COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS CLEVELAND OF CLEVELAND COUNTY INC
312 West Marion Street, Shelby, NC 28150

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Organizations Filed Purposes: To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

21st Century Community Learning CentersCommunities In Schools (CIS) 21st Century Community Learning Centers Student Support Coaches serve as coordinators for five school sites within the Cleveland County Schools system, including James Love Elementary School, Marion Elementary School, Shelby Intermediate School, Shelby Middle School, and Shelby High School. These five sites provide a range of services to support student learning and enrichment, including services after school four days per week and limited support services during the school day. The current cohort is defined as Next Generation Leaders, and the overarching principle guiding the design is a focus on reading and math achievement. To that end, much of the afterschool component is based on collaboration with the students teachers and with teacher-tutors who provide individualized support and opportunities for independent practice and enrichment on specific standards, as identified by their regular classroom teachers, aligned to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. The afterschool program also provides enrichment opportunities in science, technology, engineering, art, music, business, and financial literacy.

High School ProgramsThrough a variety of service delivery options and programming, CIS Graduation Coaches provide the necessary coaching, resources, and support to high school students and their parents/legal guardians so that they persist to graduation and are more knowledgeable and better equipped to chart a course for post-secondary education, vocational training, and/or a military or other career. Services provide students, and their parents/legal guardians when applicable, a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult, a safe place to learn and grow, and exposure to certain supports based on an individualized student-support plan that focuses on areas such as behavior, attendance, and coursework through a variety of strategies related to communication, time management, study skills, college tours, financial aid and scholarship information, SAT/ACT preparation, the college application process, job shadowing and internship opportunities, career fairs, community service/service learning opportunities, and other topics aligned with improving academic performance. Graduation Coaches are based at the four area high schools and work as partners with school administration, guidance counselors, school social workers, and family members to develop a caseload of at-risk students who would most benefit from their services. Graduation Coaches also provide resources to pregnant or parenting teens through referrals, home visits, advocacy, and group meetings. Services are offered during the regular school day in both one-on-one and group settings. The schools also benefit from CIS of Cleveland County events, whole-school activities and services, and community resources.

Community Programs through Juvenile Crime Prevention Council cover three areas:MentoringThe Mentoring Program provides a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult for at-risk youth, with special emphasis on youth who are potentially court- or gang-involved. Referrals are accepted from CIS programs and other community agencies, including those who partner with the Cleveland County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council. Priority is given to referrals from juvenile court counselors. Youth targeted for the Mentoring Program are ages 6-17 and enrolled in or suspended from Cleveland County Schools. The goal of the program is to positively impact the graduation rate and the risk factors for dropping out, including involvement with the juvenile justice system and other negative behaviors.Teen CourtThis diversion program provides an opportunity for qualifying first-time juvenile offenders to have their record expunged upon successful program completion. Offenders admit to the offense and appear before a trained court of their peers. The court determines an appropriate, constructive sentence, which includes community service participation serving as a member of the Teen Court jury, as well as other sanctions that are deemed appropriate by the Teen Court. The goal of the program is for youth offenders to be accountable for their behavior, make amends for their actions, and have no further involvement with the juvenile court system.Community Service and RestitutionThis program assigns offenders community service and/or restitution through Teen Court or the juvenile court system as part of their sentence. If restitution is ordered/needed, payment is made to the victim following completion of the assigned community service. This program is designed to create an opportunity for youth offenders to be held accountable for their behavior by having them work to provide financial and physical restitution to their victims.Program AccomplishmentsAccording to the Organization's records, the following program outcomes were achieved at its 10 sites during the 2019-2020 academic year. Provided targeted/intensive support services to 229 students through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program, 67 students through Middle School Programs, and 175 students through High School Programs Provided other services/supports to 6,351 non-case-managed students and 454 parents. This encompassed over 100 hours of supports related to topics such as gang-violence prevention, bullying, PowerSchool technology training for parents, set up Zoom, Google Voice, Google classroom, Class Dojo and Remind accounts for parents and students during school closure, sexting/internet safety, college and career readiness, financial literacy, public speaking and communication-skill building, service-learning, motivational speaking, cultural enrichment, and social-emotional learning During school closures we immediately offered our partnership to Cleveland County Schools to support their meal efforts and were the first delivering on day one, alongside social workers. Our Central Office served as the call center for meal -delivery service We delivered meals to 105 families from 9 schools Engaged 108 volunteers for a total of 2,015 hours Provided Christmas assistance to 27 students in 11 families Provided bookbags filled with school supplies to 200 students, and school-supply inserts to 850 students Made the following impact: 94% of students served were promoted, 96% of seniors served graduated, 79% of students served made progress toward behavior-related goals, 66% of students served made progress toward attendance-related goals, and 72% of students served made progress toward coursework-related goals

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