Local Education Agencies and Consortia

CDC funding helps districts and schools implement the What Works in Schools program. This primary prevention approach aims to:

• Improve the behaviors and experiences of middle and high school students.
• Reduce disparities in sexual risk behavior, substance use, experience of violence, poor mental health, and suicidality.

Specifically, CDC supports schools to:

• Deliver high-quality health education.
• Increase access to needed health services, including behavioral and mental health services.
• Create safe and supportive school environments.

This approach also emphasizes:

• Reducing disparities in adolescent risk behaviors and experiences.
• Fostering engagement with youth, families, and communities.

Funding supports collecting and using surveillance data at the school district level. Recipients conduct the Youth Risk Behavior Survey and School Health Profiles in their jurisdictions.

• Albuquerque Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Website: http://www.aps.edu/

• Boston Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Boston, Massachusetts
• Website: https://www.bostonpublicschools.org

• Chicago Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Chicago, Illinois
• Website: https://cps.edu

• The District of Columbia Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Washington, DC
• Website: https://dcps.dc.gov

• Fort Worth Independent School District focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program.
• Location: Fort Worth, Texas
• Website: https://www.fwisd.org

*Not collecting school-based surveillance data in Year 1.

• Los Angeles Unified School District focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Los Angeles, California
• Website: https://achieve.lausd.net

• Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Nashville, Tennessee
• Website: https://www.mnps.org

• Montgomery County Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Rockville, Maryland
• Website: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/

• New York City Department of Education focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The department implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: New York, New York
• Website: https://www.schools.nyc.gov

• Newark Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Newark, New Jersey
• Website: http://www.nps.k12.nj.us

• Oakland Unified School District focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Oakland, California
• Website: https://www.ousd.org

• Portland Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Portland, Oregon
• Website: https://www.pps.net

• Prince George's County Public Schools focus on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The schools implement CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collect and use school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Upper Marlboro, Maryland
• Website: https://www.pgcps.org/

• San Diego Unified School District focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: San Diego, California
• Website: https://www.sandiegounified.org

• San Francisco Unified School District focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: San Francisco, California
• Website: http://sfusd.edu

• School District of Philadelphia focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Website: https://www.philasd.org

• Seattle Schools District No. 1 focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The district implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Seattle, Washington
• Website: http://seattleschools.org

• Shelby County Board of Education focuses on improving the health and well-being of middle and high school students. The board implements CDC's What Works in Schools program, and collects and uses school-based surveillance data.
• Location: Shelby County, Tennessee
• Website: http://scsk12.org

• Location: Cleveland, Ohio
• Website: https://case.edu/

• Location: Charlotte, Michigan
• Website: https://www.eatonresa.org/

• Location: Flint, Michigan
• Website: https://www.geneseeisd.org/