Colorado and New Mexico formed an Interstate Alliance of School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) to integrate school-based health care into a medical home approach to improve the health care of underserved school-aged children and adolescents. Colorado and New Mexico also plan to utilize SBHCs to improve the delivery of care within the school setting and to improve screening, preventive services, and management of chronic conditions. The goal will also be to educate adolescents to encourage more involvement in their own health care, and follow-up with primary care providers. The demonstration will also focus on the integration of mental health with primary care.
As of February, 2013, the Colorado SHCIP Team has enrolled seven SBHCs, six in rural communities from the West Slope to the Eastern Plains, and one in the Denver metro area.
