Our Reach
During the 2010-2011 school year, Communities In Schools of Chicago partnered with 165 schools and served an additional 98 non-partner schools. Together with our network of more than 161 service providers, Communities In Schools of Chicago connected more than 1,300 programs and services to more than 68,000 students — at no cost to students or schools.

During the 2011-2012 school year, we will connect more than 63,000 students with services that address their social, emotional and health needs.

Our Challenge
Many Chicago public school children need help. More than 85 percent of Chicago public school students come from low-income homes and most live in underserved communities. Many lack access to the social, emotional, health and enrichment supports that are critical to academic success. Parents turn to schools as a community hub where these needs can be met, but schools are often under-resourced and stretched just to address academics.

Our Solution
Communities In Schools of Chicago addresses the gap between students’ needs and schools’ ability to respond to these needs. We connect students with free social, emotional, health and enrichment programs and provide schools and the community organizations providing services with strategic and tactical expertise in effective program coordination. Communities In Schools of Chicago partners with a broad range of service providers to connect students with programs and services that include:

• Academic enrichment;
• Arts enrichment;
• Alcohol and substance abuse education;
• Community issues education;
• Health education;
• Mental health services;
• Physical health services;
• Violence prevention education; and
• Youth development programs.

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