Healthy Start

Healthy Start - Historical Background

Healthy Start was established in 1991 through Senate Bill 620, the Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act, to improve student learning and support families. Healthy Start enhances efforts to close the achievement gap by helping children and their family members gain access to an array of learning supports. While each local Healthy Start is unique, all are designed to do the following:

Ensure that each child receives the physical, emotional, and intellectual support that he or she needs-in school, at home, and in the community-to learn well.
Build the capacity of students and parents to be participants, leaders, and decision-makers in their communities.
Help schools and other child and family-serving agencies to recognize, streamline and integrate their programs to provide more effective support to children and their families.
The California Department of Education (CDE) administers Healthy Start and awards two- year planning, five year operational, and seven-year combined planning and operational grants to local education agencies (LEAs).
Community Partnerships-Healthy Start develops community partnerships with public and private partners to deliver coordinated physical and mental health services to children and their families. These services are provided to students at the school site or at other district locations.

Sustainability-Healthy Start programs leverage dollars to provide comprehensive services to families through in-kind support, and many partner collaborations, and grant dollars. Healthy Start provides LAUSD with 4 dollars for every dollar invested. This dollar leveraging translates to over 21 million dollars annually, at a 4:1 ratio.

Our goal is to provide all schools with the Healthy Start Collaboration Model of expertise in the development of School-Community Partnerships. Healthy Start Lead persons work with each Educational Service Center's Organization Facilitators to plan, develop, and implement program design.

We invite you to visit LAUSD Wellness Program website for further information and resources.

STUDENT AND FAMILY RESOURCES NAVIGATOR

Hello, my name is Cyntia M. Bautista Rodriguez and I am your Student and Family Resources Navigator at Canoga Park Elementary School. I am excited to be back and once again serve this amazing community for the 2024-2025 academic school year! I am available Monday to Friday from 7:30AM to 4:00PM. The best way for us to meet is by making an appointment with me so I can provide a safe and confidential space to meet and discuss any needs and or support that you and your family may need. I look forward to seeing and meeting you all!

Contact Information:

[email protected]

Google Voice: (818) 208-1320

*Emails, calls and text messages are only monitored Monday to Friday 7:30AM to 4:00PM and when classes are in session.

For consultation or support you can contact the Student and Family Wellness Hotline:

Monday to Friday 8:00AM- 4:30PM at (213) 241-3840

For 24/7 assistance with resources, please contact 211

If you need emergency assistance, please call 911.

If you are experiencing a mental health crisis, please call the following phone numbers for mental health support: