CISDR Overview

Communities In Schools Dallas Region, Inc. (CISDR) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 1985 to address the growing number of high school dropouts in Dallas and surrounding areas. As experts in collaboration and in providing comprehensive case-managed services, CISDR’s professional staff brings community resources into schools to work in the interest of at-risk children in a coordinated, caring and cost-effective way. Currently, CISDR operates in 66 schools in 10 school districts in Dallas, Collin, Ellis, Hunt and Rockwall counties.

Students are recommended to the program by teachers, counselors, administrators, parents, friends or are self-referred. CISDR case managers work with each child to develop a holistic plan to prepare students for successful lives. This means that CISDR not only works with students to address academic concerns, but also with parents, teachers and administrators who are involved with these students each day. By using this holistic wrap-around approach, distractions and disruptions in the student’s life outside of the school environment are addressed, allowing the student to focus on his/her schoolwork.

Our Vision

CISDR’s vision is to be recognized as experts in the field of dropout prevention and the leading provider of the highest quality, most effective services to at-risk schoolchildren.

Our Core Values

  1. Children come first.
  2. Education is key to success in life.

We require:

  • Excellence in all areas
  • Highest ethical standards
  • Transparency and accountability
  • Collaboration and teamwork
  • Respect for and value of diversity

We will be:

Responsive, compassionate and inspiring to those we serve

We believe that every child needs and deserves:

  • A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
  • A safe place to learn and grow
  • A healthy start and a healthy future
  • Skills to position for careers and higher education
  • A chance to give back to peers and community