Communities in Schools of Atlanta (CIS)

Atlanta public school support - full-time site coordinators to 8 elementary Schools and 6 middle Schools and 9 high Schools in the Atlanta public Schools. The site coordinators worked with caseloads of approximately 80 students at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wrap around services school-wide. Goizueta - cis provided full-time site coordinators to two middle Schools in the carver and douglass clusters of the Atlanta public school district. The site coordinators worked with a caseload of approximately 80 students at risk of dropping out and also offered additional services school-wide.

Clayton county - cis provided full time site coordinators to elementary Schools and 7 middle Schools and 10 high Schools in the clayton county Schools. The site coordinators worked with a caseload of approximately 80 students at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wrap around services school-wide.

Fulton program - cis provided full time site coordinators to 10 elementary Schools, 5 middle Schools, and 4 high Schools in the fulton county school district. The site coordinators worked with a caseload of approximately 80 students at risk of dropping out, and also offered additional services school-wide.

General program activities include program management and general funding.dekalb county Schools - cis provided full-time site coordinators to elementary Schools and middle Schools and 5high Schools in the dekalb county Schools. The site coordinators worked with caseloads of approximately 80 students at risk of dropping out and also offered additional wrap around services school-wide.maac - cis provided one full-time site coordinator to serve dfcs. Referred students presently enrolled in Atlanta, clayton, dekalb and fulton county Schools with case-managed services to try to ensure that students remain enrolled in school. The site coordinator also served as a resource broker to help connect students to other resources/support as needed.emergency assistance - our students and families face many social and economic challenges. Our goal to empower students to achieve is only possible if they are able to focus on their education and graduate. Many of the barriers they face are due to crisis situations that are out of their control. We work to eliminate those barriers by providing mini grants to stabilize the home so students are free to concentrate on learning.alumni support - when cis of Atlanta students graduate from high school, their site coordinators transition the relationship to the alumni division. The staff conducts needs assessments to develop post-secondary support plans for alumni as they progress in their education or careers. More than 150 alumni are now receiving ongoing support through cis of Atlanta's post-secondary framework, modeled after our evidence-based k-12 programing.general program activities - general program activities include program management and general funding.