In July 2011, the Coalition submitted two sets of recommendations to the State Department of Health on how to improve the SBHC quarterly reporting requirements, the upcoming solicitation of SBHC funding, and corresponding contract workplan.

In May, the Coalition initiated an assessment of the SBHC field to gather qualitative information regarding the experience of SBHC program administrators in completing the SBHC Quarterly and End of Year reports to the New York State Department of Health (DOH). The assessment process included informant interviews and a web-based survey to SBHC program administrators. The objective of the assessment aimed to establish a list of recommendations to DOH on modifications of the SBHC data reports. The final document lists expert recommendations based on the assessment findings and identifies strategies to modify SBHC data collection tools to improve the quality of data collected by SBHCs on its service delivery and population. The document was submitted to the State during a meeting in Albany at the end of July. The response has been positive and the Coalition continues to work with the State on how to implement some of the recommendations.

In addition, the Coalition requested feedback from the SBHC field in response to the Department of Health's Bureau of Maternal & Child Health's Community Based Health Care Unit's (DOH) provider input request. The Coalition collaborated with the field and engaged its governance team to ensure that it could provide comprehensive recommendations to DOH on the upcoming solicitation of SBHC funding and corresponding contract workplan.

The Coalition is grateful to all the individuals who provided insight and feedback during the process.