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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

By Pedro Lozano, Youth Development Coach, Tamayo Halfway House It has been said that dogs are man’s best friend and that the bond between man

By TJJD Communications For more than a decade, a dedicated group of volunteers from First Baptist Church in Edinburg, called “My Brother’s Keepers,” served TJJD’s

Weekly sessions will share Texas Model techniques with families & caregivers By TJJD Communications On the evening of Tuesday, January 11, at 6 pm, a

By TJJD Communications Lucinda Martinez will tell you straight away that the best part of her job is that it’s different every day. “It never