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Helps youth and families navigate the school and court systems, coordinates and connects them to needed services such as educational support, housing, mental health and substance use disorder treatment, employment, and positive youth development activities.   Case Managers also provide outreach and advocacy, as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate support services.   They create linkages for youth and families, maintain regular contact with youth, and monitor youth progress towards reaching individual service goals.

Works to help struggling youth thrive socially and academically by pairing them with adult mentors who provide support. The program fosters long-term relationships with K-12 students who live in Bellevue, Kirkland or Redmond to help youth reach their full potential, overcome challenges, build skills, and gain confidence to navigate today’s world.

Offers programs designed to support families and school districts and to help them meet their statutory and court-ordered obligations when filing Becca petitions. Truancy Assists school districts in filing truancy petitions when students (up age 17) have accumulated seven unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in an academic year. Superior Court supports many responses to truancy including:  -  Ideas to improve early intervention -  Technical assistance to all schools and school districts in King County to aid in filing -  Community truancy board development -  Resource and referral assistance from case managers -  Formal, court process  At-Risk Youth (ARY) Allows parents to obtain assistance and support from the court in maintaining the care, custody and control of their child. -  Child may have been absent from home for at least 72 consecutive hours without parental consent OR -  Child has a non-criminal substance use disorder problem OR -  Child is beyond parental control such that his/her behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person  Child In Need of Services (CHINS) The purpose of the Child in Need of Services Program is to obtain a court order mandating temporary placement (for up to six months) of a child in a residence other than the home of his/her parent.   -  Child is beyond parental control such that the child's behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or other person OR -  Child has been reported to law enforcement as absent without consent for at least 24 consecutive hours on two or more separate occasions OR -  Child is in need of necessary services, including food, shelter health care, clothing, educational, or services designed to maintain or reunite the family and lacks access to or has declined to utilize these services

Coordinates intervention services for elementary and middle school students in North Central Washington who are at risk of dropping out. Provides resource coordination, individual student support, and school-wide programming in partner schools. As of December 2022, Communities In School of North Central Washington has partnered with the following schools in North Central Washington: Orondo Elementary, Waterville (K-12), as well as 6 schools in the Moses Lake School District - Larson Heights Elementary, Longview Elementary, North Elementary, Park Orchard Elementary, Peninsula Elementary, and Endeavor Middle School.

Provides case management, support, and access to social services, increases parental involvement in their children's education and improves the academic achievement of at-risk students. Activities to accomplish the program goals vary from school to school, including parent education, family focused interventions, crisis support and referral to appropriate social service agencies. Family support workers assist low-income families with referrals to medical and dental services.   Program available on-site at many elementary schools in Seattle Public Schools.   However, since not all schools have an on-site worker, Family Support Workers serve the remaining schools on an as needed basis.

Surrounds students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve their goals in life. Places highly trained Student Support Coordinators directly in K-12 schools, throughout Benton and Franklin Counties, to address the systemic barriers and personal obstacles standing between students and their success in the classroom and beyond. School-based staff works every day to address complex matters like social-emotional wellness and access to mental and physical health care while ensuring students have access to basic needs like food, stable housing and technology.

Offers programs designed to support families and school districts and to help them meet their statutory and court-ordered obligations when filing Becca petitions. Truancy Assists school districts in filing truancy petitions when students (up age 17) have accumulated seven unexcused absences in one month or 10 unexcused absences in an academic year. Superior Court supports many responses to truancy including:  -  Ideas to improve early intervention -  Technical assistance to all schools and school districts in King County to aid in filing -  Community truancy board development -  Resource and referral assistance from case managers -  Formal, court process  At-Risk Youth (ARY) Allows parents to obtain assistance and support from the court in maintaining the care, custody and control of their child. -  Child may have been absent from home for at least 72 consecutive hours without parental consent OR -  Child has a non-criminal substance use disorder problem OR -  Child is beyond parental control such that his/her behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or any other person  Child In Need of Services (CHINS) The purpose of the Child in Need of Services Program is to obtain a court order mandating temporary placement (for up to six months) of a child in a residence other than the home of his/her parent.   -  Child is beyond parental control such that the child's behavior endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the child or other person OR -  Child has been reported to law enforcement as absent without consent for at least 24 consecutive hours on two or more separate occasions OR -  Child is in need of necessary services, including food, shelter health care, clothing, educational, or services designed to maintain or reunite the family and lacks access to or has declined to utilize these services

Programming for Indigenous Youth in King County and surrounding areas. Offering: - Youth "Kiis" Council - Summer Youth Internship - Family Saturday - Youth GONA - Community Partnership - Community Engagement and Outreach

Pairs students from south Seattle public high schools with mentors. Emphasizes mentor training and support.  Carefully trains mentors to coach students, keep boundaries, and build healthy relationships.  Students and mentors participate in intensive, growth-focused two-day camps, monthly workshops, and community activities that foster life-success skills.  It is the largest community mentoring program in the Seattle high school system.

Offers a mentoring program addressing drop-out prevention/intervention symptoms that prevent young men from doing what is right for the well-being of self and others. Services include one-on-one and group mentoring, outside referral services where needed and weekly activities that benefit young men's daily lives.

Provides youth who have been pushed out of high school before graduating a chance to participate in a work training program on the GRuB Farm in West Olympia, while working with Gravity to complete their GED, and work on educational and employment pathway goals. Youth earn up to $1,000 in an educational stipend, take food home, cook and eat together, and gain valuable social and professional skills.

Works with teens in grades 6-12 throughout the school year and summer months to address academic achievement. Program also offers one-on-one case management and assistance to identify and break down barriers for specific youth struggling in school.