1. Let’s talk about how it’s done!
Creating a Referral Network of Partners to Increase Student Access to Health Services
Let’s talk about how it’s done!
Office of School and Adolescent Health
Yolanda Montoya-Cordova, Director
Cindy Greenberg, State Nurse Consultant

2. What are the steps to creating a referral network?
Understanding what makes a partnership.
Communicating and involving stakeholders.
Where and how to recruit partners.
Steps to strengthen communication and collaboration.
Assessing the success of the partnerships.

3. How are partnerships defined?
Involve mutual respect
Coordination of administrative responsibility
Establishment of reciprocal roles
Shared participation in decision making
Mutual accountability and transparency

4. What do I need to know about my stakeholders?
Do you have support from the administration and parents?
What are the goals and expectations from the school community?
Who will manage the task of convening meetings, following up on tasks and for maintaining the partnership?
Are there partnerships or providers that make the school community uncomfortable, why? Can the issues be resolved?
What do I need to know about my stakeholders?

6. Who should we include in a health services referral network?
School-Based Health Center Providers
Behavioral Health Agencies
Sexual Health Providers
Health Promotion and Prevention Programs
Youth Engagement/Service Learning
Food and Clothing Banks
Parenting Programs
Other Ideas?

7. EXAMPLES OF PARTNERSHIPS CREATED: ALAMOGORDO AND BERNALILLO

8. How do we know if we are successful?
Did you do what you agreed to do?
Were the goals and objectives achieved?
Based on the findings, what are the next steps?
How do we know if we are successful?

9. Who should I call if I need more information?
New Mexico Department of Health
Office of School & Adolescent Health
(505)
(505)