School-based health centers:
- Provide services to students, regardless of their ability to pay;
- Look similar to a doctor’s office, but are located in our schools;
- Include services such as comprehensive well-child and adolescent exams, immunizations, diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury, management of chronic diseases such as asthma and diabetes, mental health assessment and treatment, health education, nutrition education, and health promotion/disease prevention programs; and
- Keep youth in Forsyth County healthy, in school, and ready to learn.