During the 2008-2009 academic school year, Communities In Schools of North Texas:

• Enrolled 2,132 at-risk students in our case management and after school dropout prevention and intervention programs
• Provided case managed services to 1,340 children
• Provided an additional 9,604 services to other students
• Provided 1,823 services to parents or family members of our case managed students
• Provided 1,133 services to community members
• Provided a total of 180,086 services to students, families and community members

Of the 1,340 case managed students referred for attendance, behavior or academic problems:

• 98.5% of 7th-12th graders stayed in school
• 91.2% were promoted
• 89.3% showed improvement in attendance, behavior, academics or social service needs
• 80.4% of seniors graduated or received a GED

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 $544.74
• The cost for a school district to educate one child for one year is $5,200
• 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.