Welcome to Family Connection-Communities In Schools of Athens, Inc.
A community working together for all children to succeed in school and in life. In Athens, Family Connection and Communities In Schools are the same organization. We are a partnership of ninety organizations working with families to research the needs of children and families in our community, and to work together to address those needs. Family Connection-Communities In Schools of Athens, Inc. is the official planning and coordinating body for services for children and families in our community.
Family Connection-Communities In Schools of Athens: Purpose and Mission
Family Connection-Communities In Schools of Athens, Inc. holds the following purpose and mission:
- To create a quality of life in the community which supports and encourages the development of all families and children and facilitates the educational, emotional, mental, spiritual, social, physical, and economic growth of all individuals.
- To create, maintain, and nurture a culturally diverse and collaborative community partnership that focuses on the whole family.
- To solicit needs from target consumers and to be driven by outcomes and data.
- To strengthen and streamline existing systems, neither supplanting systems nor becoming a direct provider.
- To develop and implement strategies that will lead to improved child health, improved child development, increased graduation rates, improved school success, improved family functioning, and improved economic capacity.
- To champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to ensure that all children in Athens will be healthy, safe, engaged, successful, and on track to graduate from a post-secondary education.
- To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
About Communities In Schools
Communities In Schools is the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization.
The mission of Communities In Schools is to champion the connection of needed community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life.
By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community. The result: teachers are free to teach, and students – many in jeopardy of dropping out – have the opportunity to focus on learning.
For over 30 years, Communities In Schools has worked to ensure that every child needs and deserves these “Five Basics”:
- A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
- A safe place to learn and grow
- A healthy start and a healthy future
- A marketable skill to use upon graduation
- A chance to give back to peers and community
About Family Connection Partnership
Georgia Family Connection Partnership envisions a Georgia where all children are healthy, ready to start school and do well when they get there, and where every family is stable and self-sufficient.
The key to strengthening Georgia’s families is collaboration at the local level to develop and implement plans based on each community’s needs. Every collaborative organization coordinates a planning process that:
- identifies needs and resources
- sets goals and priorities
- evaluates strategies, programs, and practices
- measures and reports results.
We work with the collaborative organizations to develop this local decision-making process. Their goals are focused on improving child and family well-being in five areas:
- healthy children
- children ready to start school
- children succeeding in school
- stable, self-sufficient families, and
- strong communities