2022

By Fidel Garcia, Volunteer Resource Coordinator, Evins Regional Juvenile Center Looking back and reminiscing over 35 years of life is quite a task, let alone […]

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications It probably won’t shock anyone to learn that TJJD’s Sr. Director of Education, Luther Taliaferro, promotes schooling as a key

By TJJD Communications With apologies to the bluebonnets, Willie Nelson, and barbeque, nothing is more Texas than football. Two of TJJD’s facilities, Giddings State School

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Dell Computer Corp. reached out to help youth at TJJD this summer, making a generous donation of 40 laptop computers,

By TJJD Communications When a valued part of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department community heads off into retirement, it’s always a bittersweet experience. We’re sad

By TJJD Communications The Texas Juvenile Justice Department is always working to recruit new staff for our secure campuses and halfway houses, and the best

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department announced pay raises of 15 percent on Friday, July 8, to make TJJD salaries more competitive. This permanent pay raise,

By Janet Sheelar, Community Resource Coordinator, Giddings State School Giddings State School celebrated its students at the 2022 Spring Graduation, which featured a full gowned

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications TJJD is relaunching its canine program, with a new name, BARK, for Building Attachment & Resilience K9 Program. BARK kicked

By Fidel Garcia, Volunteer Services Coordinator, Evins campus Seems like it was yesterday when TJJD families gathered at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center for a

By TJJD Communications TJJD youth often struggle with a background of trauma, which can be a big obstacle as they try to adopt more positive

By TJJD Communications This first week of May is National Correctional Officers Week, when we salute TJJD’s hard-working direct care professionals. At the top of