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A Ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System
Healthy children = Better students = Thriving South Carolina communities
A Ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System
• Because health care needs that inhibit learning often cannot be addressed with emergency room visits.
• Because a child’s educational opportunities can be permanently impaired because of health care needs.
• Because the loss of income to a family caused by taking one child to the doctor might deprive the entire family of food for several days.
• Because a highly efficient non-profit model is essential to eventually creating a state public-private system for children in need.
WHY Healthy Learners exists for children who are in need and without resources
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• Because the Affordable Care Act only applies to adults and South Carolina elected not to accept Medicaid expansion funding. Children and families are still in need of assistance with the Medicaid application process, assistance with referrals for clinical counseling and coordination of health care.
• Because the complexities of Medicaid overwhelm many poor families.
WHY (Affordable Care Act)
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Healthy children. Better students.
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WHO WE ARE and
WHAT WE DO
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• Remove health barriers to learning with love and compassion
• Connect children to care so poor health is not an obstacle
• Address poverty at its root
• Help lift up future generations
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• Assistance with Medicaid Application Process
• Assistance with referrals for Clinical Counseling
• Coordination of Health Care
• Dental Care
• Hearing Evaluations and Care
• Medications
• Transportation to Appointments
• Treatment for Medical Needs
• Vision Care
Our Services
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Continuing the legacy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine by removing health barriers to education.
Our History
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• Faith-based, non-profit
• Serving children at 148 schools in 6 counties
Our Growing Impact
Greenwood (Upstate) Georgetown
(Lowcounty)
Dillon (Pee Dee)
Midlands (Richland & Lexington)
Allendale (Lowcounty)
Dillon
Georg
etown
Lexington
Greenwood
Richland
Allendale
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Healthy Learners helps children receive vital health care services.
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Lack of access to health care can have severe consequences
Boy’s death highlights U.S. health debate
Girl dies after getting sick at school without nurse
Lack of insurance may have figured in 17,000 children’s deaths, study shows
BBC News
The Washington Post
Johns Hopkins
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Health access is more than an insurance or Medicaid card
• Medicaid not always accepted for payment
• Difficult for low-income parents to miss work taking children in for care
• Public transportation doesn’t serve all physician offices
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Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18 in South Carolina
Health Insurance Coverage of Low Income Children 0-18 (under 200% Federal Poverty Level)
Health Insurance Coverage of Children 0-18 Living in Poverty (under 100% Federal Poverty Level)
Employer Medicaid Uninsured
48% 35% 12%
Employer Medicaid Uninsured
NSD* 67% 18%
Employer Medicaid Uninsured
22% 56% 17%
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation
* No data available
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Our children’s well being today greatly impacts everyone’s future.
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• Provided 4,330 vision, dental, medication and other health-related services to 1,380 children*
• Transported children more than 100,000 miles*
• Costs for eligible health care services, transportation and follow-up are paid for by Healthy Learners.
• Healthy children are better able to learn
• Students improve grades and test scores*During most recent school year
Our impact this year
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Return on Investment Accomplishments
$4.38 returned for every
$1 invested by reducing costly emergency room
visits
Save parents, hospitals and communities
100s of 1000s of dollars annually
* Study published in April 2009 by the Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc. and funded in part by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Making a difference
Ben Bullock
Earned a master’s degree in social work and public administration
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Making a differenceA young mother didn’t have to choose between buying food or paying for doctor visits for her sons.
“ It’s hard to not get emotional when
I talk about Healthy Learners.
It’s hard to explain just how much
they mean to me and our family.” — Rhonda, mom to William and Hunter
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How do we sustain the program and
our level of service?
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Sustaining Healthy Learners
83% program
17% administrative
Low administrative costs
Actual program costs =
$749,642*
*2013-2014 school year (less in-kind services)
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Support from individuals,
organizations, school nurses
and community health care
provider groups
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Your support is critical
Servicecosts
Baseline funding
Support fills the gap in funding.
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Sustaining Healthy Learners
Raises more than $100,000 each year
Champions for Children Golf Tournament
IN MEMORY OF GEORGE YOUNGINER
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The health disparity gap has narrowed, but the need keeps growing.
We can do more
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“ Evaluation results for Healthy Learners are always overwhelmingly positive across all constituent groups. Negative feedback, if it is fair to even call it that, more often focuses on the need for program expansion than on suggested program improvements.” Source: evaluation consultant
Program expansion
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Your support ensures we can remove barriers to learning for
even more children.
$300 = an audiology evaluation and a physician’s assessment
$100 = a vision exam and
a pair of glasses
$95 = assistance
with medication for a child
Any amount = a difference in a child’s life
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• Donate at healthylearners.com
• Call Todd Buehrig, director of development, at 803.454.0350
• Mail a check payable to: Healthy Learners 2749 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC 29204
How to donate
A Ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System
healthylearners.com
Healthy children. Better students.
Thriving South Carolina communities.
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