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Mentoring Kids in Poverty Helps Lower Their Health Risks: Study
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – African American adolescents growing up in conditions of worsening poverty are more likely than other kids to have risk factors for chronic illnesses - but strong emotional support from caretakers seems to offset the...
Page Vernon Memorial Fund Established
Siler City, NC, August 14, 2014 - Communities in Schools of Chatham County (formerly Chatham County Together!) has established a fund to honor the late Page Vernon’s devotion to the needs of at-risk children and youth. The Page Vernon Memorial Fund will support...
CIS is in the New York Times!
Students living in poverty need social services in order to stay in and succeed in school. View article How to Get Kids to Class To Keep Poor Students in School, Provide Social Services
“DON’T CALL THEM DROPOUTS” – a new report details experiences that lead youth away from school before graduating
What prompts students to leave A new report from America's Promise Alliance details experiences that lead youth away from school before graduating. It expressly avoids the term "dropout," since participants said it doesn't describe their experience of leaving school,...
Celebrating 25 years and our transition to Communities In Schools of Chatham County!
Message from the Board Chair & Director For the past 25 years, Chatham County Together! has been working to change the lives of kids through Mentoring and other programs, including Family Advocacy, Teen Court, Community Service and Restitution, and Workforce...
