By advancing opportunity and igniting potential, we work tirelessly to ensure that financial constraints and social challenges never stand in the way of a student’s success.
Proven Effective
Our evidence-based model connects students to caring adults, mentors and community resources—forming a network of trust. With these supports in place, young people can overcome personal challenges and barriers, taking charge of the future they deserve.
Our Network
CIS of Central Georgia partners with local schools, families and community organizations to create a powerful network of support. From academic tutoring to mental health services, we tailor every intervention to the unique needs of each student—ensuring they receive the help and encouragement needed to succeed in school and beyond.
Our Advocacy
During the 2023–2024 school year, our evidence-based model reached thousands of students across Central Georgia. Through case management, academic support and social services, we have empowered them to stay in school, succeed in the classroom and prepare for bright futures.
Our Impact
2024 - 2025 Outcomes
Total Students Served
7,587
Case-Managed
Students
6,839
Students Receiving
Whole-School Support
748
K-11 Students Advanced
99%
Students Graduated (Grade 12)
100%
Advancing Opportunity,
Igniting Potential
Students who drop out of school are more likely to earn thousands less in salaries, live in poverty, suffer poor health, enter the criminal justice system and rely on social services. The cost to our community and country is billions in lost revenue.
CIS helps make sure every student has what they need to realize their full potential in school and beyond. We walk by their side—in their communities—to navigate barriers that stand between them and their success in life.
Our evidence-based model connects students to caring adults and community resources that transform how they see and experience the world around them. By surrounding them with a network of trust—no matter where they are in their journey—we empower students to confront and overcome personal challenges and barriers, so they can take charge of the future they want for themselves, their communities and each other.
Student Success Lasts a Lifetime
Helping Students Find and Hold On to Hope
In this heartfelt video, mentors share the profound impact they've experienced through their involvement in the Communities In Schools and Hope for the Heart of Georgia partnership. By guiding and supporting young people, they help foster resilience, self-discovery and personal growth, while finding their own lives enriched in the process.
The message is clear: anyone can make a difference by becoming a mentor and helping to uplift the next generation. The Hope Collective is a partnership of Communities In Schools of Central Georgia and Hope for the Heart of Georgia
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Working directly inside schools across Central Georgia, our affiliates connect students with caring adults and essential community resources designed to support their success. Community by community, school by school, child by child — we are all in this together.