From Screening to Care
Screening tells you a student needs help. It doesn’t get them help.
The Renton Student Health Hub was built to close that gap — connecting behavioral health and housing support to every one of the district’s 26 schools.
A new way to connect students to care
Before
No consistent, districtwide screening
Now
Universal SBIRT-based screening across all 26 RSD schools
Before
Referrals, when made, had no single tracking system—easy to lose in the handoff
Now
Single referral hub with a 91% successful match rate
Before
No dedicated pathway for housing needs, so eviction and instability cases were handled case by case.
Now
Housing services, including eviction prevention and rapid rehousing, added Q4 2025
Before
Schools and providers operated with limited visibility into whether a student ever got connected to care
Now
Dedicated hub manager and status update system so schools and families aren’t left guessing
“Because I don't have to make referrals to a multitude of outside agencies, it's just super streamlined. I make the one referral to the Student Health Hub and out it goes.”
School counselor, Renton School District
The data
Time to enrollment: 195 → 35 days
%
reduction since program launch
Schools reached: 2 → 17
Coverage across Renton School District
Referring staff: 7 → 41
A 6-fold increase in counselors actively using the Hub
Matched Rate: 93–100%
Consistently above 90% every quarter since 2024
“The ability for us to be able to have so many agencies connect to the Hub has allowed choice. We have a huge BIPOC population, so when it comes to students and who they're comfortable with... [the Hub gives them options they didn't have before].”
School counselor, Renton School District
Timeline
Program origins/early groundwork
HB 1590 funding secured
Universal screening begins districtwide
Referral Hub launches
26-school coverage reached
Housing services districtwide
Independent OHSU evaluation completed
Independent OHSU evaluation confirms 82% reduction in wait times
“They've had enough students referred from the health hub that the outcomes are just better for the young people and the families because you have this different space... they're not in a crisis space.”
Behavioral health provider, on students entering care outside acute crisis settings