Community Learning Centers

Communities and schools are strongly linked — one seldom succeeds if the other fails. Schools need families and communities that are involved in the education of students; communities need schools that serve as centers of neighborhood life.
Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) is creating campuses that strengthen this link between schools and communities.

These schools, known as Community Learning Centers (CLCs), act as hubs for community services, providing access for students and families to health, safety and social services, as well as recreational, educational and cultural opportunities. CPS is garnering national recognition for its work to create these Community Learning Centers district wide, not just in isolated neighborhoods.

In 2006, The Greater Cincinnati Foundation made its largest single grant ever − $1 million over four years to support the launch of CLCs in nine pilot schools within CPS.

Find out more about Community Learning Centers.