For more than 40 years, Communities In Schools of the Dallas Region has supported North Texas students through a proven, evidence based model focused on academics, attendance, mental health, and basic needs.
We believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed, even when challenges outside the classroom make showing up and learning difficult.
CIS Dallas provides free services to pre-K through 12th-grade students in Title I public schools across North Texas. Our full-time Site Coordinators work directly on school campuses, building trusted relationships with students and families and identifying the barriers standing between a student and success.
For one student, the barrier might be hunger or a lack of clean clothes. For another, it might be housing instability, transportation, academic struggles, family challenges, or mental health needs.
Our Site Coordinators respond with individualized support, including food, clothing, tutoring, mentoring, attendance interventions, college and career preparation, and connections to community resources. Students facing more complex challenges also have access to licensed clinical staff who provide trauma-informed counseling, crisis support, and referrals.
Your Impact
Because of donor support, CIS Dallas students are making measurable progress:
Every percentage represents a student who received support when they needed it.
Attendance is especially critical. When students miss school, they lose valuable learning time and become more likely to fall behind. CIS Dallas works directly with students and families to understand why a student is absent and address the underlying barriers, from transportation and housing instability to mental health concerns and basic needs.
Help Us Raise $25,000 for Dallas area Students!
Your gift helps place caring, dedicated professionals on school campuses, ready to step in when a student is struggling.
Your support helps provide:
When you give to CIS Dallas, you help a student get what they need to return to class, stay engaged, keep moving toward graduation, and prepare for what comes next.
STAND UP FOR KIDS TODAY AND BE THE REASON A STUDENT DOESN'T GIVE UP TOMORROW!
Our mission is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Students across North Texas are facing barriers that make it harder to attend school, stay engaged, and succeed. Families are navigating challenges including food insecurity, unstable housing, transportation issues, mental health needs, and other basic needs that directly affect a student’s ability to learn.
At the same time, schools are facing tighter budgets and fewer resources to address these challenges.
Communities In Schools of Dallas helps fill those gaps by placing caring, trained professionals directly on school campuses. Our team works with students and families to identify barriers, connect them with resources, provide individualized support, and help students stay on track academically, behaviorally, and with attendance.
Your North Texas Giving Day gift helps provide:
• Academic, attendance, and behavioral support for students who need additional help
• Mental health and social-emotional support
• Food, clothing, hygiene items, and other basic necessities
• Connections to housing, transportation, healthcare, and community resources
• Individualized case management for students facing significant barriers
• Support for families experiencing crisis or instability
• Resources that help students stay in school and move toward graduation
As school funding becomes more limited, philanthropic support is increasingly important. Your gift helps CIS Dallas continue meeting students where they are and providing the support they need to stay in school and achieve in life.
Communities In Schools of Dallas believes every student deserves access to the support, resources, and opportunities needed to succeed in school and in life.
We value the individual experiences, perspectives, backgrounds, and strengths of the students, families, employees, volunteers, and community partners we serve and work alongside.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where people of all backgrounds, identities, abilities, and life experiences are respected, valued, and supported.
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CIS Dallas Kids Classic
December 7, 2026
Grapevine, TX
Organization name
Communities In Schools of Dallas
Tax id (EIN)
75-2044117
Causes
Education - K-12, Economic/Financial Security/Poverty, Hunger & Food Access
Operating Budget
$3,000,000 - $9,999,999
Counties Served
Collin, Dallas, Grayson, Hunt, Kaufman
BIPOC Serving
Black or African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latinx, Native American, Other
BIPOC Leadership
Executive Director/CEO
Address
1341 W. Mockingbird Lane Ste 1000E