Communities In Schools Of Georgia Inc

Programs: Comprehensive student dropout prevention initiative - doe - communities in schools of georgia receives funding through the georgia department of education to provide dropout prevention support to youth in grades k-12 through our network of local cis affiliate organizations. During fy2017, communities in schools of georgia provided training and technical support to 30 local communities in schools affiliate programs and cis site coordinators at 233 school and community-based sites throughout the state for the purpose of enhancing affiliate partnerships and improving outcomes for the schools and students they serve. Cis of georgia provided support to affiliates in development of best practice programs and provided technical support to affiliates in the areas of nonprofit management, board development, resource development, communications, and evaluation. Cis of georgia staff recorded 639 technical assistance and training contacts. This work included 86 site visits and 78 more formal support services taking place through events, formal trainings, meetings, and webinars. During fy2017, local cis affiliates provided services to a total of 128,293 georgia students (unduplicated) at 233 school and community-based sites, including providing intensive sustained services to 12,866 at-risk students in need of on-going support, and whole-school prevention services and short-term intervention services to 125,966 students. Affiliates helped 24,681 parents become more involved in local schools through parent engagement activities, and provided over 63,000 hours of community volunteer support to schools and student through 5,938 community volunteers and an additional 22,000 hours of volunteer service from cis americorps volunteer members. During fy2017, cis affiliates achieved the following results for the at-risk students they served: 53. 8% of students with attendance problems improved their attendance; 72. 8% of students with disciplinary problems improved their behavior; 94. 3% of at-risk elementary school students were promoted; 96. 2% of at-risk middle school students were promoted; 96. 3% of at-risk high school students stayed in school or graduated; 1,644 cis case managed students graduated.

communities in schools americorps tutorial program serves as an early intervention strategy for students from 3rd to 8th grade who are performing below grade level in under-served communities in georgia. The primary objective of the program is to implement high quality, research-based tutoring strategies that positively impact student achievement and place them on the road to success. The program identifies three main goals in an effort to fulfill all requirements under this cncs sponsored grant. The following program goals were met: 1) needs and services: 26 americorps members provided over 22,000 hours of tutoring and exceeded their target for tutoring 400 students, reaching 593 students at 7 cis affiliates. Student outcomes: 91% of tutored students improved their interest in reading and/or overall academics, 69% demonstrated academic improvement, 78% had fewer disciplinary problems and 95. 9% graduated to the next grade level. 2) member development: 26 americorps members come together twice per year for pre-service orientation and end of year training events. Site visits are conducted throughout the year and members are observed and provided feedback on their service experience. Members come together at the end of the program year to share reflections on their term of service with the whole corps as well as prepare for their lives after americorps service. 3) community strengthening: volunteers have been engaged to provide services along with americorps members. Members have recruited 171 volunteers in service to projects such as book distributions in dodge and ben hill, food pantry in glascock, and various martin luther king day service projects.

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