Child and Adolescent Division
State
contract requirements
Provided services for 3,052 children on average per quarter,
exceeding the state contract requirement of serving 2,902
children per quarter.
Texas
Integrated Funding Initiative (TIFI)
Granted renewed contract to provide interagency service integration
and parent involvement to serve severely emotionally disturbed
children in the Alief Independent School District.
Texas
Council on Offenders with Mental Impairments contract
Received a $1 million contract through the Texas Council on
Offenders with Mental Impairments (TCOMI) to serve the needs
of juvenile offenders returning to Harris County from Texas
Youth Commission facilities.
Juvenile
Justice Department
Realigned the Juvenile Justice unit to increase Forensic unit
assessments. Staff also conducted treatment at: Burnett-Bayland
Home, Burnett-Bayland Receiving Center (BBRC), Westside Boot
Camp (DBC), Harris County Youth Village, Juvenile Justice
Mental Health Services Program (TCOMI).
First
Time Offenders program
Redesigned the First Time Offenders program serving children
referred from the justice of the peace courts and from other
county courts. The program also moved to the Chimney Rock
Center to be near youth services provided by Children’s
Protective Services and the Juvenile
Probation Department.
Juvenile
Probation Department
Continued a $145,534 contract between MHMRA and the Harris
County Juvenile Probation Department in order to increase
psychiatric services to children entering the Juvenile Justice
system.
Intensive
In-Home Services Project
Entered third year of TRIAD project (MHMRA, CPS and Juvenile
Probation) to providing intensive treatment to youth and families.
Treatment provides therapy and case management services in
order to prevent hospitalization or out of home placement.
Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Iinitiative
Began third year of collaboration with HISD in “Safe
Schools/Healthy Students Initiative.” The program provides
education, mental health and law enforcement services to students
in the Yates and Austin High School feeder patterns.
Children’s
Crisis Care Center Program (4 Cs program)
Added a psychiatric component to Children’s Protective
Services’ 4 Cs program as part of an ongoing effort to
enhance services to children placed in CPS conservatorship.
