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Using strategic consultation, training, and research-based tools, CTC is designed to help community stakeholders and decision makers understand and apply information about risk and protective factors, and programs that are proven to make a difference in promoting healthy youth development, in order to most effectively address the specific ...
The state legislature voted in 2017 to transition Texas away from a foster care system operated primarily by the state, in favor of a “community-based care” system that places responsibility ...
Further, 61% of high school students in Texas have tried alcohol and 17% of Texas high school students had their first drink before the age of 13. [17] Based on 2016-2017 surveys, it was estimated that in Texas on average each year over a million individuals 12 years old or older had an alcohol use disorder in the last year.
Furthermore, building strong community partnerships can enhance the sustainability and effectiveness of these programs. Collaboration with local organizations, mental health professionals, and parents can ensure that the programs are culturally relevant, address specific local needs, and are integrated into the broader school and community context.
The state of Texas plans to drop Driscoll Health Plan from two health insurance programs for low-income children and pregnant women, threatening the future of the nonprofit health plan that ...
As leaders of some of the highest-performing community public charter schools in Texas and the country, collectively serving more than 150,000 Texas children, we are proud of our graduates’ 100% ...
The first school-based health centers opened in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1967), Dallas, Texas (1970), and St. Paul, Minnesota (1973). [7] The first two were launched because their founders believed that school-based health care could provide accessible, affordable health care to poor children.
Texas’ foster care system has long been plagued by abuse and neglect allegations, and a lack of placements for vulnerable children. The state’s new community-based care approach aims to change ...