Texas Human Resources Code

§ 203.0065 — PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION SERVICES

HR § 203.0065Title 12. JUVENILE JUSTICE SERVICES AND FACILITIES · Part A. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE BOARD AND TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT · Ch. 203. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD AND DEPARTMENT

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(a)In this section, "prevention and intervention services" means programs and services intended to prevent or intervene in at-risk behaviors that lead to delinquency, truancy, dropping out of school, or referral to the juvenile justice system.

(b)The department shall provide prevention and intervention services for:

(1)at-risk youth who are six years of age or older and younger than 18 years of age and who are:

(A)subject to compulsory school attendance under the Education Code; or

(B)under the jurisdiction of the juvenile court; and

(2)the family of an at-risk youth described by Subdivision (1).

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 131 (H.B. 1760), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2019.