Four counties receive $1 million for school-based health care

Grants awarded by federal government

By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun

5:55 p.m. EDT, July 14, 2011

The U.S. government awarded about $1 million in federal grants Thursday to four Maryland counties to improve school-based health care for students.

The money will go to Baltimore, Montgomery and Dorchester counties as well as the Choptank Community Health System on the Eastern Shore.

The state has 68 health centers in schools around the state providing routine health care services for students from low-income families.

liz.bowie@baltsun.com

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teugood at 6:47 PM July 18, 2011

I hope this expands into other counties with a high percentage of youth in poverty. That will impact student learning, test scores, and help out teachers with evaluations.

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