Funding Amount

$1,480,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

21st Century Community Learning Centers/Texas ACE Cycle 11

Funder: US Department of Education

Award Amount: $1,480,000 (5-year grant)

Geographic Scope: Texas (Dallas ISD and Terrell ISD)

Overview:
Communities In Schools of the Dallas Region (CISDR) received a preliminary award of $1.48 million through the 21st Century Community Learning Centers/Texas ACE Cycle 11 program through the US Department of Education. This highly competitive grant supports after-school and summer programming.

Program Focus:

  • Safe and professional after-school care

  • Academic enrichment

  • Physical and health education

  • Family engagement

  • Extracurricular programming

  • Summer programming
  • Geographic Coverage:

  • Dallas ISD: 7 elementary and middle school campuses

  • Terrell ISD: 3 elementary campuses
  • Impact:

  • Serves at least 750 students and families throughout the 2021-2022 academic school year

  • Program began no later than September 7, 2021

  • CISDR is one of only three Communities In Schools affiliates in Texas to be awarded this grant in Cycle 11
  • Staff Hired:

  • Program Director: Neketha Polley (6 years experience in 21st CCLC grant program)

  • Family Engagement Specialist: Jaziel Corona-Aguilar

  • 10 after-school Site Coordinators (hiring in progress)
  • Key Contacts:

  • Adam Powell, President & CEO

  • Dr. Larry Polk, Assistant Superintendent of Student, Family, and Community Services at Terrell ISD

  • Dr. Gerardo Hernandez, Principal of Thomas J. Rusk Middle School
  • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    after-schoolyouth-programsk-12-schools

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