What We Do

National Research-Based Concepts Lead To Proven CIS Success

Most students who drop out of school are dealing with multiple problems that present barriers to their education: low self-esteem, poverty, unattended health needs, gang involvement, hunger, an unemployed parent, or domestic violence. By the time these students reach the ninth grade, their odds of finishing school diminish.

These problems require a holistic and collaborative prevention strategy, which far exceeds the capabilities of any single educational institution or social service organization in isolation. CIS Social Workers work to be the connector between needed community resources and children where they already are... in school.

Case management based on trusting relationships is key to CIS success.

Full-time CIS Licensed Social Workers work from inside the schools to be the connector between needed community resources and large numbers of children where they already are….In school. Staff and caring volunteers from over 100 community organizations bring their programs…. and hundreds of caring adults to CIS campuses. CIS Social Workers build caring relationships with hundreds of children and families and provide them with the intensive case management services they need in order to succeed.

The Result?

Working within some of our area’s most seriously disadvantaged neighborhoods and with the children identified as being most in danger of dropping out, consistently proves that with this, “whatever it takes” approach, over 98% of the students referred to Communities In Schools during the last 14  years… stayed in school