My Nonprofit Reviews

I first learned of Communities in Schools - Bay Area, (CIS-BA), its mission and its effectiveness, through my service on the Clear Creek ISD Board of Trustees. A major challenge for the School District was, and remains, addressing the acute needs of its at risk students. CIS-BA puts specifically trained case managers on many of the School District's neediest campuses who work, each school day, with the at risk student, that student's teacher and the school's principal to provide individualized emotional support, adult guidance and academic help that is otherwise unavailable that at risk student. Such critical, daily delivered support is often the key component for advancement of the at risk student to the next grade level, to final graduation from high school and to successful life outcomes. CIS-BA's funding model extends limited public funds by linking them to our private donations to insure the individualized student support CIS-BA provides is extended to the maximum number of students possible, on a sustained basis, that is aligned with campus and School District goals and measured in accordance with State provided guidelines. In other words, CIS-BA takes private funds, aligns them with limited public funds and delivers services in partnership with the local school district and the State of Texas that reaches the neediest student in a manner that no other programs does or can do.