The goals of the CARES program are these:

To relieve the teacher of non-professional chores, thus providing more time for instruction.

To offer individual help to children who are not working well in a group situation.

To enrich the school program by making available the talents and resources of the community.

To stimulate an informed community to more actively support public education.

CARES is a segment of BCISD's Public Information & Communications Department and is a joint undertaking by the schools and the community. All CARES volunteers are registered with the Public Information office after they fill out a registration form. Once potential volunteers clear the state-mandated background check, they will receive training at the beginning of the school year, or one-on-one with the campus CARES coordinator at a later time.