ARANSAS COUNTY, Texas — Each campus within Rockport-Fulton ISD has a Communities in Schools classroom, a local non-profit program aimed at supporting students with whatever they need to succeed. This assistance ranges from providing new backpacks to helping families pay utility bills.

Cortney Brown has worked as a Communities in Schools case manager for 5 years.

"We go out, looking to the community for donations and assistance and resources," Brown said.

One of those resources is the Aransas County Children's Coalition, which provides support services to families in the area.

Dianne Nielsen, executive director of the coalition, emphasizes the importance of programs like Communities in Schools.

"There is a high level of poverty that's greater than the state average. So families are str

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