Communities in Schools of Whatcom Skagit

Our annual organizational efforts provide low-income (and extremely low income) students and their families with basic needs, resources, resiliency-building efforts, and social-emotional interventions, along with caring expertise that surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to succeed in School and life. 100% of elementary and middle School students who received our services were promoted to the next grade level, and in the case of high School students, 100% of cis supported students graduated during this reporting period. During this reporting year, cis of Whatcom Skagit served 214 students individually through intense mental health and mentoring case-management interventions. On a broader scale, the agency supported 82,214 duplicated students (and their families) in Whatcom and Skagit county through a variety of before School, during School and after-school programming and activities that increased social capital, resilience, belonging, academic success and college and career readiness. 53% of students served were black, indigenous and/or people of color (bipoc); 88% experienced trauma, and 67% were extremely low-income. Against all extenuating life circumstances, 100% of cis supported students stayed in School.