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Nonprofit Communities and Schools of Hampton Roads asks Portsmouth to consider matching $200,000 school funding
Summary
Communities and Schools of Hampton Roads (local affiliate of Communities In Schools) presented outcomes for Portsmouth schools, reported serving 5,076 students through whole-school supports and 559 case-managed students, outlined a $3.05 million affiliate budget and said Portsmouth Public Schools contributes $200,000; presenters asked the city to
Ann Wilbur, development director for Communities and Schools of Hampton Roads, and Dr. Hope Sinclair, the affiliate’s executive director, asked Portsmouth city leaders to consider a municipal contribution to sustain and expand the program’s school-based site coordinator model.
Wilbur described the nonprofit as the local affiliate of Communities In Schools, explaining site coordinators provide integrated student supports—individualized case management plus whole-school programs designed to reduce barriers caused by poverty. She cited local indicators of need: United Way data showing 11.62% of Portsmouth families with children live below the poverty level and the affiliate’s own Portsmouth poverty-study finding that one in three children lives in families below the poverty line.
For the city, the presenters said Communities and Schools is in eight Portsmouth schools (Manor…
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