School
Health Services consists of those services mandated in Florida State Statutes
381.0056, 381.0057, and 381.0059 F.S.
The Jackson County Health Department (JCHD) shall jointly develop with
the Jackson County School District (JCSD) the Jackson School Health Services
Program plan. The local program shall
include, at a minimum, a plan for the delivery of school health services;
accountability and outcome indicators; and strategies for assessing and
blending financial resources of the JCHD, JCSB, and other public and private
fund sources. The local School Health
Services Program plan shall describe the employment status of all
health-related staff and the supervision of school health services personnel
regardless of funding source.
Pre-K Program
The
JCSB and JCHD have an agreement to provide quality health care services to the
Pre-K students of
School
Health Services are provided by the Jackson County Health Department School
Team.
The
Full-Service School Program provides services to students on school grounds. In collaboration, the JCSB and the JCHD
identified full-service schools with student populations having high risk of
needs for medical and social services.
These services are provided in addition to the basic school health
program and are intended to integrate social services into health services,
which are critical to the continuity-of-care process for this high-risk student
population.
Teen Parent Program
Concentrated health care services are provided
to the teen parent program via contract between the JCSB and JCHD. The emphasis of care is on prevention of
health related complications before and after delivery. The program employees a
Registered Nurse two and one-half days per week.
For
the private schools in