The Childrens Aid Society

The youth division focuses on ages 5 to adolescence/young adult and promotes physical, social, and emotional well-being as key factors for high school graduation and college success. Youth programs operate in children's aid locations and in full-service community school partnerships, and engage children, families, schools and communities through an integrated focus on academics, services, supports, and opportunities. (continued on schedule o) youth (continued)core services include out-of-school time programs in children's aid community centers and schools, summer camps, athletic programming, and through the national center for community schools, which provides technical assistance to develop the community school model nationally and internationally. We served about 10,600 youth and 5,500 adult participants in fy24.our older youth services include the carrera-adolescent pregnancy prevention program, which meets the top-tier evidence of effectiveness standards by the coalition for evidence-based policy. Services also include the college and career access and success program providing assistance to help young people make post-secondary pathways (college and/or career) attainable, the hope leadership academy, which provides wrap-around supports and develops leadership through a peer education model, and teen employment services, such as summer youth employment program and corporate internships. We support youth through programs at 20 community schools, five community centers, our wagon road respite camp in chappaqua, new york and a range of college and career services for youth aged 18 to 22. The youth division also provides management and technical support to the children's aid college prep charter school, a k-8 charter school with approximately 600 enrolled scholars. During the 23-24 school year, across all 5 of our centers and 15 of our k-8 community schools, we screened 2,540 students using a validated social emotional learning instrument, the dessa-mini. We also screened our youth in the need for instruction category with the full dessa.by the spring, 89% demonstrated typical or strong social emotional skills, 5 percentage points over national norms. 52% of youth in need for instruction improved to typical or strength by the spring and 65% increased their overall score. In our high schools, 100% of our cohort 2024 graduates had a post secondary plan and 95% were accepted to at least one college.

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.