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Browse latest View live. With the 85th Texas Legislative Session more than halfway complete, much time and energy is spent right now on the decisions being made at the Capitol. Many of our county partners and juvenile justice practitioners are doing the same. Since that time, each committee has completed their work; in the coming weeks, we will see each bill discussed on the floor of each house. While I wish I could say we received funding for all of our needs, the unusually tight fiscal climate this session means most of our exceptional item requests did not receive favorable review.
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The House allows for floor amendments to the budget. This is the only remaining opportunity for substantive changes to the budget before Conference Committee work. We are encouraged by the interest members show in our work and their willingness to continue to meet with us. While it appears that we will face a decrease in funding for probation departments and the state, we continue to meet with members in support of our budget. I encourage you to do the same. I am happy to report that the Regionalization effort continues to progress.
This youth diversion partnership between TJJD and county probation departments is instrumental in keeping more youth out of state placements. As of March 17, we received diversion applications, approved , and 88 youth have been placed. We are ahead of our goal to divert at least youth this fiscal year.
Youth have been placed at 30 different placement facilities. To date, 53 counties, representing small, medium and large jurisdictions, have participated in Regionalization. This figure is particularly enlightening when you consider that through January of , TJJD commitments have come from 66 counties. While I am hesitant to relinquish a step-down resource, the population at York House has been well below capacity for several months. As such, the current fiscal environment necessitated the decision to close.
