The purpose of the Rhode Island Partnership for Community Schools is to mobilize state resources in promotion of the community school model as a proven strategy for increasing student success.
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Statewide impact
Community Schools of Rhode Island
COZ Network
Bristol-Warren
Bristol Warren Family Resource Center
50 Asylum Road, Warren, RI 02885
401-245-1460 x 8077 • Patricia.Brissette@bwrsd.org
Central Falls
Administration Building
949 Dexter Street, Central Falls, RI 02863
401-721-2885 • betancurm@cfschools.net
Cranston
Cranston Family Center/COZ
50 Gladstone Street, Cranston, RI 02920
401-270-8211 • gswinski@cpsed.net
Middletown
Serving: Aquidneck/Forest/Gaudet Schools
(Office at Gaudet)
1113 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI 02842
401-261-6773 • Abdunn@mpsri.net
Newport
Newport Family and Child Opportunity Zone
35 Dexter Street, Newport, RI 02840
401-842-1925 ext.1 • christinearouth@npsri.net
North Kingstown
Office of Family Learning/NKSD
50 East Court
North Kingstown, RI 02852
401-541-6353 • cindy_bowe@nksd.net
Pawtucket
Pawtucket School Department
286 Main Street
401-729-6293 • parellam@psdri.net
Providence
Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island
220 Elmwood Ave, Providence, RI 02907
401-784-8764 • kwilliams@diiri.org
Westerly
Westerly Public Schools
93 Tower Street, Westerly, RI 02891
401-348-2790 • serraj@westerly.k12.ri.us
Woonsocket
Connecting for Children & Families
46 Hope Street
Woonsocket, RI 02895
401-766-3384 • tcurtin@ccfcenter.org
Child Opportunity Zones demonstrate a systematic, coordinated approach to sustaining and expanding the community school model statewide. Funding from the Rhode Island Department of Education and the state of Rhode Island supports each community school’s infrastructure and provides the stability for each site to leverage additional funds for direct programs and services. COZs leverage an average of twenty times these core funds. COZs also receive support from: The 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program; U.S. Department of Health; RI Department of Health; and private, corporate and community foundations.
The Rhode Island COZ Network serves nearly 10,000 children and more than 8,000 adults in Rhode Island!
Research supports the impact that COZs have on children and families at risk. Here are just a few studies:
School readiness predicts later school achievement
Research suggests that family stability has a significant impact on a child’s academic success
MISSION
Community schools also focus on family and community education and engagement as a means to support student learning.