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4 Document(s) [ Subject: Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program ]
Committee: | Senate Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Thinking outside the box. | |
Subjects: | At-risk youth | Child Protective Services | Crime prevention | Gangs | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Runaway children | School safety | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.75 g154 | |
Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
Online version: | View report [215 pages File size: 11,733 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study and make recommendations to address the increasing gang problem in Texas, including consideration of: collaboration between law enforcement, education officials, and state and local juvenile justice agencies; prevention and intervention efforts; needs of prosecutors and law enforcement agencies; and criminal information systems. | |
2. | Study the need, if any, for additional juvenile court masters to assist courts with juvenile jurisdiction in providing speedy and effective justice for juvenile offenders and their victims. Identify jurisdictions most significantly impacted by juvenile justice caseloads. If necessary, make recommendations for the number of any such masters and the fiscal implications with potential funding sources. | |
3. | Monitor the implementation of HB 1550, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding progressive sanctions. Study the impact of progressive sanctions on juvenile facilities and upon program needs to make recommendations, if any, for statutory or funding changes. | |
4. | Monitor the STARS (Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth) program and community youth development grants to evaluate their effectiveness and continued implementation. | |
Committee: | Senate Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim | |
Title: | Interim report - Summary | |
Library Catalog Title: | Thinking outside the box: summary of report. | |
Subjects: | At-risk youth | Child Protective Services | Crime prevention | Gangs | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Runaway children | School safety | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.75 g154s | |
Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
Online version: | View report [32 pages File size: 1,425 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study and make recommendations to address the increasing gang problem in Texas, including consideration of: collaboration between law enforcement, education officials, and state and local juvenile justice agencies; prevention and intervention efforts; needs of prosecutors and law enforcement agencies; and criminal information systems. | |
2. | Study the need, if any, for additional juvenile court masters to assist courts with juvenile jurisdiction in providing speedy and effective justice for juvenile offenders and their victims. Identify jurisdictions most significantly impacted by juvenile justice caseloads. If necessary, make recommendations for the number of any such masters and the fiscal implications with potential funding sources. | |
3. | Monitor the implementation of HB 1550, 75th R.S., passed by the Legislature during the 1997 regular session, regarding progressive sanctions. Study the impact of progressive sanctions on juvenile facilities and upon program needs to make recommendations, if any, for statutory or funding changes. | |
4. | Monitor the STARS (Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth) program and community youth development grants to evaluate their effectiveness and continued implementation. | |
Committee: | House Juvenile Justice and Family Issues | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Juvenile Justice and Family Issues, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 1998 : a report to the House of Representatives, 76th Texas Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Adoption | At-risk youth | Attorney General Child Support Division | Child support | Crime prevention | Foster care | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice system | Paternity | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Texas Child Support Enforcement System | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.75 j987 | |
Session: | 75th R.S. (1997) | |
Online version: | View report [41 pages File size: 1,866 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Review the progressive sanctions and diversion programs and assess whether they are achieving desired results. | |
2. | Actively monitor programs for at-risk youth, including the STARS Program and Community Youth Development Grants. | |
3. | Monitor the implementation of the TXCSES automated system to aid child support enforcement. | |
4. | Conduct active oversight of agencies and programs under the jurisdiction of the committee, including implementation of the Birth Father Registry and Voluntary Adoption Registry (see HB 1091, 75th R.S., and SB 34, 75th R.S.), and the new timetables for foster care placements by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services. | |
Committee: | Senate Juvenile Justice and Child Support, Interim | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Senate Interim Committee on Juvenile Justice and Child Support final report submitted to the 75th Legislature. | |
Subjects: | At-risk youth | Attorney General Child Support Division | Child support | Children's health insurance | Criminal Justice Policy Council | Criminal Justice, Texas Department of | Juvenile crime | Juvenile justice alternative education programs | Juvenile justice system | Medically uninsured | Progressive sanctions (Criminal justice) | Protective and Regulatory Services, Texas Department of | Public Safety, Texas Department of | School discipline | Services to Runaways and At-Risk Youth Program | Sex offenders | Texas Child Support Enforcement System | Traffic violations | Youth Commission, Texas | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.74 j988r | |
Session: | 74th R.S. (1995) | |
Online version: | View report [171 pages File size: 7,838 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Study whether the criminal offense of "Failure to Stop and Render Aid," which applies to adults, should apply to juveniles. | |
2. | Study and make recommendations regarding the juvenile justice revisions made by the 74th Legislature, with a special focus on (a) implementation of progressive sanctions and related programming by local entities and (b) the expansion of the STARS (Services to At-Risk Youth) program by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, by the Juvenile Justice Reform Bill, HB 327, 74th R.S., and the Appropriations Act, HB 1, 74th R.S.. | |
3. | Study and make recommendations for any juvenile justice related issues that are identified as problems in the revisions of juvenile justice, including omissions and unintended consequences of the Juvenile Justice Reform Bill or related statutes and legislation. | |
4. | Review analysis of the Criminal Justice Policy Council and other information required to be reported to the legislature, governor, lieutenant governor, or the Legislative Budget Board by HB 327, 74th R.S., or related statutes and make recommendations from those reports as necessary. | |
5. | Study and make recommendations regarding child support payments, specifically relating to the collection and distribution of child support as in SB 793, 74th R.S.. | |
6. | Study and determine whether the expansion of the Texas Youth Commission and local juvenile justice facilities is sufficient to go into the year 2002. |
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