Communities in Schools of Philadelphia Inc

“Management reviews the 990 and provides a copy to the board prior to filing.”

“All members are required to file a conflict of interest form with the organization annually at the beginning of the fiscal year.”

“Organization commissioned a study done by independent company to determine the salary ranges of the top management staff. Salary ranges are then maintained by the board of directors and adjusted accordingly.”

“The governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements of the organization are available to the public upon request.”

“Description of the three largest major program services is as follows: elect (education leading to employment and career training). Elect assists pregnant or parenting students in the completion of their highscho ol education or equivalency. Elect students receive training and support to enable them to make successful transitions into self-sufficiency and parenthood. Launch's site coordinators provide intensive case management; parenting and child development training; health and nutrition seminars; academic and social services support;and life skills development. A component of elect is a fatherhood initiative dedicated to young men who are parenting. Urban technology project. In partnership with the school district of philadelphia, launch developed a program to address digital inclusion issues within the city of philadelphia. The urban technology project provides youth with opportunities for meaningful access to information technology tools and education, promoting ownership of knowledge, problem solving and self-reliance. The urban technology project includes the digital service fellows and computer support specialists described below. Digital service fellows (""dsf""). Dsf is a full-time americorps information technology preapprenticeship program for recent high school graduates who have an interest in both serving their communities and in pursuing the information technology field. Dsf participants learn under the guidance of a school district of philadelphia information technology professional and actively apply the skills learned by installing new equipment or repairing existing equipment in schools and by leading school-based technology programs and workshops. Computer support specialists (""css""). Launch and the sdop have also partnered to create the css program. Css provides technical support to 56 schools and 4 central offices of the sdop. This program complements the dsf initiative and allows recent graduates the opportunity to serve a one or two years as a pre-apprentice with master technicians in the school district of philadelphia.”