Our Impact in Maine
During the 2023-2024 School Year
45+
Schools served
35,000+
students Supported
3500+
Adults Trained
The Challenge
During the 2022-2023 school year, approximately 1 out of 4 Maine Students was chronically absent.
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Family Engagement
Families are considerably more open in coming to us, as they now view our staff as a support system. We’ve been able to foster a welcoming environment for families, strengthening relationships and building new ones. Count ME In helped open up that door of connection and communication.
- Steve Bussiere, Assistant Superintendent of Schools at Sanford School Department
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Family income is correlated with educational opportunities.
Interventions that offer opportunities across time and settings may be part of the solution.
Increasing policy support for school-based interventions alternatively referred to as “community school partnership” programs or “integrated student support” (e.g., Center for Thriving Children, 2023).
With evidence of decreased high school dropout and increased college completion, these interventions use schools as hubs for connecting low-income children and their families with a range of opportunities through partnerships with community-based agencies, from afterschool programming to housing assistance and health care and many other forms of enrichment and support.
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