Planning for a New School-Based Health Center

Resources for Planning New SBHCs

Any community may choose to plan for a SBHC. At times, the SBHC State Program Office (SPO) has state planning grants available to support the readiness and implementation of a new SBHC. Please check out the funding tab for possible state planning grant opportunities.

We encourage any community interested in developing and opening a SBHC to review the following documents:

• SBHC Planning: Community Readiness Strategies Checklist
• SBHC Planning: Implementation Checklist
• SBHC Standards for Certification (Version 4)
• Oregon SBHC Status Report 2021
• Planning and Sustaining a School-Based Health Center: Cost and Revenue Findings from Oregon

This information will help smooth your planning process and ensure your SBHC will be prepared to meet the SPO Standards for Certification. Once opened, a SBHC may request to be certified by the SBHC State Program Office (SPO).

For more information about planning new SBHCs, SPO encourages communities to contact the SBHC State Program Office at sbhc.program@dhsoha.state.or.us or 971-673-0871.