Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications English students at Giddings State School are excited about a new pen pal program in which they’re exchanging letters with 8th grade students at a school in North Texas. The participating youth, students in Jill Fowler’ …
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 and dog can be instantaneous. Where does that connection begin? We gained some insight into that recently when our …
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 Evins campus, mentoring youth and assisting with holiday and faith events. Their long-term …
Weekly sessions will share Texas Model techniques with families & caregivers by John McGreevy, TJJD Communications On the evening of Tuesday, January 11, at 6 pm, a small group of parents and caregivers of teens from across Texas gathered over Zoom. …
by John McGreevy, 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 gets boring,” says the twelve-year veteran Team Leader at Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional …
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 and academic and vocational classes for its youth, providing a well- …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications In 2006, Robert French signed up to serve as the assistant principal at Giddings State School. He’d already enjoyed a robust career in public education as a teacher, guidance counselor, principal and ultimately, the …
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 to help engage the residents. When she moved to the Texas Youth Commission as a volunteer …
The TJJD community lost a beloved, tenured employee last week when Marcus Jerome Smith, a Youth Development Coach at the McLennan County campus, in Mart, passed away Jan. 10 after being hospitalized with complications from COVID-19. Smith, 48, was a native …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Dennis Smith, a steady, compassionate leader at Giddings State School for more than two decades, retired last week as principal at Lone Star High School at Giddings. Smith, who worked as a math teacher before …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications You notice first the Stetson, then the colorful suit, the bow tie and smooth dress shoes. The man so carefully attired is standing in military erectness at the center of a cluster of young people. The teens are …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications They aspire to be barbers, oil field technicians and game wardens. Some want jobs to help them pay their way through college. Some want to begin careers right away and have visions of owning a landscaping or auto …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications At TJJD, you probably know General Counsel Christian von Wupperfeld as the attentive leader of the legal department and top advisor to the agency’s executives and oversight board. But von Wupperfeld has another …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications Like every other veteran employee at the Ron Jackson State Correctional Complex, in Brownwood, Daniel Nix must have walked past the stage in the campus gym a thousand times. The brick-bordered proscenium facing the …
By TJJD Communications Over the past two years, the world has been focused on the coronavirus. But that other “Big C” continues to afflict Americans in large numbers even as we fight a pandemic. Cancer is the second leading cause of death of adults in the …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications TJJD is expanding its therapeutic program by providing training for selected mental health professionals in an approach known as the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. NMT, as it’s called, is an internationally …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications After working several years in case management at TJJD’s Ron Jackson campus, Sheri Coutee knew that many of the youth had multiple needs. They needed educational help and behavioral therapies and, in some cases, …
By Barbara Kessler, TJJD Communications After working several years in case management at TJJD’s Ron Jackson campus, Sheri Coutee knew that many of the youth had multiple needs. They needed educational help and behavioral therapies and, in some cases, …
In 2015, Dallas Chef Chad Houser opened Café Momentum, an upscale restaurant unlike any other in Dallas or anywhere. It was completely staffed by teens coming out of juvenile detention in Dallas County. Customers were amazed by the cuisine and the culinary …
In 2015, Dallas Chef Chad Houser opened Café Momentum, an upscale restaurant unlike any other in Dallas or anywhere. It was completely staffed by teens coming out of juvenile detention in Dallas County. Customers were amazed by the cuisine and the culinary …
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