Are you affiliated with a state nursing association? Do you supervise or work with school healthcare providers? If so, you may be interested in receiving funding for a training provided by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)! Stipends of up to $4,000 will be awarded to state nursing associations who successfully train at least 20 school healthcare providers, in at least one school district. 

Planning and implementation are expected to take approximately 6 hours, including a 60 – 90 minute educational session facilitated by a pediatric rheumatologist. 

The ACR School Health Outreach Project (SHOP) connects K-12 public school districts with pediatric rheumatologists who facilitate the educational session for the district’s school healthcare providers. The goal of this program is to educate school healthcare providers, particularly school nurses, on the signs and symptoms of lupus, and how to support students and their families in the transition from pediatric to adult lupus care. 
The educational session for providers must take place between October 1, 2023 and September 2024. If you believe your state nursing association might be a good fit, apply today! 

he application should take approximately 10 minutes to complete. 

If you have questions, please contact Kate Chiseri (kchiseri@rheumatology.org).  

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* 1. Your Name (first and last)

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* 2. Your email address

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* 3. Your phone number

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* 4. Name of state nursing association

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* 5. Your job title/role

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* 6. How many school nurses/school healthcare providers are members of your state nursing association?

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* 7. Does your state nursing association have the staffing capacity to work with at least one school district to host at least one training session?

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* 8. In order for ACR to provide a stipend to your state-based nursing association, your association needs to be able to receive federal flow-through dollars. 
Is your association able to receive federal flow-through dollars?

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* 9. Are you confident in your ability to have at least 20 school nurses/school healthcare providers attend a training and complete pre- and post-test evaluations?

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* 10. Please provide any other comments that might provide more context.

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