A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A CIS SITE COORDINATOR

School Year Report 2017 2017 Report Card

One day at a time and over the course of a school year, Communities In Schools of Richmond keeps students in school and on track for graduation.

The ABC’s of Outcome Measurement:

The CIS Model for delivering services to students is based on student outcomes for Attendance, Behavior and Course Performance goals. CIS implements a data-driven identification process combined with referrals to target students who show warning signs for straying off the graduation path. The process captures students more at risk and offers a proactive pathway for staying on course. It includes: • Identification of students who are underserved • Interventions targeted to students’ immediate and long-term needs • Daily and weekly monitoring of the impact of each intervention • Modification of interventions • Shared learning from outcomes

Real Results During the 2017 school year, 19,253 students were connected to resources and 2,892 students received intensive case-managed services. Among the group receiving intensive services, we tracked their ABC’s:

50% of CIS students improved ATTENDANCE 74% of CIS students improved BEHAVIOR 68% of CIS students improved COURSE PERFORMANCE 87% of CIS students were promoted to the next grade

2,000 volunteers shared time with K-12 students; 370 partners supported Richmond and Henrico Communities In Schools of students; 88 students graduated from Richmond surrounds students Performance Learning Centers; 43 CIS with a community of support, Site Coordinators worked inside 39 empowering them to stay in K-12 schools. school and achieve in life.

1 Letter from President and CEO Champions for CIS: Inside Every Student Dear CIS of Richmond Friends and Advocates: is a Graduate At Communities In Schools of Richmond we ask a lot from our Site Coordinators. Across a network of 40 local Richmond and Henrico schools, they comprise a unique team of solution-focused CIS Site Coordinators are joined by hundreds of Champions across the Richmond region to celebrate and support individuals that cement a foundation for successful student interventions. students. Some of these Champions are working right alongside students and others are working boldly as advocates to realize the vision that Inside Every Student is a Graduate: In our 2017 annual report, we walk through a Year in the Life of a CIS Site Coordinator. By stepping through the mechanics of a School Support Plan, we offer our regional community insight Pictured on this page, clockwise from top left: Mayor Levar Stoney, City of Richmond; Nutsy, Richmond Flying into both the planning and the evaluation activities that sandwich the programs delivered during Squirrels; John Murden, Kendra Murden and Lee Gregory, The Roosevelt; Coach Mike Rhoades, VCU Men’s ; Candace Smith, NBC12. the school year. This process is one of the reasons that the CIS Model of Integrated Student Support is recognized as best practice for wrap-around services across the country. But for me, the real magic takes place when all the relationships nurtured by the CIS Site Coordinator come together to support the success of a student. They are many things to many people:

To Principals a Site Coordinator is a strategist, a solution seeker, a collaborator.

To Teachers a Site Coordinator is a first responder, a sounding board, a link to the community, and provider of classroom needs.

To Volunteers a Site Coordinator truly is a coordi- nator, a communicator and a match-maker.

To Parents a Site Coordinator is an advocate, an ally, a connector, a navigator and above all a partner.

To Students they are a safe place, a listener, a believer, a champion.

Because at the end of the day programs don’t change lives, relationships do. When strategic relationships align, kids win.

Harold Fitrer President and CEO

Pictured on this page, clockwise from top right: Dr. Danny Avula, Richmond City Health District; Principal Regina Farr, Bellevue Elementary; Matt Perry, Riverside Outfitters.

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Spring: Needs Assessment Summer: Planning

Understanding the needs of a school community is the first step to building a bank As students pack up for summer break, site coordinators stay behind to plan for the of resources and services for students and families. Every spring, CIS collects new school year. Using the needs assessment results and school data, coordinators information from students, teachers, administrators and school staff. We ask parents develop a School Support Plan or CIS Road Map for the upcoming year. We: and partners and people in the community about how they feel about school. • meet with partners and providers to populate the plan Questions like: • train as a team to review best practices • I feel safe at school. In my neighborhood. On my bus. • bring in subject-matter experts who help inform our work • I have an adult in my life that I can talk to and help me when needed. • practice self-care to get ready for a new year • My parent came to my school this year. • prepare to greet our students and welcome them back to school • I have a close family member who is in jail. Site coordinators also keep a close eye on students across our network. Some • I have enough food to eat. students may need to continue work with CIS from year to year. Other students may • I have missed school due to family responsibilities. have experienced trauma or changes in circumstance and will need support from a Site Coordinator on the very first day of school. • I have attended more than one school this year. • I like coming to school and look forward to graduating. The annual needs assessment is a tool for CIS to collect information anonymously that will paint a picture of the community and identify gaps that CIS can address in the new school year.

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Fall: Integrated Student Support

Back-to-School! September offers a time for Site Coordinators to reunite or meet new students and parents. We welcome volunteers and partners into schools and unpack the logistics of delivering Integrated Student Support (ISS). School-wide services can include: • clothing, food and school supplies closets • attendance incentive programs and awareness campaigns • kindergarten preparation programming • programs focused on healthy relationships

Programs for targeted groups of students may look like: • Redirection, impulse control and modeling positive behaviors • Grief, self-esteem, LGBTQ, substance abuse, anger management, leadership, pro-social skills, and gender specific group work • Physical activity like run clubs, cycling, dance, stepping and drumming

Individualized student support takes the shape of: • Connecting with a mentor • Daily check-ins • Developing agreed upon attendance, behavior or academic goals • Outreach to parents by phone, face-to-face school meetings, home visits • Eliminating attendance barriers to include access to food, clothing, transportation • Acting as a liaison/advocate among school administration, teachers, social work

These three tiers of support allow site coordinators to serve the most students in a school while focusing attention on targeted students that have significant needs.

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Winter: Engage, Monitor Spring: Student Outcomes and Adjust At the end of the school year, Site Coordinators measure school and student progress against their established goals. We also understand that building relationships and CIS programming is in full swing! altering behaviors takes time. CIS targets improvement rates for students working through attendance, behavior and course performance challenges. The Site Coordinator, together with students and family, identifies strengths and assets as well as needs and gaps to build a plan of support. Each student sets a These outcomes show that Communities In Schools, both in Richmond and across unique goal to work toward during the school year. the nation, increases graduation rates, decreases dropout rates and improves student attendance, leading to brighter futures for students. By setting goals with individual students and the school as a whole, Site Coordina- tors are able to monitor progress and adjust support accordingly. If they find out the plan isn’t working as well as it could, they bring the right people back to the drawing board to adjust and create a plan that does.

8 9 Community of Caring First Things First Man Up Initiative River Road Presbyterian Upsilon Chapter of Alpha Kappa School Sites Partners compare.com First Unitarian Universalist Manchester YMCA River Road United Methodist Alpha Inc Congregation Orami Focused Outreach Richmond Mango Salon Robinson Theater Urban Farmhouse Continental Links Food Lion McDonald’s Royall and Company US Department of Labor The CIS Model depends on the Continental Societies, The Food Nook McKesson Medical-Surgical RVA $100 for 100 The Valentine Museum commitment of partners to deliver the Inc. Richmond Fountain For Youth Foundation Meg Medina RVA Futures VCU Elementary Schools Chapter very best for students. Our thanks and Fourth Baptist Metropolitan African American Salisbury Garden Club Arts Bellevue COSTCO Fraiche on the Avenues Baptist Church Sauer’s Garden Aspire J.H. Blackwell recognition to all the people working in Coventry Gardens Friends of MICAH Initiative Science Museum of Community Engagement Neighborhood CIS partner organizations helping students Frontier Project Minds In Motion Dental Broad Rock Network Second Baptist Church Full Circle Grief Center Moore Street Baptist Church (Southside) Health Sciences Diversity George Washington Carver reach their potential. Crossover Ministries Gamma Delta Chapter Mount Olive Baptist Church Second Baptist Church ExCELL Chimborazo 100 Black Men Foundation Cub Scout Pack #799 General Electric Mount Tabor Baptist Church (West End) Forensic Science 2nd Presbyterian Church Capital City Lodge #107 Cummins Atlantic Fairfield Court Genworth Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Sharon Baptist Church Forensic Science Club 31st Street Baptist Capital One Dancing Classrooms J.L. Francis Ginter Park Baptist Church Mt. 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Trinity 44 Mason Lodge Highland Springs Elementary Classroom Fathom Realty Richmond Peace Education Wilder Middle School PTA Boys and Girls Club of KaKy-Kollege and Kareer 4 Youth Trinity Lutheran Fairfield Middle Metro Richmond Collegiate 100 Federal Highway Admin. Center Williams Mullen Keystone Trinity United Methodist John Rolfe Middle Broad Rock Baptist Commonwealth Federal Reserve Bank Richmond Promise Wolfpack, LLC KICDRUM+ARTS Trio VUU Talent Search Church of Virginia of Richmond Neighborhood Woodville Presbyterian Church Wilder Middle Kroger Tuckahoe Presbyterian Broad Rock Library Department of Health Feed More Richmond Public Schools YMCA of Greater Richmond Highland Springs High Lashonda Dotson Ukrop’s Threads Brookland Park Department of Labor Fifth Baptist Church Richmond Public Schools Young Life Light Community Church Education Foundation United Church Henrico Performance Learning Center Association Employment Finney Foundation Young Lives Commission Literacy Lab Richmond-Henrico Retired Buffalo Wild Wings First Baptist Monument Youth Life Employees Association Long and Foster REALTORS, Teaching Association Bonner Center for Civic Buz & Neds First Baptist South YWCA Cadence Theater Juvenile Justice Richmond Grove Avenue Office River City Church Engagement Company Community Ideas First Presbyterian Iota Phi Lambda River City Rotary Partners in the Arts Cameron K. 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10 11 Backpack Team Anne Marie Whittemore Lipman Foundation Giving Gifts $1,000-4,999 Brian White Jeff Maurer 2017 Revenue 2017 Expenses Bank of America Spencer Williamson Johnathan Mayo Charitable Foundation Amy and Steve Williams Demetrius McBride Our many thanks to all the individuals, Karen Berson Jack Woodfin Tatiana Mercado foundations, corporations and organizations Diana and David Beran Michael Woodard Maggie L. Walker Jack Berry for Mayor Governor’s School that generously support Communities Foundation Campaign ABC’s Club In Schools of Richmond. Your continued Ann and Roger Boeve Sara and Robert Mooney Gifts Up to $999 Charles M. Caravati Mount Calvary Baptist investment ensures that urban youth have Danny Avula Family Foundation Thomas Cox and Penny the tools they need to engage at school Sally Bagley Chamber RVA Nash Sharon Barcalow and graduate with a diploma and a plan Communities In Schools Mary Nimaga for the future. of Virginia John Barr Susan Northrop compare.com BCWH Inc. Lizzie Oliver Community Hero Student Advocate Heidi Crapol Sara Beauchamp David Owen Gifts $100,000 Gifts $5,000-19,999 Aggie and Richard Cullen Elizabeth Betz Patricia Plaisted and Up Marland Bucker and Carol and Earl Dickinson Christine and Robert Ann Reavey and Peter Altria Group Melody Barnes Doherty Family Fund of Bingham, Jr. Gilbert City of Richmond Marguerite Casey TCF Ed Blair Katharine C. Reef Commonwealth of Virginia Foundation Joni and Mark Dray Tre Britton Chrisana Reveley Henrico County David and Christine Margarete and Siegfried Margaret and J. Alfred Sally and Dario Ribeiro Cottrell Family Fund Broaddus, Jr. NextUp Eckhaus Charitable Malcolm Ritsch of TCF Brockenbrough Family Richmond Public Schools Trust William L. Roberts, Jr. Direct Public Support 2,276,763 Program Services 2,945,481 Peter Diatelevi Fund of TCF Robins Foundation Roger Ferguson Heather Noelle Rockwood Local and State Funding 1,093,726 Management and General 226,555 Donahue Family Mollie Brooks The Community First Tennessee Bank Savannah Salter Foundation Shamana Burnett United Way 100,000 Fundraising 178,442 Foundation Serving Freeman Family Fund Michael Schlosser Richmond & Central Estes Express Lines of TCF Tina Butler-Cason In-Kind Support 150,605 Total Expenses 3,350,478 Keshia Scott Virginia (TCF) Farrell Family Charitable Helen and Rob Froehlich Robert Comet Trust Buford Scott Total Revenue 3,621,094 United Way of Greater Donald Garber Laurence and Barbara Patricia and Gary Fenchuk Laurie Shadders Richmond & Thomas Garner Connors Charitable Petersburg William Goodwin Mary Jo Sheeley William Garner Fund Thomas Gottwald Kathleen Costello Sherman Family Fund Kirsti and Matthew of TCF School Sustainer Bruce B. Gray Fund of TCF Goodwin Don Cowles Review CIS of Richmond 2017 audited Jane and Jim Hartough Thomas Cox Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Gifts $20,00-99,000 Kunkel Family Foundation Church financials atwww.giverichmond.org Emily S. and Coleman A. Fund of TCF Miriam Davidow Brookfield Foundation Laura Skarie Hunter Trust La Difference Joy Davis Mrs. Rudolph H. Bunzl William Skeen Hunton Foundation Loucks Family Foundation Barbara Dickinson Capital One Wendy Sprout Mr. and Mrs. Lindsley Main Street Realty Susan Ellett CarMax Foundation Strategic Staffing LeGary Loretta and Benjamin Dominion Energy Barton Malow Solutions Enrique Mayor-Mora English 2017 Board of Directors Thomas Cox Reverend Tyrone Nelson Genworth Foundation Robert Marchant Elaine Summerfield Herbert H. 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Ukrop Mary Morton Parsons Remo Family Charitable Garrett Foundaton Atlanta Robert Comet, Treasurer Foundation Phipps Fund of TCF Kelley Gerow New Richmond Ventures Powell Fund of TCF UWNCA BCWH Architects Michael Herring Beth and Dan Phipps Richmond Christmas Kym Grinnage Margaret and E. Massie R.E.B. Foundation Mollie and James Mother Fund Mary and Vaughn Groves Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney William Webber Reinhart Valentine, Jr. Kevin Allison, Ph.D. Community Volunteer Andrea and William Reed Matthew Rigby Kristin Hamlin Mark Van Wormer Patrick Kinlaw, Ed.D. Richmond Association of Gilbert M. Rosenthal Virginia Commonwealth University Richard S. Reynolds Realtors of TCF Harris Williams Virginia Credit Union Foundation Sledd Family Charitable Henrico County Public Schools Spencer Williamson St. Stephen’s Episcopal Siena Hart John Votta Danny Avula, M.D. Bob and Anna Lou Fund of TCF kaléo Church Page Hayes Scott Warren Virginia Department of Health Enrique Mayor-Mora Schaberg Fund at St. Edward Catholic Jane V. Helfrich VNHC Swedish Match Church Elizabeth B. Weiss CarMax Michael Herring Dana Bedden, Ed.D. Dawn and Stuart Siegel TowneBank Barbara J. Thalhimer & Georgia and Daniel Leadership Team Adam Hill Johnathan Mayo Wallace and Mary Gray Ukrop’s Endowment Fund William B. Thalhimer, Williams Richmond Public Schools Stettinius Family of TCF Jr. Family Fund of TCF Jean P. Holman Courtney and Zach Avail Marketing Harold Fitrer, Ed.D. Dazia Hughes Marland Buckner Kelly and Kirk Tattersall Jayne and Bobby Ukrop Alice and Richard Winters President and CEO Sue A. Messmer Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. 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