THE DALLAS FOUNDATION

TRIADFUND

GRANT AWARD

Communities In Schools, Bell-Coryell Counties, Inc. is proud to announce it was awarded a $639,000 grant from the Dallas Foundation’s TRIAD (Texas Resources for Iraq-Afghanistan Deployment) Fund for the 2007-08 school year and a matching $150,000 grant for the 2008-2009 school year. This funding has been made available to assist American military personnel (including active duty, reserve, National Guard, and veteran service members) and/or their families who have unmet needs due to death, injury, or other physical or mental detriment, or financial hardship, as a result of service in Iraq and Afghanistan and who are receiving services in Texas.

As a result, CIS will be able to meet the needs of over 3,000 military children/families and expand its services to all schools falling within the 10-mile area surrounding Fort Hood. To accomplish this, an additional 18 full-time staff members have recently been hired for the upcoming school year and up to 36 additional schools will be served in Killeen and Copperas Cove ISDs.

According to Mary Erwin Barr, Executive Director of Communities In Schools: "Many of these children face difficult challenges because they have family members who are valiantly serving our country. These children will be case managed on an individual basis and their families will be connected to the civilian and military resources they need to ensure success both at school and at home."

Communities In Schools and the children and families it serves cannot express their gratitude enough to the Dallas Foundation and the TRIAD Fund for their support!