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DC Health to bring school nursing program in-house, plans retraining and expanded oversight
Summary
DC Health plans to transition the School Health Services program from Children's School Services to DC Health staff over the summer, creating roughly 222 FTEs and promising retraining, tighter team communication, and efforts to maintain services for the start of the school year.
During the Committee on Health’s June 16 oversight hearing, Director Ayanna Bennett and agency staff detailed a planned in‑house transition of the District’s School Health Services program that the agency says will begin this summer.
What was announced: Bennett said DC Health will shift the school health services program from a contractor, Children’s School Services, to DC Health staffing this summer. "This change will result in DC Health having a much more direct connection to keeping students healthy and staff in school," she said, citing services such as care in nursing suites and school-based health centers and managing required health documentation.
Staffing and timing: The transition will…
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