School-Based Health Centers in Kane County Introduction:
School-based health centers are here, heavily funded and rapidly expanding thanks to a federal agenda funneling millions of grant dollars to states like Illinois.
HFSSBHSExpansionPressRelease.pdf These full-service, profit-based centers offer medical, behavioral and psychological treatment to students. They are intended to be the "medical home" for your child, billing your insurance, including Medicaid, for services rendered. Currently, there is no regulation of these centers and it appears that parents are being given a single pre-consent form that serves as blanket consent for any and all services.
Your child's school could soon be prescribing drugs, administering vaccines, providing mental health counseling and a host of other services without your knowledge and using a single form that you signed giving blanket consent for treatment at a School-Based Health Center.
Where are the SBHCs in Kane County:
In our local community, this conversation of School Based Health Centers takes on special significance. In Illinois there are about 66 School Based Health Centers, 34 of the 66 are in Chicago.
In Kane County there are 4 school districts with School-Based Health Centers: Batavia D101, East Aurora D131, U-46 in Elgin and West Aurora D129. These centers in Kane County are operated by VNA Health Care. VNA Health Care has been awarded $525,000 for the 2026 fiscal year. For more info regarding the grant:
CSFA | GATA | Illinois.gov
This is the top half of the VNA consent form.
