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Communities In Schools and The Model of Integrated Student Services: A Proven Solution to America’s Dropout Epidemic

Communities In Schools was founded on the concept that students can and will achieve academically, when resources to address their academic and social service needs are tailored, coordinated and accessible. That premise has evolved into what we now call community-based, integrated student services, which are interventions that improve student achievement by connecting community resources with both the academic and social service needs of students. Such interventions focus programmatic energy, resources and time on shared school and student goals. Through the efforts of a single point of contact, individual student needs are assessed, and research-based connections are made between students and targeted community resources.