The New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care represents school-based health centers in New Mexico and collaborates with other partners to promote, facilitate, and advocate for comprehensive, culturally competent health care, including health education, in schools.
As our state’s public health response to the pandemic of COVID-19 continues to unfold, the New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care and the school-based health centers we support are all in the process of discerning how to respond appropriately. This is a time for us to work together for the common good, and we stand ready to take whatever actions are necessary. The following are updates regarding both our organization and the state’s SBHCs.
NMASBHC:
In order to follow public health recommendations and keep our families and communities safe, NMASBHC offices will be closed until further notice. Staff and Board will be working remotely and electronically. You can reach staff via email (https://www.nmasbhc.org/about/board-staff/). All outside meetings, business travel and events will be postponed or held telephonically or digitally.
SBHCs:
Each medical entity that operates an SBHC and their host school must determine separately whether or not they can and will stay open during school closures. The Department of Health is working on a spreadsheet of open and closed SBHCs, and we will post it here as soon as it becomes available. We send our best wishes to all of the SBHCs as they work to adapt to this pandemic.
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Our Work
The New Mexico Alliance for School-Based Health Care benefits students, families, schools and communities.
Upcoming Events
- Jun 8 Monday
Day-Long Expanding Reproductive Autonomy and Contraceptive Access Training – Virtual Training
- 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Date: Monday, June 8th, 2020 An Evidence-Based Training on IUDs & Implants (Webinar)Join us for a virtual training to learn about best practices for provision of IUDs and implants! The course is free, CME/CE accredited, and open to all clinic staff! The training is designed for health educators, counselors, clinicians, social workers and administrative staff,…
- Jun 9 Tuesday
Contraceptive Counseling Training – Virtual
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Date: Tuesday, June 9th, 2020 Practical and Sustainable Steps for Addressing Bias and Patient Concerns (Webinar)Join us for a free, CME/CE accredited virtual training to deepen your contraceptive counseling skills by exploring implicit bias and learning how to apply the principles of cultural humility. Through a review of patient-centered counseling techniques and case-based learning, participants…
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Application Period for NMASBHC Board Positions Now Open
NMASBHC is seeking interested and committed individuals for open positions on our Board of Directors. If interested, please complete and submit the application by April 15, 2020. If you have any questions, please reach out to Nancy Rodriguez at nancy@nmasbhc.org.
Note from the new Program Manager
Hello and Yá’át’ééh to all the staff, students, family, friends and advocates of School Based Health Centers (SBHC) in New Mexico. I have only been at NMASBHC for two weeks, but I am not new to seeing firsthand the impact that having access to a SBHC presents for children and youth in our communities. After…
Happy February 2020!
This month is all about LOVE! Both SBHC Awareness Month and Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month fall in February, and NMASBHC encourages every SBHC, partner and supporter to take a moment to recognize and share with colleagues information about both. If you love the ideas of school-based health and healthy teen relationships, take a few…