Strategies for Using the WSCC Framework

At a glance

Schools have developed evidence-based strategies and promising practices for using the WSCC framework to promote student health before, during, and after school.

Elementary students collecting healthy school meals.

Overview

Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) is CDC's framework for addressing health in schools. The framework emphasizes collaboration between schools, communities, public health, and health care sectors. The goal is for all to align resources in support of the whole child.

Below are some links to evidence-based strategies and promising practices for using the WSCC framework. The focus is to promote student health before, during, and after school. Downloadable graphics are available below for use in presentations, on websites, and in handouts.