Referrals & Linkages
Building Effective Referral Systems
Health centers and youth-serving organizations should build formal relationships and develop effective referral systems to ensure young people are aware of and able to access care.
Why it Matters
It is important for health centers and youth-serving organizations to build formal relationships and develop effective referral systems to ensure young people are aware of and able to access care. We work with health centers, schools, and community-based organizations to develop and implement strategies to best connect young people in their community to needed health services.
School Referrals
Identify and discuss the roles that school staff can play in facilitating access to health services for students.
Spark Trainings
Brief, ready-to-use trainings for your multidisciplinary team
Mini-toolkits for improving adolescent-centered care
AHI Starter Guides are mini-toolkits that offer concrete, actionable steps to improve adolescent care.
SBHC-PCP Partnerships for an Expanded Medical Home
Developing or strengthening a partnership between a primary care provider (PCP) and a school-based health center (SBHC) can improve adolescents’ access to health services while decreasing fragmentation and redundancy, leading to better health outcomes.
School and School-Based Health Center (SBHC) Collaboration
Creating and maintaining positive relationships between your School-Based Health Center (SBHC) and school can be challenging.
Engaging with Youth on Social Media
Social media and other online platforms (such as an up-to-date website) can improve health care outcomes for patients by providing them with health messages or identifying locations where they can receive youth-friendly services.
Integrated Behavioral Health in a SBHC
Integrating behavioral health services into a medical center’s structure provides an effective approach to caring for people with substance use disorders and mental health concerns.
Develop a Referral System
Develop and implement a youth-friendly referral system to direct adolescents to the services and community resources they need.
Materials to Support Youth Engagement
Visual cues to help you build and enhance youth-friendly environments
Additional Resources
We Can Help
Are you struggling to set up a referral system? Have you had challenges identifying and building relationships with youth-friendly service providers in your community?
