Health education standards were included in the district standards. The Lincoln Public Schools Foundation worked with the local Americorps program to coordinate services between schools, families, and service providers. As the Foundation worked to build support and acceptance of CSHI in the public schools, it learned several key lessons about leveraging resources to sustain and institutionalize community efforts. Mapping your community's assets is a helpful way of identifying prospective partnerships. Creating a broad base of partnerships is a good way of maximizing available resources.
Teachers have new access to health programs and continue to adopt healthy behaviors.
The schools which house a comprehensive school health program have expanded their health training and education programs. Because of long distances and a poor public transportation system, the kinds of services provided by the new clinic were not accessible before the new clinic was created. As it worked with the school district and other community organizations to develop the CSHI program, ADF learned a great deal about what it takes to create a culture in which comprehensive school health can thrive. In order to implement the CSHI, ADF created a combined governing structure with a community health organization. Engage all stakeholders in the process.