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This document includes “Frequently Asked Questions” intended to support state and local efforts in effectively using ARP ESSER funds to advance evidence-based full-service community schools and related approaches.

This report has three objectives:​ 1) To create greater awareness of youth (ages 12-25) experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.​ 2) To highlight clear recommendations and examples of how different communities have been able to address and meet the needs of youth​. 3) To provide a clear process to develop and implement empowering youth engagement strategies.

The American Rescue Plan Act offers school and community leaders an unprecedented opportunity to reinvigorate our public schools as engines of equity and democracy.

Community Schools: An Effective Strategy During the Coronavirus Crisis

Version 2.0 A COMPANION DOCUMENT TO MASSACHUSETTS FAMILY ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PRACTITIONERS AND EDUCATORS

Return, Recover and Reimagine: 10 Ideas to Support a Renaissance in America’s Public Schools (from Randi Weindgarten speech)

Learn all about the basics of what a Community School is.

A key resource for the Coalition for Community School Leadership Network

This Guide is helpful for anyone engaged in a place-based strategy including community schools, Promise Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, and other cradle-to-career efforts.

The Community Schools Strategy describes the what, why, and how of system-wide expansion of community schools. This guide is for communities at different points in planning for, implementing, and sustaining a community schools’ strategy.