COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF JACKSONVILLE INC
6261 DUPONT STATION COURT EAST, JACKSONVILLE, FL 32217 www.cisjax.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF JACKSONVILLE, INC. (CIS) SURROUNDS STUDENTS AT RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL WITH CARING ADULTS ENBEDDED IN DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT WITH SAFE PLACES TO LEARN AND GROW, A FOCUS ON GRADUATION TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL FUTURES WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.

THE CASE MANAGEMENT DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF FOUR PROGRAMS, WITH SITE COORDINATORS EMBEDDED DIRECTLY IN 25 DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHERE THEY WORK WITH TARGETED, DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WHO ARE AT RISK OF FALLING BEHIND OR DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL. PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN CASE MANAGEMENT ARE THE STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM, BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PROGRAM, ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE AND GEAR UP. THE STUDENT ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (SEP), WHICH CIS HAS OPERATED SINCE ITS INCEPTION AND WHICH FOLLOWS THE NATIONAL CIS MODEL, USES EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES TO HELP STUDENTS FOCUS ON COLLEGE AND CAREER/JOB DEVELOPMENT PARTICULARLY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. FULL-TIME SITE COORDINATORS ARE PLACED ON 12 SCHOOL CAMPUSES TO WORK INDIVIDUALLY AND IN GROUP SESSIONS WITH ABOUT 75 STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR TO ADVOCATE, MENTOR AND COUNSEL THEM. HOME VISITS AND PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT ARE ESSENTIAL PARTS OF THE PROGRAM, AND SITE COORDINATORS CONNECT STUDENTS TO NEEDED COMMUNITY RESOURCES. HUNDREDS OF OTHER STUDENTS ARE REACHED THROUGH SCHOOLWIDE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SITE COORDINATORS, SUCH AS CAREER FAIRS, MEN'S AND LADIES SEMINARS, LITERACY PROGRAMS AND PARENT EVENTS. IN THE 2019-20 SCHOOL YEAR, SEP PROVIDED SERVICES TO A TOTAL OF 1,092 STUDENTS. OF THE 305 SENIORS IN THE PROGRAM, 97.8% GRADUATED. 91.10% OF ALL STUDENTS IN 1ST THROUGH 11TH GRADES WERE PROMOTED SUCCESSFULLY TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. 84.15% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. THE BRIDGE TO SUCCESS PROGRAM PROVIDES SITE COORDINATORS WHO WORK WITH STUDENTS CURRENTLY OVER-AGE FOR THEIR GRADE LEVEL. OF THE 632 STUDENTS SERVICED IN THE FIVE SCHOOLS IN WHICH THE PROGRAM OPERATED, 48.21% GRADUATED. 84.38% WERE PROMOTED. 54.58% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS OF SCHOOL. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. ACHIEVERS FOR LIFE (AFL) IS A DROPOUT PREVENTION INITIATIVE DEVELOPED AND FUNDED BY THE UNITED WAY OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CIS, JEWISH FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AND BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA. AFL TARGETS SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS EXHIBITING RISK FACTORS OF SCHOOL DISENGAGEMENT INCLUDING LOW GPAS, LOW FCAT SCORES AND EXCESSIVE ABSENCES, FOR WHOM CIS PROVIDES FAMILY SUPPORT, A MENTOR AND ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE FOR THE 1,394 STUDENTS SERVED IN 10 SCHOOLS, 95.48% WERE PROMOTED AND 92.39% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS OF SCHOOL. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS. GEAR UP, A FEDERAL PROGRAM IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WORKS WITH A COHORT OF STUDENTS STARTING IN 7TH GRADE AND CONTINUING WITH THESE STUDENTS THROUGH 12TH GRADE PLUS ONE YEAR OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. OF THE 391 STUDENTS SERVED IN SEVEN SCHOOLS, 90.28% WERE PROMOTED AND 70.05% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS OF SCHOOL. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

CIS OFFERS A QUALITY, FREE, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IN 22 ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH A SAFE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN COMPLETE THEIR HOMEWORK UNDER CERTIFIED TEACHER SUPERVISION AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES LIKE SPORTS, SYMPHONY AND ROBOTICS. THE PROGRAM SERVES KINDERGARTEN THROUGH EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR THREE HOURS EACH DAY AND FOCUSES ON SIX CORE AREAS - ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT, SPORT AND RECREATION, LIFE SKILLS, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. EACH AFTERNOON, STUDENTS ARE WELCOMED INTO A GENERAL MEETING PLACE, CHECKED IN BY QUALITY AFTERSCHOOL STAFF AND ENJOY A NUTRITIOUS SNACK. STUDENTS THEN SPEND UP TO 75 MINUTES EACH DAY WORKING ON ACADEMICS UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A CERTIFIED TEACH AND AFTERSCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS. AFTER ACADEMICS, STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CHEERLEADING, DANCE, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND SPORTS. EACH OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS LED BY HIGHLY QUALIFIED AFTERSCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS WHOSE BACKGROUNDS ARE SCREENED BY DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. CERTAIN AFTERSCHOOL SITES ARE ABLE TO OFFER UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDENTS, SUCH AS MUSIC, ROBOTICS, ANIMATION AND VIDEO PRODUCTION. AFTER STUDENTS COMPLETE THESE ACTIVITIES, THEY GATHER TOGETHER TO ENJOY A NUTRITIOUS DINNER AND THEN ARE DISMISSED AND PICKED UP BY PARENTS OR APPROVED GUARDIANS. OF THE 3,468 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CIS'S AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, 98.76% WERE PROMOTED AND 85.23% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS OF SCHOOL. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1999, CIS'S AMERICORPS DUVAL READS LITERACY PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED INTENSIVE ONE-ON-ONE AND SMALL GROUP LITERACY TUTORING FOR UNDERPERFORMING STUDENTS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHO ARE READING ONE OR MORE GRADE LEVELS BELOW THEIR CLASS. AMERICORPS MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN A RIGOROUS TWO-WEEK TRAINING AND ORIENTATION TO LEARN HOW TO IDENTIFY STUDENTS IN NEED OF LITERACY TUTORING. TRAINING CONSISTS OF MEMBERS LEARNING THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS AND UTILIZING THE STARS LITERACY CURRICULUM TO HELP SUPPORT CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. ONCE THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGINS, MEMBERS ENGAGE THE SCHOOL STAFF AND PRINCIPALS TO HELP IDENTIFY STUDENTS WHO NEED LITERACY TUTORING AS INDICATED BY READING ASSESSMENT SCORES. STUDENT READING ACHIEVEMENT IS MEASURED THROUGH CIS'S PARTNERSHIP WITH DUVAL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, STUDENTS AND AMERICORPS TUTORS WORK WITH DCPS-PROVIDED PROGRAMS ACHIEVE3000 AND I-READY TO DETERMINE THEIR STATUS AND PROGRESS IN MATH AND READING. THE DATA IS USED TO IDENTIFY LOW-LEVEL READERS, CREATE A TARGET DATA BASELINE OF STUDENT READING SKILLS AND COMPARE THE PRE- AND POST-TEST SCORES TO MEASURE PROGRESS OF STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR. THE PROGRAM'S GOALS ARE TO PROVIDE 90 MINUTES EACH WEEK OF INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LITERACY TUTORING TO AT LEAST 400 UNDERPERFORMING READERS AND TO ACHIEVE 80 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS WHO RECEIVE LITERACY TUTORING DEMONSTRATING READING IMPROVEMENT AND 70% BEING PROMOTED TO THE NEXT GRADE LEVEL. OF THE 393 STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM, 94.91% WERE PROMOTED AND 72.01% MISSED LESS THAN 21 DAYS OF SCHOOL. COVID PREVENTED DATA COLLECTION REGARDING IN-SCHOOL AND OUT-OF- SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS.

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