CVS Pharmacy

Republic Bank

Kentucky Center for School Safety

Kosair Children’s Hospital

Toyota Motor Manufacturing

U.K. Healthcare

BB&T Insurance Services

Caesars Indiana

Cave Country Adventures

Cheap Self Storage

Cincinnati Reds

Cumberland River Comprehensive Care

Delta Dental

Diamond Caverns

Dinosaur World

General Electric

Harper Industries

Jimmie Johnson Foundation

Kentucky Dept of Education

The Kentucky Speedway

The Kentucky Standard

Kentucky State Resort Parks

Lafayette Golf Club

Lost River Cave & Valley

The Louisville Bats

Louisville Glassworks

The Louisville Science Center

Muhammad Ali Center

Newport Aquarium

Our Lady of Peace, a service of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary’s Health Care

Ryan Newman Motorsports

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Southwest Airlines

The Speed Art Museum

Tempur-pedic International

The Walt Disney Company

Yahoo!

John Webb, School-Based Health Center Coordinator of Kentucky Child Now, traveled to Washington, D.C. on June 27 to advocate the need for accessible health care for Kentucky’s youth.

Webb and fellow advocates, Wookena Alder and Kim Nakamura, representatives from the Boone County Health Dept. School-Based Health Center, rallied on Capitol Hill to share the message of legislation supporting school-based health care and the importance of creating a comprehensive "safety net" at the center of a child’s world – their school – ensuring quick diagnoses, treatment and ongoing health.

Webb and other members of the Kentucky School-Based Health Center Collaborative met with staff from the offices of U.S. Representatives, Ben Chandler and Geoff Davis, as well as U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell and Jim Bunning to alert them to the current federal legislation and the importance of Kentucky’s School-Based Health Centers. In particular, they wanted to draw attention to three bills currently introduced in Congress: S1669/HR 2870 The Healthy Schools Act of 2007 and S.600 The School-Based Health Clinic Establishment Act of 2007.

The advocacy day was held in conjunction with the 2007 National Assembly on School-Based Health Care Convention.