At one Lawrence Township school, a national nonprofit group has helped coordinate grief counseling for students and donations of clothes and shoes to families.
For seven years, the school has received support from Communities in Schools (or CIS), a national nonprofit that brings community resources into schools through school site coordinators. As Lawrence Township schools recover from the pandemic, the assistance Richardson coordinates as the CIS liaison has come in many forms.
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Students who struggle to have their basic needs met may also face challenges when meeting their academic goals. But Communities in Schools has been trying to help schools meet students entire needs.