental health services, substance use prevention and treatment services, reproductive and physical health services and linkage to community based services.

The High School Wellness Center/Program provides students access to health education, reproductive health, mental health, and substance use services, as well as referral to primary health care providers. Students voluntarily seek Wellness Program Services or are referred by school site staff. Students are assessed, counseled, and referred to community service providers when appropriate.

Currently, there are 15 Wellness Center/Program sites located at Burton High School, Downtown High School, Galileo Academy, Ida B. Wells High School, International Studies Academy, June Jordan School for Equity, Lincoln High School, Lowell High School, Marshall High School, Mission High School, Newcomer High School, O’Connell High School and the School of the Arts, Wallenberg High School and Washington High School.

For additional information about the San Francisco Wellness Initiative, please visit http://www.sfwellness.org.

For further information contact us.