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Michigan HIV Prevention
& Coordinated School Health
Leveraging Partners & Resources
Given Michigan’s ongoing financial crisis and the constant pressure put on schools to meet student and family needs without appropriate funding levels it has become vital for us to leverage resources beyond our CDC grant monies. We are fortunate to have a program that is broad in scope because we have successfully leveraged additional resources to support our coordinated school health model. For example, two model curricula developed in Michigan (Michigan Model for Health® and Exemplary Physical Education Curriculum) were underutilized due to budgetary constraints in schools and at the state level. USDA nutrition education dollars and a partnership between the Michigan Departments of Education and Health and Michigan State University Extension leveraged approximately 6 million dollars for low-income schools. Three thousand teachers and nearly 100,000 students benefit from this partnership to bring quality physical and health education into Michigan neediest schools. When budgetary constraints cut funds at the American Cancer Society (ACS)-Great Lakes Region, a primary partner in our coordinated school health efforts, ACS applied for and received ACS National funds to continue the Michiana Leadership Institute, a partnership between the states of Michigan and Indiana and ACS to bring intensive training and support to districts in both states working to implement Coordinated School Health Programs.
Collaborative partnerships and leveraged funds allow us to develop resources that meet the needs of Michigan schools, such as the Michigan Model for Health® curriculum. Maintaining and revising quality curriculum requires significant resources. A number of partners across Michigan have supported this k-12 curriculum. By leveraging funds from organizations working within content specific areas found in the curriculum, such as tobacco prevention, obesity prevention, HIV, STD, and teen pregnancy prevention, emergency preparedness, violence prevention, mental health, among others, we have maintained a quality comprehensive school health education curriculum. When we recently revised and added content to the HIV, STD, and pregnancy prevention module, funding from partners within state government and between the CSHP and HIV programs allowed Michigan to develop lessons that specifically address the curricular content required by Michigan law. Funding was also leveraged from Safe and Drug Free Schools and Detroit Public Schools to develop and maintain the resource guide to help schools ensure safe schools for sexual minority youth. In this era of limited resources, leveraging funds has become critical. Michigan’s success with leveraging resources among partners with common goals has led to broader program impact and a significant reduction in duplication of resources and programs. Our partnerships continue to evolve and grow, which leads to ongoing optimism for school health programming in Michigan. We believe the involvement of many stakeholders with shared goals enables Michigan’s coordinated school health model to positively impact the health of more Michigan students, families, and communities than if we tried to go it alone.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Kyle Guerrant,
Supervisor
Coordinated School Health & Safety Programs Unit
Michigan Department of Education
(517) 335-0565 guerrantk@michigan.gov www.michigan.gov/cshsp
