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$5,000 Goal
CIS provides intensive, ongoing case management directly inside local schools for students identified as most at-risk of someday dropping out, due to a variety of barriers they and their families face. By doing in-home visits and in-depth needs assessments, our social workers provide individualized case management plans, connecting students and their families with local services and resources they need for the student to be well-supported and to achieve academic success.
CIS currently provides intensive case management to more than 6,000 at-risk, pre-K through 12th-grade students in 80 schools throughout 11 different area school districts and 1 charter school. Our ability to expand the CIS case management program into additional campuses depends entirely on our ability to re-raise the funds necessary to sustain our existing sites, and raise enough additional funds to accept new schools.
CIS social workers are housed on a full-time basis within each of these schools during the academic year, providing ongoing, intensive case management support for each school's at-risk student population. The caseload for each social worker is 88-90 students per campus.
In addition to case management support, CIS places licensed clinical social workers on select school campuses to address the mental health needs of students through one-on-one counseling services and mental health awareness trainings and tools for educators.
Our brand new home, CIS Center for Student Support, we are opening doors to three new resource rooms:
As well as our Paul E. Andrews, Jr. Foundation Mental Health Counseling Center which provides free mental health services to students and families in our service districts.
Our Outcomes
During the 2024-2025 school year, we served 5,724 students in case- management, and 257 students with mental health clinical counseling.
Academic Improvement: 92%
Attendance Improvement: 81%
Behavior Improvement: 94%
Clinical Improvement Towards Treatment Goals: 91%
Promotion: 97%
Stay In School: 99%
Graduation: 98%
Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Communities In Schools of Greater Tarrant County's licensed social workers provide over 6,000 local students with social/emotional and mental health supports, resource referrals, and meet basic needs such as clothing, food, and housing. We ensure students have the resources they need to be successful.
Communities In Schools of Greater Tarrant County is committed to diversity in all aspects of its business activities and at all levels, including its Board of Directors. The CIS Board of Directors highly values diversity and supports the recommendation and election of diverse candidates to the Board. The Board believes that having directors of diverse gender, race, and ethnicity, along with varied skills and experiences, contributes to a balanced and effective Board -- one that is well-positioned to address the changing needs of the communities CIS serves. The Board encourages its members to consider diversity when nominating individuals for director positions.
Organization name
Communities In Schools of Greater Tarrant County
Causes
Mental and Behavioral Health
Operating Budget
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999
Counties Served
Tarrant
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American, Other
Address
6660 Hawks Creek Ave