Coordinated School Health: Local Wellness Policy Development

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Coordinated School HealthLocal Wellness Policy
Development

• Taskforce to Promote Healthy Eating and Smart
  Choices
• A project of the Food Services Warehousing
• and the Healthy Schools Campaign
• January 17, 2006

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Coordinated School Health

• 2005/2006 Academic Year
• Program Areas
• Goals and Objectives
• Accomplishments
• District-Wide Local Wellness Policy Development

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2005/2006 Academic Year
Grant funded

• Program Areas
• Avenues for Success
• Health Education
• HIV/AIDS Prevention
• Linkages and Partnerships
• College and University Researchers
• Community Based Organizations
• Corporate Partnerships
• Safe and Drug-free Schools
• National Coordinators Project
• Peer Jury Program
• Interventions for Children at Risk
• Positive Behavioral Interventions Support
• School Nursing
• School Psychology
• School Social Work

• Physical Health Requirements
• Dental/Oral Health Examinations
• Immunizations
• Physical Health Examinations
• Social/Emotional Learning Competencies
• Self-awareness
• Social Awareness
• Self-management
• Relationship Skills
• Responsible Decision Making
• Priority Health Behavior Areas
• Alcohol and Other Drug Use
• Injuries and Violence
• Sexual Health Behaviors
• Tobacco Use
• Dietary Behaviors
• Physical Activity

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2005/2006 Academic Year

• Goals and Objectives
• Goal 1.1 Improved Social/Emotional/Physical
  Health Policies Services
• Develop a district-wide local wellness policy.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate a system to
  manage health-related linkages and partnerships.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate a system for the
  provision of social/emotional services.
• Goal 1.2 Improved Student Physical Health
• Increase the number of students who are medically
  compliant with physical health examinations and
  immunizations.
• Increase the number of students who receive
  dental examinations.
• Increase the number of students failing a
  school-provided vision screening who receive a
  comprehensive eye examination and prescription
  eye glasses.

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Accomplishments

• Health-related Linkages and Partnerships
• An online survey was developed and administered
  to community based organizations through
  www.surveymonkey.com. Additional distribution
  was provided by the Community Schools Initiative,
  the Stakeholders Collaboration, and individual
  referrals. Thirty five agencies have replied as
  of January 13, 2006 providing data on 35
  different programs/services delivered to the
  Chicago Public Schools.

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Accomplishments

• Social/Emotional Services
• Collaborative relationship with Office of
  Specialized Services, Student Development, High
  School Demonstration Project, and PHASES.
• A Request for Proposals for Safe and Healthy
  Schools Curriculum to be published. Scope of
  Services for alcohol and other drug prevention to
  be inclusive of the State of Illinois
  Social/Emotional Learning Goals.

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Accomplishments

• Medical Compliance and Immunizations
• The Chicago Public Schools reported a 95.45
  compliance as of January 16, 2006. For the first
  time CPS reached a 90 compliance rate on October
  15, 2005 compared to 87 on October 15, 2004.

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Accomplishments

• Dental/Oral Health Examinations
• Dental examinations for all Kindergarten, 2nd,
  and 6th grade students required beginning May 15,
  2006. A total of 1,248 Chicago Public School
  students have received dental services through
  an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Chicago
  Department of Public Health. Dental services
  include dental screening dental cleaning gel
  fluoride and dental sealants.

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Accomplishments

• Eye Examinations and Prescription Eye Glasses
• As of January 13,2006 a total of 6,460 Chicago
  Public School students are documented as having
  received a comprehensive eye exam through the
  Office of Specialized Services. A total of 5,529
  students are documented as having received
  prescription eye glasses.
• The Healthy Kids/Healthy Minds Expanded Vision
  Program is designed to provide 12,000 students
  with free vision services between January 1 and
  June 30, 2006 funded by House Bill 2378.
  Services will be provided through Tropical
  Optical VSP.
• The Chicago Childrens Eye Clinic is designed to
  provide 5,000 students with free vision services
  during April 2006. Services will be provided
  through the Give the Gift of Sight Foundation.

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Accomplishments

• A District-wide Local Wellness Policy
• An internal committee (Office of Specialized
  Services, Food Services Warehousing, Office of
  High School Programs) has been established to
  develop, implement, and evaluate a District-wide
  Local Wellness Policy in consultation with the
  Senior Policy Advisor for the Chief Education
  Officer.

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• Section 204 of Public Law 108-265 Local Wellness
  Policy
• (a) In General- Not later than the first day of
  the school year beginning after June 30, 2006,
  each local education agency participating in a
  program authorized by the Richard B. Russell
  National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
  seq.) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42
  U.S.C. 1771 et seq.) shall establish a local
  school wellness policy for schools that, at a
  minimum---

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• Includes goals for nutrition education, physical
  activity and other school-based activities.
• Includes nutrition guidelineswith the objectives
  of promoting health and reducing obesity..
• Provides an assurance that guidelines for
  reimbursable school meals shall not be less
  restrictive than regulations and guidance issued
  by the Secretary of Agriculture.

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• Establishes a plan for measuring implementation
  of the policy.
• Involves parents, students, representatives of
  the school food authority, the school board,
  school administrators, and the public.
• Policy Development Committee
• Focus Groups
• Survey

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• District-level Needs Assessment
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey
• School Health Profiles
• Chicago Department of Public Health Data (by
  Cluster)
• Measurable Objectives
• Baseline One Year Five Year Ten Year
• Output vs. Outcome
• Review of Model Policies including School
  District Model Wellness Policy Language
  developed by Illinois Nutrition Education and
  Training.
• 14 member consensus committee with
  representatives from Illinois schools, child
  advocacy groups, health care, government,
  nonprofit organizations, and business
• Under a USDA Team Nutrition grant

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• Each member of the development team is assigned a
  specific section of the policy.
• Goals for nutrition education
• Goals for physical activity
• Goals for other school-based activities
• Nutrition guidelines
• Coordinated School Health will compile all
  submissions into a draft policy and distribute.
• Senior Policy Advisor for the Chief Education
  Officer
• Policy Development Committee
• Parents and their students
• School administrators
• Community-based organizations

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Developing a District-Wide Local Wellness Policy

• Final draft of the District-Wide Local Wellness
  Policy will be submitted to the Senior Policy
  Advisor for the Chief Education Officer.
• Approval for the final District-Wide Local
  Wellness Policy is anticipated from the Board of
  Education on April 27, 2006.

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Office of Specialized Services

• Coordinated School Health
• Ken G. Papineau
• Director of Coordinated School Health
• 773-553-1830
• kgpapineau_at_cps.k12.il.us