Since 1988, Communities In Schools of Chicago
has been connecting Chicago’s public school students
with free community-based services to help address unmet social, emotional
health, and enrichment needs.
2007-2008
Communities In Schools of Chicago connects programs and services to more than 60,000 students.
Communities In Schools of Chicago partners with 152 schools — one quarter
of the Chicago Public Schools system.
2006-2007
Communities In Schools of Chicago reaches $2,000,000 in annual revenue.
2003-2004
Communities In Schools of Chicago launches the McCormick Agency Impact Initiative to expand
and deepen our work with service providers to improve the
coordination and quality of programs connected to
Chicago’s children.
2001-2002
Communities In Schools of Chicago doubles its number of school partners from 50 to 100.
Communities In Schools of Chicago creates the Veteran School Network (VSN) for schools that have
partnered with us for five years or more. Trained in service coordination,
veteran schools receive referrals and technical assistance from
Communities In Schools of Chicago.
1998-1999
Communities In Schools of Chicago partners with 50 Chicago Public Schools and more
than 100 service providers.
1997-1998
Communities In Schools of Chicago connects programs and services to more than 20,000
students.
1995-1996
Communities In Schools of Chicago adopts a new program model and selects the first group
of eight active schools. Under this new model, Communities In Schools of Chicago helps
our partner schools coordinate programs and services that
address students’ needs. We also train school staff to build
and sustain effective partnerships with service providers.
1994-1995
The Communities In Schools of Chicago Board of Directors determines that the organization could
better serve Chicago youth and families by acting as a bridge that
links existing community resources and programs with students
and schools in need instead of case-managing individual students.
1988-1989
Communities In Schools of Chicago begins working at Collins High School. Communities In Schools of Chicago provides leadership
and life skill instruction, job readiness training, health and counseling
services, mentoring, remedial education assistance and cultural
enhancements to the school’s most at-risk students.
Later, Communities In Schools of Chicago expands its reach to 700 students in
18 schools.
1987-1988
Communities In Schools, the country’s largest network of
independent dropout prevention organizations, comes
to Chicago.
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