Growing Well partners actively and regularly engages with the following organizations, spanning their boundaries and ensuring coordinated action.
- Anthem
- Centerpoint
- The Children’s Home of Cincinnati
- Cincinnati Board of Education
- Cincinnati Board of Health
- Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Cincinnati Eye Institute Foundation
- Cincinnati Federation of Teachers
- Cincinnati Health Department
- Cincinnati Public Schools
- Cincinnati Woman’s Club
- CincySmiles Foundation
- Community Learning Center Institute
- Crossroads Health Center
- Deaconess Associations Foundation
- Delta Dental of Ohio– Delta Dental Foundation
- The Greater Cincinnati Foundation
- The HealthCare Connection
- HealthPoint
- HealthSource of OH
- Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board
- Interact for Health
- Mercy Health
- MindPeace
- Ohio Optometric Association
- OneSight
- Primary Health Solutions
- TriHealth
- United Way of Greater Cincinnati
- WinMed Health Services
Interact for Health
Since 1999 Interact for Health, working with a broad coalition of health, education and civic partners, has funded 40 SBHCs in thirteen school districts serving 38,000 students in Greater Cincinnati.
For the 2016-2017 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning and implementation of the following school-based health centers:
- HSO West Clermont
For the 2018-2019 academic year, Interact for Health funded the the planning for the following school-based health center:
- Mercy Little Miami
For the 2018-2019 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning and implementation for the following school-based health center:
- PHS Middletown
For the 2018-2019 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning, implementation, and some of the infrastructure costs for the following school-based health center:
- CHD Schiff Wellness Center Academy of World Languages (AWL)
For the 2019-2020 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning, implementation, and some of the infrastructure costs for the following school-based health centers:
- PHS Edgewood
- CHD Aiken Dental Center
For the 2020-2021 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning, implementation, and some of the infrastructure costs for the following school-based health centers:
- PrimaryPlus RULH Ripley
- HSO Williamsburg
- Mercy Clermont Northeast
For the 2021-2022 academic year, Interact for Health funded the planning, implementation, and some of the infrastructure costs for the following school-based health centers:
- Bracken County
- Centerpoint Norwood
- Mercy Southwest
- THCC Mount Healthy
- CMHC Switzerland County
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
The community, and Growing Well, is fortunate to have the involvement of very experienced SBHC practice leadership. Dr. Mona Mansour is the Director of Primary Care for Cincinnati Children’s and Lisa Crosby is the Program Lead for SBHCs. Dr. Mansour is a primary care physician with specialties in asthma, school health, primary care in underserved populations, and primary care redesign. She also has a Master’s degree in Epidemiology and is a Professor in the University of Cincinnati’s Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Crosby has MSN and Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees and specialties in asthma and mental health.
Cincinnati Health Department
The Cincinnati Health Department operates eleven SBHCs in Cincinnati Public Schools, and provides dental, vision and primary care services to the Cincinnati community. CHD was generous sharing Marilyn Crumpton, MD (its former Director of School/Adolescent Health) with many segments of the community, including CPS, Community Learning Centers, Growing Well, and the Ohio School-Based Health Alliance. CHD staff has rallied in many ways to respond to the call for health services in local public schools.
Cincinnati Public Schools
The Community Learning Center model started within Cincinnati Public Schools. CPS has provided strong leadership. Margaret Hall takes time to serve on the Leadership Advisory Committee, as well as at the school level with coordination among SBHCs, teachers, staff, administrators, and the Local School Decision-Making Committees, comprising school employees and community volunteers.
Community Learning Center Institute
Darlene Kamine, the Director and Founder of the Community Learning Center Institute, has played a vital role in supporting school nurses and school-based health care, establishing Community Learning Centers in Cincinnati, and advocating for data systems that include health and academic data. CLCI promotes site-based governance and provides Resource Coordinators who manage the many and varied community partnerships. Among her many other accomplishments, Ms. Kamine helped establish Growing Well; helped to achieve buy-in from community partners in supporting and submitting data to the health/academic database; attracted new sources of funding; and played a key role in successfully advocating for the expansion of SBHCs.