Making the Grade: A Progress Report and Next Steps for Integrated Student Supports

By
Kristin Anderson Moore, Hannah Lantos, Kristen Harper, and Rebecca Jones
Child Trends

In recent years, the education field has come to recognize the role of schools in supporting student health, safety, and well-being by developing integrated student support initiatives. These offer specific services and supports to students and their families to build a foundation for academic success. These initiatives, referred to as community schools and wraparound supports as well as integrated student supports models, help schools connect struggling children with secure housing, medical care, food assistance, tutoring, and other critical supports. Child Trends updated its previous review of these initiatives with a synthesis of findings from relevant resources—including evaluations, child development research and theory, implementation reports, interviews with principals, benefit/cost
analyses, and analyses using the Social Genome Microsimulation model. Read the 2017 review here. 

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