School-based health centers (SBHCs) are an evidence-based strategy to improve health and academic outcomes, especially for disadvantaged youth. While the number of SBHCs in the United States has more than doubled since 1999, very few exist in Missouri. There are only two SBHCs in the St. Louis metropolitan area, where many students, particularly African Americans, face barriers to accessing health care and are at increased risk of chronic disease (e.g., asthma) and mental illness. An initiative and report both titled For the Sake of All (FSOA), is focused on socioeconomic and health disparities in the St. Louis region and identifies SBHCs as a strategy that could help reduce health disparities and improve outcomes for St. Louis students. This presentation will highlight key FSOA activities to expand SBHCs. One of the primary activities has been to raise community awareness of the benefits of SBHCs through the development and dissemination of a discussion guide and action toolkit on school health. FSOA also has convened key regional stakeholders (e.g. health care systems, non-profit organizations that serve adolescents, school-based health clinics, and government officials) to plan for implementation. Part of implementation planning has been the development of prioritization criteria for selecting high-need schools and identification of next steps and a timeline for how to sustain and implement schools starting in the 2017-2018 school year. This novel prioritization scheme will be presented along with additional information about implementation planning process for the launch of new SBHCs.