Nonprofit
Communities In Schools of Tennessee at Nashville
About Us
The Nashville affiliate of Communities In Schools of Tennessee (CISTN) launched its efforts in school year 2012-2013 and today serves over 2,000 students in six Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS). In Nashville, more than 72% of children are living in poverty, shouldering more than they should have to. It sounds like an overwhelming issue, but the solution is simple: young people thrive when they have a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult. That is why CISTN does whatever it takes to remove the nonacademic barriers students face – such as homelessness, hunger, or lack of transportation – by inserting a caring adult inside each of our partner schools to work with at-risk students’ on a daily basis building trusting relationships they can count on and strategically delivering the resources they need to succeed in school and in life.
The Nashville affiliate of Communities In Schools of Tennessee (CISTN) launched its efforts in school year 2012-2013 and today serves over 2,000 students in six Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS). In Nashville, more than 72% of children are living in poverty, shouldering more than they should have to. It sounds like an overwhelming issue, but the solution is simple: young people thrive when they have a one-on-one relationship with a caring adult. That is why CISTN does whatever it takes to remove the nonacademic barriers students face – such as homelessness, hunger, or lack of transportation – by inserting a caring adult inside each of our partner schools to work with at-risk students’ on a daily basis building trusting relationships they can count on and strategically delivering the resources they need to succeed in school and in life.
Issue Areas Include
- Children & Youth
- Education
- Poverty
Location
- 1207 18th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, United States
