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At City Year, we believe that developing the skills and mindsets of all children and young adults contributes to strong, vibrant communities. Yet in too many places across the country, students do not have access to the learning environments and resources they need to thrive, due to systemic inequities that impact students of color and students growing up in low-income households. This lack of access to learning opportunities can lead to inequitable educational, health and economic outcomes. Nationally, children living in neighborhoods of concentrated poverty graduate high school at rates that are nearly 22 percentage points lower than their middle- and upper-income peers.
City Year’s Whole School Whole Child services are designed to support teachers and add capacity to schools through the work of our AmeriCorps members, who serve in diverse teams to deliver individual student, classroom and whole school supports. Informed by research and three decades of youth development experience, City Year’s integrated approach is based on research about how students learn, ensuring that students are strengthening all of the skills essential for success in and out of school—social, emotional and academic.
