Rural School-Based Telehealth Center Initiative (Georgia)

 
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    Funder Type

    Private Foundation

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Global Partnership for TeleHealth

    Summary

    Global Partnership for TeleHealth's mission is to deliver worldwide access to healthcare. Their unparalleled success in the United States in applied telehealth programs and services has assisted agencies in providing cost effective, efficient, and high quality healthcare to hundreds of thousands. Global Partnership for TeleHealth is reaching beyond borders to bring healthcare to the world. In doing so they strive to:
    • Improve and promote the availability and provision of specialized healthcare services in rural and underserved parts of the world.
    • Educate and provide training and technical assistance to hospitals, clinics and primary care providers to implement and achieve exchange of health information.
    • Reduce the service barriers that exist for patients who live in rural parts of the world at a distance from hospitals and other medical facilities.
    The Georgia Department of Community Health and Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth established the School-Based TeleHealth Center Grant Initiative in statute appropriating funding to support the implementation of the program throughout the state. School-based telehealth centers are clinics located within school buildings or on school campuses.

    The goal of the program is to provide access to basic preventive and primary physical, behavioral and oral health services to children and youth in public schools who might not otherwise receive health care. Additionally, the program provides health promotion and health education programming and services to increase enrollment in Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) program. Typically, school-based telehealth centers are located in schools where a high proportion of students qualify for free or reduced school lunches as this often coincides with the students being either un- or underinsured. Many centers are also located in federally-designated health care provider shortage areas.
     

    History of Funding

    2015 grant award winners can be seen at http://www.gatelehealth.org/georgia-partnership-for-telehealth-announces-grant-recipients-for-the-2015-rural-school-based-telehealth-center-initiative/.

    Additional Information

    School-based health centers are defined in the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2009:
    (A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘school-based health center' means a health clinic that:
    • is located in or near a school facility of a school district or board or of an Indian tribe or tribal organization;
    • is organized through school, community, and health provider relationships;
    • is administered by a sponsoring facility;
    • provides through health professionals primary health services to children in accordance with State and local law, including laws relating to licensure and certification; and
    • satisfies such other requirements as a State may establish for the operation of such a clinic.
    (B) SPONSORING FACILITY:
    • Hospital
    • Public health department
    • Community health center
    • Nonprofit health care agency
    • School or school system
    • Program administered by the Indian Health Service or the Bureau of Indian Affairs or operated by an Indian tribe or a tribal organization
    Performance Requirements/Deliverables:
    • The Contractor shall provide at a minimum primary physical care and behavioral health services at each site.
    • The Contractor shall maintain at least one staff position responsible for administration of the school-based health center(s) at the conclusion of the grant period.
    • The Contractor shall offer health services in the school building or on campus in a space that is adequate for service provision and that ensures confidentiality.
    • The Contractor shall utilize outreach activities to enroll students and encourage use of the school-based telehealth centers throughout the school year.
    • The Contractor shall maintain a Community Advisory Council (CAC) which has clearly-defined roles in guiding sustainability efforts, monitoring quality improvement and lending expertise in helping to promote the school-based health center(s) to the broader community.
    • The Contractor shall target services to student populations with documented needs such as low-income status, lack of access to primary care, uninsured or underinsured, and/or evidence of poor health status.
    • The Contractor shall link with community resources for services provided on and off site.
    • The Contractor shall integrate health promotion efforts with the school community served by the school-based telehealth center(s).
    • The Contractor, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this contract, shall perform and complete, in a timely and satisfactory manner, all activities described in the approved Work Plan and incorporated in accordance with the associated Budget with Justification Form.
    • Data elements are to be collected and reported to GPT in the final report. This data can be collected by the Contractor or a sub-contractor.

    Contacts

    Loren Nix

    Loren Nix
    3599 Plant Ave Ext
    Blackshear, GA 31516
    (866) 754-4325
    (912) 285-0938
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible sites must meet ALL of the below listed criteria to be an eligible applicant:
    • Applicant and school must be located in Georgia
    • Must be located in a rural county as defined by DCH (Population less than 35,000)
    • Must serve Georgia Public Schools or Georgia Charter Schools
    • 501c3 Non-Profit Status Organization Serving Schools
    In addition to the above requirements for eligibility, applicants can be:
    • Local public health agencies
    • Community health centers
    • Rural health centers
    • Non-Profit Hospitals
    • Federally Qualified Health Centers
    • Community mental health centers
    • Independent nonprofit medical practices

    Deadline Details

    Applications were to be submitted by June 10, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. A similar deadline is anticipated, annually.

    Award Details

    Pursuant to available funding, Georgia Partnership for TeleHealth and Georgia Department of Community Health has committed up to $90,000 dollars to start and or expand rural schoolbased telehealth centers in Georgia. Up to $30,000 per site:
    • $20,000* directly to telemedicine equipment purchase/support/training; and
    • $10,000** discretionary spending as it relates to the school based telemedicine center

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