What is the Coordinated School Health (CSH) Program?

 

The Idaho Coordinated School Health Program is a partnership between the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare and the Idaho State Department of Education. The Program helps schools offer students K-12 in Idaho the information and skills they will need to make good choices for a lifetime.

 

Goals:

• Keep students healthy over time
• Reinforce positive healthy behaviors throughout the school day
• Show that health and learning go hand-in-hand

CSH Programs in Schools

A coordinated school health program is a planned and organized set of classes, programs, services, and policies designed to meet the health and safety needs of K-12 students. Schools promote eight coordinated school health components: health education, physical education, health services, nutrition services, counseling/psychological services, a healthy safe environment, parent and community involvement and staff wellness.

 Each school with a coordinated school health program develops a council of school staff, administrators, families, students and community members to develop ongoing action plans to make sure that the eight components are being looked at and worked on. There are currently 9 pilot schools across Idaho that receive funding to develop a coordinated school health program.

 

The Coordinated School Health Program in the Deparment of Health and Welfare and State Department of Education provides funding opportunities, training, guidance, technical assistance and resources to schools that develop coordinated school health programs.