THE CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY

The health and wellness division provides high-quality services that reduce health disparities among children and families living in poverty, including comprehensive medical, mental health, and dental services delivered by pediatricians, nurse practitioners, social workers, psychiatrists, dentists, health educators, medical assistants, and other support staff. Specialized programs also provide care coordination and educate children and families about the benefits of healthy living through diet, nutrition, and exercise. (continued on schedule o)health and wellness (continued)when medical care is convenient and accessible, more children live healthier lives. Children's aid provides medical, reproductive, mental health, dental, and health education services in six school-based and two community-based health centers. 7,349 patients were seen during 52,896 visits in fy24. Patient visits for behavioral health services increased 36% between 2019 and 2024. Health services are tailored to meet the special needs of children and adolescents, and the division specializes in providing health care to children in foster care.

Early childhoodthe early childhood division prepares young children (ages 0 to 5) for school success by working with families to advance children's physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development and to instill in them a lifelong love of learning. Core services include home-based and center-based programs that feature research-based curricula, low child-to-teacher ratios, and strong parent engagement. Our early childhood division has 9 early childhood sites serving 750 children. At the end of last school year (2023-2024): 71% of our children with developmental delays were 'meeting or 'exceeding' expectations in the domain of social emotional development. 77% of our typically developing children were 'meeting or 'exceeding' expectations in the domain of language & literacy.

Collective impact & the national center for community schoolsthe national center for community schools offers technical assistance in all aspects of designing, implementing, and sustaining community schools to meet the unique needs and strengths of individual communities. Services are targeted to individual schools, school board and district administrators, funders, education reform leaders, community organizations, and others through facilitated planning, consultation, workshops and ongoing support.since 1994, the national center has provided technical assistance to many of the national and international community school initiatives. Via customized training, consultation, facilitation, publications, and advocacy, we help build the capacity of schools, districts, community partners, and government agencies to organize their human and financial resources around student success.