Hermanowski Family Foundation Initial Request Form

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Organization Name: Communities In Schools of Southwest Virginia
Legal Name (if Different): Communities In Schools of Southwest Virginia
Also Known As: CIS of SWVA
Mailing Address: 280 Lee Street
City: Bristol
State: Virginia
Postal Code: 24201
Main Phone: 2766449468
Main Fax: bdavis@cisofswva.org
Organization Website: www.cisofswva.org
Employer ID Number: 46-1775208
Organization Tax Status: 501(c)3

Proposal Information

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Today’s Date: 2/24/2022
Requested Amount: 10000

Project Title: Building Transformative Relationships to Shape Tomorrow’s Communities
Project Description:

The mission of Communities In Schools of Southwest Virginia is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

Established in 2013, CIS of SWVA is a local independent affiliate of Communities In Schools, the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization, both in decreasing dropout rates and increasing graduation rates. We achieve results by providing our unique model of integrated student supports, backed by over forty years of research and implementation. We place student support specialists inside the school to provide our most at-risk students with trauma informed supportive guidance and counseling; social-emotional learning support; academic support; truancy interventions; opportunities to volunteer in the community; college application assistance; community-based mentoring; career/college exposure; parent education and engagement opportunities; and referrals to agencies for mental health, physical health, behavioral health and other basic needs supports. In addition to providing individualized services, whole-school programming is provided aimed at drop-out prevention and access to needed services.

At-risk students are identified as those who live in poverty, are at-risk of dropping out of school and are at a higher risk of experiencing trauma and/or adverse childhood experiences, affecting their ability to be successful in school. At-risk students are more likely to experience child abuse/neglect, have a parent who abuses drugs/alcohol, live in violent neighborhoods, and be witness to a host of adverse behaviors and experiences than their more moderate-income peers. In Southwest Virginia, three out of five students are economically disadvantaged. Of those students, 15% are not graduating on time, 30% are chronically absent and more than 30% are not reading on grade level.
For the 2022-2023 school year, CIS of SWVA will provide individualized, targeted case management to over 1,200 students throughout its network of 36 schools, in addition to providing whole-school supports for 15,000 students.

Total Project Budget: 1320868

Other Funding
Sources For The Project (Committed & Potential): Direct Public Support-$169,000(Pending), School Divisions-$751,530(Confirmed/Pending), Grants $283,058 (Confirmed/Pending), Foundations-$125,680 (Confirmed/Pending), Fundraisers-$5,000 (Pending)

Project Duration: 10 monthes
Geographical Area Served: Southwest Virginia – City of Bristol, City of Norton, Dickenson County, Smyth County, Tazewell County, Washington County
Age Group To Be Served: Children ages 5 t0 19 and their families

Contact Information

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Contact Prefix (Mr,Mrs etc.): Mr.
Contact First Name: Brett
Contact Last Name: Davis
Contact Title: Director of Development
Contact Phone: 2766449468
Contact Email: bdavis@cisofswva.org