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Funded Partners:
National Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs)
Society of State Directors of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
(The Society)
The Society is a professional association whose members supervise and
coordinate programs in health, physical education, and related fields within
state departments of education.
The Society's Program in Action
The Society is funded under two Capacity-Building Assistance
categories:
- Preventing HIV Infections: State and Local Education Agencies.
- Preventing Chronic Diseases: Promoting Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHPs).
For Preventing HIV Infections: State and Local Education Agencies,
The Society is
- Working with the National Stakeholders Collaborative (NSC) to plan
and conduct a National Stakeholders Meeting (NSM) Reconvene to
strengthen collaboration between state health and state education
agencies to support and improve prevention of HIV, sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs), and unintended and teen pregnancy for youth. The NSC is
comprised of the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS
Directors (NASTAD), the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD), the
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP), and the
Society.
- Providing ongoing follow-up support and technical assistance to NSM
participants to identify and overcome barriers to integrating programs
and policies that help prevent HIV infection, STDs, and unintended and
teen pregnancy.
- Conducting a one-day workshop, held in conjunction with the
organization’s Annual Meeting, for all DASH-funded SEA and LEA HIV
Coordinators on HIV Prevention for Youth with Special Needs.
- Completing a strategic planning meeting to determine the current
needs of the SEAs and developing a joint agenda (strategic plan) to
strengthen HIV education in the nation’s schools, targeting youth most
at risk for HIV infections.
- Creating an online, searchable Directory of HIV and Coordinated
School Health Program Staff.
- Utilizing various methods, including newsletters, email, postal
distribution, Web postings, and presentations at conferences/meetings,
to share information related to reducing sexual risk behaviors with
members and other interested parties.
Other NGOs Funded under this category:
For Preventing Chronic Diseases: Promoting Coordinated School Health Programs (CSHPs),
The Society is
- Developing an updated version of the PowerPoint®
presentation Making the Connection, a tool for state and local
education decision-makers, parents, teachers, and administrators that
demonstrates the value of implementing a CSHP approach to connect
student health with academic achievement.
- Working jointly with the National Association of Chronic Disease
Directors (NACDD) and the Directors of Health Promotion and Education (DHPE)
in the Coordinated School Health Program (CSHP) Collaborative. The
Collaborative convenes four, 2-day trainings (with at least five state
teams per meeting) that bring together state education and state health
agency coordinators to strengthen collaborative efforts to improve the
delivery, effectiveness, and sustainability of local CSHPs.
- Providing 12-month follow-up technical assistance via conference
calls, website support, resource identification, and on-site visits to
previously trained agency coordinators, to support the establishing and
strengthening of a statewide CSHP.
- Creating an online posting of technical assistance resources to
build state education agency capacity to implement CSHPs on the local
level.
- Creating an online, searchable directory of CSHP staff with state
education and health agencies.
Other NGOs Funded under this category:
See Also
Funding
Announcement 601 [pdf 245K] (CDC-RFA-DP06-601). Provides more
information on the NGO funding requirements for providing capacity-building
assistance.
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