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Community Partnership Schools are proven to improve student behavior, increase academic gains and graduation rates, and enhance parental involvement.
Through Community Partnership Schools, children find hope and opportunities. Simply put: they learn how to dream again.
Children's Home Society of Florida serves more than 19,000 students in 20 Community Partnership Schools from Miami to Pensacola.
LEARN MORENo two Community Partnership Schools are exactly alike – each centers on unique community needs to allow students to focus on their education and future success.
Community Partnership Schools help build brighter futures for students, families and communities.
Community Partnership Schools offer equitable opportunities - both inside and outside of the classroom - for all students.
Through a long-term partnership with the school district, a college or university, and a health care provider, CHS leads community collaboration to bring resources and opportunities to students and families.
Thousands of Florida students arrive to school each day with more than a backpack – they carry baggage beyond their years: hunger, homelessness, poverty, exposure to violence, mental health struggles, inadequate health care and more. They carry so much weight that they simply cannot focus on their education.
Often times, these students and their families simply lack access to the opportunities their neighbors and peers may have. For these students, it’s not about raising the ceiling — it’s about raising the ground floor.
Through a long-term partnership with the school district, a college or university, and a health care provider, CHS leads community collaboration to bring resources and opportunities to students and families.
Community Partnership Schools address students’ holistic needs, recognizing their unique challenges – and opportunities. Many schools offer:
No two Community Partnership Schools are exactly alike – each centers on unique community needs to allow students to focus on their education and future success. But all share a similar model – one with proven methods for accountability and outcomes.
A partnership among Children’s Home Society of Florida, the University of Central Florida and Orange County Public Schools brought the successful Community Partnership School model to Florida. Florida’s first Community Partnership School – Evans Community Partnership School – officially opened at Evans High School in Orlando on October 13, 2012.
Community Partnership School successes include:
A 2019-20 snapshot of Community Partnership Schools where CHS is a core partner.
General Overview: CHS Community Partnership Schools
Learn more about the Four Pillars of Success
Community Partnership Schools are the way through COVID-19 and into the future. Read more about the model for hope in The Florida Times-Union.
Curious what 5 years of impact in a Community Partnership School looks like? Watch as WEAR TV celebrates the continued academic and life success at C.A. Weis Elementary.
“The Hub was my lifeline” In a matter of months, Treecie Hargroves’ life flipped upside down. Her children graduated from high school, her marriage ended, and she lost her job and her home. A teacher with two decades of experience enriching countless children’s lives, she suddenly found herself homeless. “I lost everything – my kids, […]
Read MorePensacola, Fla. (May 21, 2021) – C.A. Weis Elementary, A Community Partnership School has become the first school in Florida to become a fully affirmed UCF-Certified Community Partnership School. The first of its kind in the Panhandle, the Community Partnership School is a long-term commitment among Children’s Home Society of Florida, Community Health Northwest Florida, […]
Read MoreFor Christy’s son Aden, the behavior issues started in kindergarten. “He would throw tables, chairs, knock stuff off the desk. He was out of control,” she said. The behavior continued into the first grade, where he was suspended and removed several times from the school bus. Aden’s teacher worked with school leaders to put him […]
Read MoreCommunity Partnership Schools: Transforming communities
Transforming lives, futures and communities
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