Communities In Schools of Central Texas (CIS) is mobilizing to meet student needs. In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Communities In Schools of Central Texas is going beyond school walls to meet students where they are and ensure that their basic needs do not go unmet. Staff are working full time, remotely, to lead efforts to support students and families. From March 23 to March 27, 162 CIS staff, AmeriCorps members and university interns completed wellness and immediate needs checkins with 1,652 Central Texas families in seven local school districts: Austin, Bastrop, Del Valle, Elgin, Hays, Lockhart and Manor. Loss of ...