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The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Central Services Building (CSB) in Austin. It was created on December 1, 2011, replacing the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission. [1]
Agencies which refer students to the GCTC include over forty county juvenile probation departments, the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD). Prior to the formation of the TJJD, the Texas Youth Commission (TYC) was the youth prison agency.
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) was a state agency of Texas, headquartered in the Brown-Heatley Building in Austin. [1] As of December 1, 2011, the agency was replaced by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. [2]
Victoria Marshall holds a sign that reads "invest in people, not jail" as organizations advocate for council at first appearance, or CAFA, outside the Travis County Administration Building Tuesday ...
Family, schools play a part in rehabilitation. During a child’s stay at NCORC, staff meets with families and schools of the youth, discussing changes and plans following release from the facility.
The ACLU of Texas filed a class action lawsuit against Travis County, arguing that counsel at first appearance is a constitutional right. ... it languished after a short-lived 2022 pilot program ...
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) is responsible for investigating charges of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children, the elderly, and adults with disabilities. Prior to its creation in 2004, the agency had been called the Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ( DPRS ).
The resulting Travis County Courthouse is still in use today, but the courthouse jail closed in 1990 due to a 1972 lawsuit which deemed a jail above a county courthouse unconstitutional. [ 3 ] A bond for a new jail was passed in 1978, and the new jail opened in July 1986.