TJJD News & Announcements

TJJD recently received recognition at the TIBH (Texas Institute for Blind and Handicapped) Artie Lee Hinds Award Dinner. TJJD is among the top ten state agencies in purchasing products through TIBH using the state’s set-aside program. Others in the top ten include some rather large agencies such as TxDOT, TDCJ, TCEQ, TXDMV. The state set-aside program was established through legislation in 1978 to improve employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The goal is to provide good paying, rewarding jobs to people who would otherwise not have the same opportunities. Texas’ set-aside program is recognized as the premier program of its kind in the United States, a model that other states follow.

Greetings;   I am very pleased and proud to introduce our “new and improved” Texas Juvenile Justice Today newsletter through this column. The former “Executive Director’s Report” focused exclusively on TJJD state operations. A number of people asked over the past few months whether the agency’s newsletter could become more reflective and more representative of who we are today – one agency administering one system. So, we have done away with the Executive Director’s Report format in favor of this Texas Juvenile Justice Today.  This is our first edition.   Through this newsletter, we hope to include stories, articles and features that will reflect a wide array of different programs, special events, staff profiles both from state operations and probation departments, community participation in programs, and operations both at the state and local levels.  Stories and profiles of the wonderful people who do this work that you may not hear about otherwise.   It’s an unfortunate