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- Transforming youth rehabilitation through the Texas Model
- Redefining community service with Pathways to Potential Week 2026
- Supporting youth reentry: Strategies that lead to long-term success
- The impact of Dialectical Behavior Therapy on high acuity, high risk youth: A transformative approach in juvenile justice
- Educational accomplishments create real opportunities for new graduates from Giddings
- Fort Bend County breaks ground on a first-of-its-kind juvenile vocational training facility
- TJJD pursues Praesidium Guardian Certification to strengthen youth safety and abuse prevention efforts
- Youth at Giddings craft handmade toys for young patients at state hospitals
- The power of written work and the difference makers who nurture talent
- Sheree Case selected for CAPPS leadership role
- Brief bill awareness update
- Former Mart principal takes on new workforce readiness role
- TJJD leaders attend AWEC, HR director speaks on panel
- TJJD revamps training and leads industry initiatives nationwide
- Cameron County’s Cadets for Vets makes an impact
- Eight years of impact: DSA Grant update
- New builds update – sites confirmed, legislature funded
- Kicking off the school year
- Legislative update
- TJJD executives elected to leadership on State Behavioral Health Coordinating Council
- The Ron Jackson Care Committee invites you to join us for a 55th Anniversary Celebration!
- TJJD interns make an impact
- Ron Jackson hosts successful career day
- For youth at Mart, a haircut shows who they are and what they can be
- Giddings youth get some heavy inspiration from powerlifting team
- Texas female inmates share their stories with TJJD youth
- Fort Worth parole officer credits communication for success
- TJJD Training Team shares expertise at JJAEP conference on DBT, emotional intelligence and how trauma affects staff
- Horse camp strengthens human connections for probation youths in Jasper County
- TJJD launches ‘Token Economy’ program, motivating youth to build skills
- Gainesville’s ‘Casas’ program caps a successful year of building woodshop projects and community connections
- Giddings’ Lone Star High School book club focuses on personal reflection
- Anne Garcia Fine joins TJJD as CFO
- Gainesville youth dress for success with help from clothes closet volunteers
- Adult skill center helps highlight Mental Health Awareness Month at Giddings
- TJJD announces promotion of Robin Motley to superintendent at Giddings
- TJJD announces promotion of Luis Medina to superintendent at Evins
- TJJD Board honors John Johnson for 30-year service
- Mart career day brings inspiration for youth and local businesses
- Meet some of TJJD’s devoted volunteers
- Celebrating the dedication of Texas Juvenile Justice Professionals
- Youth at Ayres House make a pet connection with ‘Zen Dog’
- Forgiveness is the theme for Gainesville youth at weekend retreat
- IT team launches new Connect case management system
- Dallas Co. Juvenile Probation ‘store’ offers food and clothing for youth families in need
- Spring Break track meet offers a chance to compete for Mart students
- Training session focuses on reunification for youth with siblings and families
- Ag mechanic students at Mart give old John Deere a fresh start
- Giddings youth learning life skills through basketball
- Wilco’s Matt Smith joining TJJD
- ‘Teen whisperer’ provides hope for Texas human trafficking survivors
- TDCJ inmates have a message for TJJD youth: “Prison is not fun at all”
- Winter storm affects some TJJD work schedules
- BARK youth learn how much their service matters to humans and dogs at a special celebration
- Dr. Evan Norton promoted to deputy executive director at TJJD
- Book club brings out curious minds at Tamayo House
- Winter Weather affecting Gainesville campus
- Giddings students grow skills by tending new tower gardens
- TJJD welcomes Nathan McDaniel as director of Stakeholder Relations
- Hays County’s Skilled Trades Program builds a demonstration farm and a path to employment
- Lone Star West’s Brandon Spencer awarded doctoral degree
- Voices Unchained: Giddings youth find meaning in art and wise words
- Dr. Priscilla Scott, onetime state hospital aide turned counselor, honored for 50 years of state service
- Tamayo Supt. Eduardo Garza brings lessons from a lifetime of military experience to his work at TJJD
- Graduating TJJD student tells his fellow grads why his incarceration was a ‘blessing in disguise’
- Ohio Youth Services team visits TJJD to learn about Trust-Based Relational Intervention strategies
- Auto mechanic students at Evins get a new view of the future through the VR lens
- Building skills for a good cause: Casas for CASA
- Youth Rights Grievance staff help youth with DBT skills
- Volunteer gives haircuts and hope
- TJJD’s IRC hotline connects 24/7 for youth and their families
- Fort Bend County’s Transition and Special Programs help probation youth find mentors, get job training, catch up in school and prepare for independence
- TJJD employee, a former star athlete, inducted into Waco ISD Hall of Fame
- Youth and cats find purrfect companionship at new CATS Dorm at Mart
- Ellison and Jones selected to attend Governor’s Executive Development Program
- How one youth found success at Giddings State School – with the help of caring staff and teachers; DBT and exercising those muscles!
- TJJD youth build muscles and strengthen social skills during recreation time
- Coach Henry L. Thomas accomplished much at Gainesville State School, with humility, good spirits and a fitting motto
- TJJD highlights parole and probation officer stories for 2024 Pretrial, Probation and Parole Supervision Week
- Beryl projected to strengthen to hurricane, make landfall on Texas’s midcoast
- Longtime Mart campus warehouse inventory specialist Jerry Forrest to hang up his CAPPS
- Former TYC youth finds success at Houston colleges with the help of TJJD scholarship trust fund
- Former TJJD youth J.M. graduates with an associate’s nursing degree; credits TJJD trust fund scholarship
- JCOs tell about their rewarding careers helping youth and ensuring community safety
- TJJD leaders tour modern youth facilities in Oregon
- What does it take to build a successful career at TJJD? Mart’s Terry Williams’ story
- TJJD hosts mental health expert who stresses wellness care for corrections staff at all levels
- The ‘Book Club Men’ are leaning into literature at Giddings State School
- Young welders at TJJD schools fired up to fill a growing niche
- Mart’s Jason Tweedle is a natural in his new role as DBT Implementation Leader
- TJJD Regionalization Task Force welcomes new members with valuable perspective
- Dallas Pets Alive and TJJD BARK providing a warm and furry public service
- TJJD youth pony up a great gift to Ronald McDonald House of Central Texas
- Non-essential staff have delayed start Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024
- Governor’s Office Appoints Nine to TJJD Board
- Rosales and Quiroga make an inspiring and effective team at Evins
- New education complex opens at Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center
- Attorney Leah O’Leary joins TJJD to help smooth and improve Level II hearings process
- Youth learn horticulture and woodworking skills at the Evins campus
- ESP program in Tom Green County is a long-standing success
- A new program at Gainesville State School teaches trust, responsibility and spreads yappiness to all
- New Achieve program focuses on lower-risk TJJD youth, offering a structured, quicker pathway home
- Lots of smiles and tears as longtime Mart staffer Lisa McNeil retires
- Focus group asks TJJD youth who’ve been through the Capital Offender program how to make it better
- Ron Jackson’s Lone Star HS ‘Graduation Wall’ allows youth expression, leaves a bright imprint
- Gainesville State School and Supt. Darryl Anderson hitting positive milestones
- Two members of TJJD team accepted to Governor’s Executive Development Program
- Football coaches team-up for a winning year
- Director of Probation Services Amy Miller is retiring, but her heart will always be in juvenile justice
- Tina Saenz Retires from TJJD after 30 years of invaluable service
- Rachel Gandy joins the agency as Chief of Staff
- Expansive TJJD Capstone project brings treatment and case management innovations
- At Gainesville, Family Days are here again
- Wharton County community alliance helps kids believe ‘Yes We Can’
- Longtime TJJD secure facilities and Texas Model leader Tom Adamski retiring after 25 years
- Spotlight On: Ruben Trevino of Tamayo Halfway House
- TJJD hosts Power Source training for Texas juvenile justice treatment professionals
- Hidalgo County Family Empowerment Program helps parents improve relationships & communication with their child in placement and the siblings at home
- Celebrating our staff on National Correctional Officers Week
- Patty Garza has one of the ‘best jobs’ at TJJD coordinating interns, volunteers and parole programs for the South Region
- UNT Health Science Center nursing students present drug abuse program and spend time with youth at Gainesville State School
- Ayres House youth listen to and feel the sound of calm during a ‘sound bath’
- TJJD Parole Manager Don Finley says parole staff must listen well and demonstrate empathy
- TJJD Nutritionist Sarah Wall enjoys crafting modern menus for young people and urges parents to keep trying the broccoli
- This National Volunteer Month TJJD salutes the dozens of volunteers who share their time and skills with TJJD youth
- Giddings State School showcases student accomplishments at Open House and Family Day
- Jennifer Brown embraces her mentoring role as assistant superintendent at Gainesville State School
- Evins Campus Volunteers Faithfully Serve Youth and Their Families with Meals, Events and Donations
- Spotlight On: Monica Harrison, Manager of Operations, Giddings State School
- Dr. Henry Schmidt joins TJJD as Director of Structured Programming and Accountability
- Youth at Gainesville State School ‘bubbling with enthusiasm’ over new vocal program led community volunteers
- Spotlight On: Willie Brown, Supt. of Schaeffer House
- Longtime TJJD Board member Jimmy Smith leaves a big legacy
- Stichin for the Journey Group Delights Ayres Halfway House Youth with Donations of Handcrafted Quilts
- TJJD’s Online Caregiver Training Series Resumes this Month, Helping Loved Ones with their Youth’s Transition Home
- Carter and Team Visit Secure Facilities, Halfway Houses and Probation Departments
- TJJD Youth Make and Donate Rocking Horses to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas
- Gainesville Hosts Huge Family Day Event for Thanksgiving
- Ayres House celebrates recent graduate who’s going on to college
- Youth and educators collaborate to launch ‘The Mentoring Book Club’ at Giddings State School
- Gainesville campus mourns loss of longtime colleague, David Johnson
- Giddings hosts Thanksgiving barbecue for youth and families, sponsored by church groups
- An Outpouring of Support Encourages Giddings State School Mustangs
- Giddings State School celebrates 50th Anniversary
- Alaska invited TJJD clinicians to share expertise working with capital offenders
- Tim Barr, vocational teacher who wore many hats, retires at Giddings State School
- Accountant discovers that working at TJJD provides a path to college loan forgiveness
- San Antonio quilting group spreads the love, giving several handcrafted quilts to youth at Ayres Halfway House
- TJJD’s Business Director leaves the agency with fond memories
- Tina Saenz discovered her life’s work at Evins Regional Juvenile Center
- Education Director Luther Taliaferro, who is retiring, brought a unique background and no-nonsense approach to the job
- Giddings and Gainesville state school football teams are suited up and we’re so happy to see it!
- Dell Computer donation to TJJD brought electronic and human connections
- Retiring JJAEP expert Marie Welsch lauds probation departments for hard work on behalf of kids
- Recruitment Manager Jim Espinoza loves helping people find their career niche at TJJD
- TJJD Announces Pay Raises
- Giddings State School celebrates its Spring 2022 graduates, hosts a special speaker who overcame the odds against him
- BARK alert! Ron Jackson’s canine program gets a refresh with focus on building attachments
- Evins campus gathers families for a fun day of art activities, games and bingo
- TJJD youth typically experience high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs); mental health treatment can help
- Meet these inspiring TJJD staffers this National Correctional Officers Week
- Tamayo youth clean kennels, bond with dogs and earn appreciation at Harlingen Humane Society
- My Brother’s Keepers honored for a decade of service to Evins Regional Juvenile Center
- Texas Model Training for Caregivers and Families Resumes
- Zumba Brings Dance Fever to Ron Jackson
- Giddings State School’s new Mustang Alley offers fun and games, and a challenge
- Mart Community Coordinator Tanya Rosas retires, reflects on how volunteers help TJJD youth
- Mart campus employees mourn loss of Marcus “Big Moe” Smith, a 26-year TJJD employee
- Dennis Smith leaves a legacy of strong leadership at Giddings’ Lone Star HS
- TJJD Supt. Bill Parks, leading by example and connecting with youth
- Workforce team at Ayres House helps youth get on track
- Getting to your goals: TJJD’s top lawyer on his amazing Grand Canyon adventure, facing adversity and building resilience
- All the stage is a world of opportunity at TJJD’s Ron Jackson campus
- Gainesville State School launches Pink Shirt Wednesdays
- Ron Jackson campus helps girls with a fresh look for heading home
- TJJD clinicians get training in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
- Tamayo boys team up for spontaneous rescue mission
- TJJD’s Shandra Carter honored with Outstanding Leadership Award from Governor’s Commission for Women
- Mindfulness project takes root at Ayres House
- Ayres House treated to cutting edge presentation on a possible vocation
- Donated flowers brighten Willoughby House
