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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

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications, and Janet Sheelar, Volunteer Coordinator, Giddings State School Giddings State School has a long, strong tradition of offering athletic programs

By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications When Tanya Rosas worked as an activities director for a nursing home in Marlin, she recruited volunteers of all ages

By TJJD Communications The TJJD community lost a beloved, tenured employee last week when Marcus Jerome Smith, a Youth Development Coach at the McLennan County