Communities In Schools

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1.3 Million Kids

National Office

12 State Offices

181 Local Offices

A Strong & Scalable Communities In Schools Network

4600 staff (2100 site coordinators)15,000 partners57,000 volunteers – 2.5 m service hrs 472 school district partnerships3400 public school sites$240 million in annual network revenueBBB’s Wise Giving Seal High rating from Charity Navigator

Elementary School

43%

Middle School

26%

High School23%

Combined School

2%

Alternative Sites6%

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CIS Serves the Highest Need Students•96% of the students we serve are on free or reduced price lunch

•81% are students of color

•30% of the students we serve live in rural areas

•We serve students and their families, with a strong focus on engaging parents

•CIS supports children of military families on bases throughout the Southeast.

•CIS serves close to 15,000 Native American Children

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CIS Research Based Model

Cost effective

Scalable & Adaptable

• Costs less than $200 per student to deliver

• Mobilizes more than 57,000 volunteers, 15,000 community-based organizations

• Network leverages more than $49 million worth of volunteer time

• Over ten years, we’ve doubled the number of students served from 700,000 to more than 1.3 million

• CIS is effective in urban, suburban, and rural settings

• 96 percent of CIS students receive free and reduced lunch

• 81 percent of CIS students are racial minorities

Proven

• National third party evaluation by ICF

• Only program proven to increase whole school graduation rates and decrease whole school dropout rates

Focused on the neediest students

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Proven Impact: Evidence from the Five Year National Evaluation

The CIS National Evaluation had a robust evaluation design:

• data inventory

• quasi-experimental design

• natural

• external comparison

• random control trials

• compared the results to over 1,600 studies screened by the Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse

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Evidence of ImpactFindings of Five Year Evaluation

• Communities In Schools’ positive effect on both dropout rates and graduation rates is unique among dropout prevention programs;

•    The higher the level of fidelity to the Communities In Schools model, the greater the effects,

•   Positive effects accrued to schools across states, settings (urban, suburban, rural), grade levels and ethnicities;    •The Austin randomized controlled trial, which demonstrated a reduction in student dropout rates that was nearly three times the What Works Clearinghouse’s threshold for “substantively important” effects.

Evidence of ImpactFindings of Five Year Evaluation

• CIS is one of a small number of dropout prevention programs proven to keep kids in school.

• That CIS is the only dropout prevention program in the nation proven to increase graduation rates, graduating students on time with a regular diploma.

• When implemented with fidelity, the CIS Model results in a higher percentage of students reaching proficiency in 4th and 8th grade math and in 4th and 8th grade reading.

• The CIS Model for integrated student support services correlates more strongly with school level outcomes than service provided without integrated student supports.

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CIS Uses Research To Drive Quality & Continuous Improvement

Site standards

Non-profitbusinessstandards

Higher performing organizationGreater impact on children

Evidence

The Request

Within ESEA include a competitive grant program for schools and nonprofits working together to provide integrated student services.

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