This project replicated the complete data system, including electronic health record (EHR) data, client screening, client satisfaction survey, and operations data for the statewide network of SBHCs. Through Apex’s partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Health (MDPH) SBHC Program, Apex developed customized data collection tools that reflect regional nuances in the client population and school-based…
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE), the Delaware School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Data Interoperability and Sharing Cooperative (DISCO) connects a statewide network of school-based health centers (SBHCs) and myriad data sources to associated data interoperability solutions while recognizing…
Apex has evaluated the statewide network of SBHCs in New Mexico for over 10 years, and partners with other organizations – including the national School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA) – to align and promote effective evaluation practices for SBHCs. The Apex Data Hub brings together operational, screening, clinical, academic, and patient feedback to produce integrated reporting…
New York’s school-based health centers (SBHCs) historically have lacked statewide data available to other health care providers that would allow them to identify gaps in care, document outcomes, improve operations, advocate for their work, or operate in an evidence-based world. In 2018 the New York School-Based Health Foundation and the New York School-Based Health Alliance…
Apex serves as the data vendor and external evaluation partner for The Wright Center for Community Health for Just Health implementation. The Wright Center sponsors eight school-based health centers (SBHCs) in Pennsylvania. The purpose of the project is to increase comprehensive risk screening of children and adolescents in Pennsylvania, using the Just Health tool. The…
The Garrett Lee Smith (GLS) project aims to decrease the rate of suicide attempts and completions among 10-24 year olds in New Mexico. Focus communities include Bernalillo, McKinley, Otero, Rio Arriba, and San Juan. Apex’s role in the GLS project centers around data collection, analysis, and reporting project progress and outcomes to the funder and…
Future Focused Education (FFE) is designing and implementing a high school work internship program with the Leadership Schools Network, New Futures, and potentially other high schools as the program expands. FFE partnered with Apex to implement a robust internal evaluation plan based on Results-Based Accountability. Apex’s evaluation activities support and complement the internal plan to…
The New Mexico Peer-to-Peer Helper (YP2PH) program is sponsored by the NMDOH OSAH. The program is based on the premise that when young people have problems, they most often turn to friends whom they trust for help, and that every school has an informal “helping network.” The YP2PH program’s objectives are to promote youth helping…
The EOP’s purpose is to recruit and retain school-based mental health professionals to serve students across New Mexico, focusing on rural areas with high percentages of at-risk and vulnerable populations. Through a United States Department of Education grant awarded to the NMPED Safe and Healthy Schools Bureau, the EOP offers funding to support school-based mental…
The Behavioral Health Initiative (BHI) was created by Bernalillo County commissioners through a tax increase that voters overwhelmingly approved. The funds helped to create a behavioral health system with 40 funded projects. Apex is supporting BHI to evaluate five of those projects. We are supporting an outcome evaluation of three suicide prevention providers and a…
