The mission of the School Health Program is to enhance education by maximizing the health and well being of youth in the District’s public schools.

Program Description

The Department of Health provides school nursing services in the District of Columbia public and charter schools. The Child, Adolescent and School Health Bureau offers oversight for the program which services more than 65,000 students and is currently operated by Children’s National Medical Center. For further information, contact (202) 442-5925.

The links below lead to information about the health of women and children, including statistics by ward, abstinence education, and teen pregnancy prevention.

• Status Report on School-based Health Care and Proposals for Reform
  • Executive Summary*
  • School Health Plan*
  • Appendices - Table of Contents
    (Select the titles in the Table of Contents to view the individual documents)
• Oral Health is Critical to the School Readiness of Children in Washington, DC*
• Interim Guidelines for the Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007*
  • Asthma Action Plan*
  • Anaphylaxis Action Plan*