Back In Schools and Beyond
As kids return to schools this Fall, Communities In Schools® (CIS™) is doing whatever it takes to provide them with the tools and resources to succeed.
Read moreOur mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Help us empower students to confront and overcome personal challenges and structural barriers.
At home, at school, and beyond — kids need you!
Together We Can Reimagine Public Education
Public education has systemic flaws that have tragic outcomes for the lives of Black, Brown, and Indigenous students, and students who are living in poverty.
We are calling on everyone to shift the conversation to focus on:
- Student reengagement,
- Equitable learning environments, and
- Welcoming school climates that benefit all students.
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OUR IMPACT
Our goal is simple. Put students at the center. Surround them with a caring community of support. And create access to critical resources, like food, housing, healthcare, counseling and remote technologies so they can take charge of the future they want for themselves, their communities, and each other.
1.7
Million students were reached with CIS supports and resources
88%
*of students met or made progress toward at least one of their social and emotional learning (SEL) goals
83%
*of students who received our most intensive supports were students of color
96%
*of seniors who received our most intensive supports graduated or received their GED
7,400
graduates planned to attend some form of postsecondary education
* outcomes for case-managed students
Setting Students Up for Success
Let’s Prioritize Social-Emotional Learning
Experiences of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic have created unprecedented challenges for students and families, highlighting the need for social-emotional learning more than ever.
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3 Million Kids Missing From School Because of COVID-19 Is a Travesty
Check out this coauthored op-ed written by Rey Saldaña and Shaquille O’Neal on how low-income students are experiencing learning loss and chronic absenteeism at higher rates – but how proper funding and proven whole-child supports models can set students up for success.
Read moreResources and Latest News
2021 Community Matters Report
This report emphasizes the need to ensure successful reengagement of all students and build a more equitable system of learning that will exist well beyond …
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2019-2020 Communities In Schools Data Book
This Data Book provides an overview of CIS organization and licensed partner operations and human resources, site-level staff and student supports, and student demographics and …
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Building Social Emotional Competencies Through Integrated Student Supports
This policy brief addresses the unprecedented challenges that students and families have experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including experiences of social isolation, economic crisis, …
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May 28, 2021
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