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During the 2010-2011 academic school year, Communities In Schools of North Texas:
- Enrolled 2,562 at-risk students in our case management and after school dropout prevention and intervention programs
- Provided case managed services to 1,350 children
- Provided an additional 16,138 services to other students
- Provided 1,261 services to parents or family members of our case managed students
- Provided 1,888 services to community members
- Provided a total of 179,406 services to students, families and community members
Of the 1,350 case managed students referred for attendance, behavior or academic problems:
- 99.2% of 7th-12th graders stayed in school
- 94.6% were promoted
- 92.2% showed improvement in attendance, behavior, academics or social service needs
- 85.5% of seniors graduated
How cost-effective is the Communities In Schools of North Texas program?
- The cost for CISNT to provide services to one case managed child for one year is only $509
- The cost for a school district to educate one child for one year is $9,000
- The cost to keep an inmate in prison for one year is $35,000
- The average dropout costs more than $800,000 over the course of his or her lifetime
- 88 cents of every dollar goes toward providing direct services to our children.
The benefit of the Communities In Schools program is evident in our outcomes achieved through efficient manners.
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