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New School-Based Health Center opens in Newtown

The newest School-Based Health Center in the Greater Danbury region has opened in Newtown.  A ribbon cutting was held Friday at Newtown Middle School by the Connecticut Institute For Communities.  The center is funded by a grant award from the state Department of Public Health.  There are more than 90 DPH-funded health centers statewide.  The SBHC is staffed by a licensed nurse practitioner, licensed clinical social worker and medical assistant.

 

 

A Newtown community planning group determined that the middle school would be the best place for the new location.  The group says this takes a long-term approach to addressing the need for medical and behavioral health services.

 

Their decision was based on an increase in student visits to the nurse's office, and a reported waiting list of mental health services requested by middle school aged children in Newtown.  It's projected that the grant funding for a variety of services available in response to the shootings at Sandy Hook school will diminish or end over time, but the need for services will continue. 

 

The new services will not replace existing nursing or social work services currently offered by the school system.

 

The SBHCs in Danbury are located at Henry Abbott technical School, Danbury High School, Broadview Middle School and Rogers Park Middle School.

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