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How CISPA Works
Communities In Schools helps students stay in school and make the right choices by connecting schools with needed community resources. By bringing resources, services, parents, and volunteers into schools, we create a community of caring adults who work hand in hand with educators.
The resources and people that CIS connects with the school are often already in the community. More often than not, these vital resources and people are located outside of the school building, across town, or are only open during business and school hours. Communities In Schools is the connector, bringing this team of caring adults right into the school building where the children are and where the need is the greatest.
Communities In Schools helps communities and schools assess the needs of their youth. We then design plans for meeting those needs, using existing resources. This coordinated, individualized approach is what makes us an effective organization and why we are so successful.
Pennsylvania School Funding Campaign Parents' Rally
June 21, 2010 Parents from across the Commonwealth met at the State Capitol building to express their concerns about the State Budget. Read the press release here.
Communities In Schools 2009 Annual Report
CIS National has released the 2009 Annual Report. View it
Shreen Edmondson grew up in foster care after having lost her mother when she was 9 years Please click here for more success stories.Success Stories
old. Shreen, a young mother of four, spent several years in our program striving to earn her
high school diploma after dropping out of Peabody. CIS was able to be flexible with her schedule
so that she could be a responsible mother while completing her high school education. Of
course, this took a lot of time, but Shreen remained focused and completed all of her required
coursework. While she was a student, she attended our week long BIZ CAMP, where she
competed in a business plan competition. She shared first place, for developing an innovative
plan to create a housing program for young mothers and fathers. After completing our program,
she successfully completed Job Corps certification program for registered nursing assistants;
at the Job Corps graduation, Shreen was selected as the one student speaker on behalf
of her class of over 50 students. She is now working as a nursing assistant and is enrolled in
Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) with an ultimate goal of becoming a registered
nurse.
The 5 Basics
Communities in Schools believes every child needs and deserves these "Five Basics."
- 1 A one-on-one caring relationship with an adult.
- 2 A safe place to learn and grow.
- 3 A healthy start and a healthy future.
- 4 A marketable skill to use upon graduation.
- 5 A chance to give back to peers and community.