Since Santa has been so busy preparing for the big Christmas deliveries, he had W.W. Caruth Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas deliver an early surprise for Communities in Schools Dallas Region. It needed no hoity-toity gift wrap. The $500,000 grant is splendiferously beautiful all in itself.
The grant will be used to “to fund CISDR’s program services for the next two school years, ensuring that mental health services are available and accessible for at-risk students across Dallas County.”
The timing couldn’t have been better.
According to CISDR President/CEO Adam Powell, “Our team has worked tirelessly the past nine months to ensure that our students receive the support they need, despite obstacles of virtual instruction and additional stressors brought on by the pandemic. Receiving this grant as the year comes to a close is truly the recognition our site coordinators deserve as they go into the holiday break. We’re honored and deeply grateful to the W.W. Caruth Jr. Fund at Communities Foundation of Texas for their belief and commitment to our work supporting students.”
Working with a total of 85 elementary, middle and high school campuses in 10 area school districts, CISDR professionals provide resources to service students that have been labeled “at-risk.”
Communities Foundation of Texas Chief Philanthropy Officer Sarah Cotton Nelson added, “Communities Foundation of Texas is thrilled to invest in the work of Communities In Schools of the Dallas Region through our W.W. Caruth Jr. Fund in support of their program services during the next two school years, ensuring mental health clinical services are available and accessible for at-risk students across Dallas County. As we work to build a thriving community for all, addressing the effects of the pandemic and increased mental health issues and how they disproportionately affect low-income students and students of color is imperative.”