Thursday, November 29, 2012

Pass / Fail : LA Unified building 15 large campus clinics for students, public | 89.3 KPCC

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LA Unified building 15 large campus clinics for students, public

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Students at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles will have access to health information and treatment at a new clinic on the campus. Credit: Kelley Weiss/CHCF Center for Health Reporting
L.A. Unified cut the ribbon Thursday on the latest of 15 on-campus clinics that’ll offer dental, mental, and sexual health services to the school’s students and neighbors.
The $1.6 million Wellness Center at Garfield High in East LA is the third clinic to open in two months. L.A. Unified is building the clinics with construction bond money and is contracting with non-profit health care providers to run the clinics.

L.A. Unified’s chief of student health, Rene Gonzalez, said Garfield High School’s former auto shop is a now a