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UMMA Community Clinic re-opened the wellness center at Jordan High School in summer 2024. The health clinic is one of 20 on LAUSD campuses open to students and community members and run by outside healthcare providers.LAist is facing a budget shortfall, but our mission to provide fact-based journalism is stronger than ever. We cannot do this important work without your member support today.
“In previous bond efforts and in future bond efforts the allocation of resources for this type of partnership and venture will continue to be a priority for all of us,” said Alberto Carvalho, LAUSD’s superintendent, at the Aug. 5 ribbon-cutting for the Jordan High School clinic. Being able to get those health needs met by a doctor or other clinician right on your school campus can then support that student's ability to show up to school every day., expects to serve about 1,000 patients a month; based on its work at other school sites, about 80% will be community members and 20% will be students.
She joined the center’s student advisory board her senior year and was soon telling her peers about the access to mental health care, vaccines, birth control and sexually transmitted disease testing. “We're still young, so maybe we should really start, we should really care for ourselves,” Vazquez said.
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