Communities in Schools of Tennessee

http://www.cistn.org

 

Mission

To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $30,000 education Learn more

To support general programming and operations
2020 $50,000 education Learn more

To support general programming and operations
2019 $50,000 education Learn more

To support general programming and operations.
2018 $57,000 Improving Disadvantaged Student Outcomes Through Integrated Student Supports education Learn more

CISTN embeds dedicated Site Coordinators inside Metro Nashville Public Schools to identify students who are chronically absent; establish strategic plans for the school and students; and broker needed services. Whether it’s empowering families, counseling or providing food, CISTN Site Coordinators surround low-income youth students with a community of support.
2017 $25,000 Integrated Student Services in Nashville’s Schools education Learn more

CISTN embeds dedicated Site Coordinators inside seven Metro Nashville public schools to identify students at-risk of dropping out; establish strategic plans for the school and students; and broker needed services. Whether it’s tutoring, eyeglasses, counseling or food, CISTN Site Coordinators surround disadvantaged K-12 students with a community of support.
2016 $25,000 Improving Disadvantaged Student Outcomes education Learn more

To support 8 site coordinators, embedded in 8 Nashville public schools, who will identify students at-risk of dropping out; establish strategic plans for the schools and students; and broker needed services. Without CISTN in the schools, thousands of Nashville’s most vulnerable students would likely face dropping out or other dire circumstances.

100 Taylor Street, A-20
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 385-1006

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Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

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