Connecting Families With Resources Beyond the School Day.
Communities In Schools of Greater Central Texas works alongside schools, families, and community partners to help connect students with resources that address barriers outside the classroom. Explore the categories below to find organizations and services that may be able to help.
Help Is Closer Than You Think.
Students and families may need support with food, housing, health care, counseling, employment, transportation, education, or other needs. This resource hub is designed to make those connections easier to find.
Services May Change
Availability, eligibility, service areas, hours, and application requirements are determined by each provider.
Serving Greater Central Texas: Resources on this page may be especially useful to students and families connected with CIS programs in Killeen ISD, Temple ISD, Salado ISD, Jarrell ISD, and Richard Milburn Academy – Killeen. Some providers may serve additional communities.
Explore Community Resources
Select a category below to view available resources. Additional organizations can be added as information becomes available.
Basic Needs
Food & Basic Needs
Food assistance, clothing, hygiene products,
school supplies, and other essential needs.
Food & Basic Needs
Food assistance, clothing, hygiene products, school supplies, and other essential needs.
Add food banks, pantries, clothing closets, school-supply resources, hygiene assistance, and similar organizations here.
Housing Stability
Housing & Utility Assistance
Housing support, rent assistance, shelters,
utility assistance, and homelessness resources.
Housing & Utility Assistance
Housing support, rent assistance, shelters, utility assistance, and homelessness resources.
Add housing programs, emergency shelters, rent assistance, electricity assistance, and utility-support organizations here.
Emotional Wellness
Mental Health & Counseling
Counseling, behavioral health, family support,
grief services, and emotional-wellness resources.
Mental Health & Counseling
Counseling, behavioral health, family support, grief services, and emotional-wellness resources.
Add counseling providers, behavioral-health organizations, family counseling services, and youth mental-health resources here.
Health & Wellness
Health Care
Medical, dental, vision, preventive health,
and low-cost community health services.
Health Care
Medical, dental, vision, preventive health, and low-cost community health services.
Add community clinics, dental providers, vision programs, health departments, and low-cost health resources here.
Family Services
Family & Parenting Support
Parenting programs, family services,
childcare resources, and support for caregivers.
Family & Parenting Support
Parenting programs, family services, childcare resources, and support for caregivers.
Add parenting programs, childcare resources, family-support organizations, and caregiver assistance here.
Student Success
Education & Youth Services
Tutoring, mentoring, after-school programs,
college access, youth development, and enrichment.
Education & Youth Services
Tutoring, mentoring, after-school programs, college access, youth development, and enrichment.
Add tutoring, mentoring, youth programs, scholarships, college-access services, and educational resources here.
Economic Stability
Employment & Financial Assistance
Job support, workforce development,
financial assistance, and economic resources.
Employment & Financial Assistance
Job support, workforce development, financial assistance, and economic resources.
Add workforce programs, job-search assistance, financial coaching, benefits navigation, and emergency financial resources here.
Transportation
Transportation Assistance
Local transportation options and programs
that help families access essential services.
Transportation Assistance
Local transportation options and programs that help families access essential services.
Add transit services, transportation-assistance programs, medical transportation, and related resources here.
Advocacy
Legal & Advocacy Resources
Legal assistance, advocacy services,
family support, and community navigation.
Legal & Advocacy Resources
Legal assistance, advocacy services, family support, and community navigation.
Add legal-aid providers, advocacy organizations, victim services, and community-navigation programs here.
Immediate Support
Crisis & Immediate Assistance
Resources for urgent situations requiring
immediate community support or intervention.
Crisis & Immediate Assistance
Resources for urgent situations requiring immediate community support or intervention.
Add verified local and regional emergency, crisis-response, domestic-violence, and immediate-support resources here.
Start With Your CIS Site Coordinator.
Students and families connected with a CIS campus may contact their Site Coordinator for help identifying community resources that fit their individual needs.
Community resource information is provided for informational purposes only. Programs, eligibility requirements, hours, funding, availability, and service areas may change without notice. Inclusion on this page does not necessarily constitute endorsement by Communities In Schools of Greater Central Texas. Visitors should contact each provider directly to confirm current services and eligibility.
Stronger Connections. Stronger Students.
When schools, families, nonprofits, businesses, and community organizations work together, students have greater access to the support they need to stay in school and achieve in life.
