urn:taro:utexas.cah.01939 A Guide to the Texas Commission for Children and Youth Archive, 1993-1994 Original EAD encoding by Sarah Powell according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. August 2010 Finding aid written in English. June 2011 Revised by Laurel Rozema Descriptive Summary Texas Commission on Children and Youth Texas Commission for Children and Youth archive 1993-1994 Materials are written in English. 94-370 3 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Texas Commission for Children and Youth Archive, 1993-1994, include papers and reports generated for and by the Texas Commission on Children and Youth, which sought to improve public services and programs for children and youths. Biographical Note

The 73rd Texas State Legislature enacted the Texas Commission on Children and Youth in 1993. The Commission’s goal is to improve and coordinate public programs for children and adolescents, focusing especially on the areas of education, health care, juvenile justice, and family services.

In 1994, the Commission held hearings in twelve communities throughout Texas: Houston, Huntsville, Laredo, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Lubbock, Dallas, El Paso, Waco, Edinburg, Bryan/College Station, and Austin. These hearings invited parents, teachers, religious leaders, childcare workers, counselors, social workers, district attorneys, researchers, children, adolescents, and others to address the Commission in order to allow it to gain a better understanding of the issues facing child and youth services.

The Commission concluded that a change in the structure of services at the state level would be insufficient to address the problems facing children and youths. By focusing on local efforts, the Commission developed a plan to remove obstacles between federal, state, and local regulations, as well as ways to refocus aid efforts on the family as a whole instead of on individuals who meet basic requirements for funding.

Source:

Texas State Commission on Children and Youth. Safeguarding Our Future: Children and Families First. Austin: Texas Commission on Children and Youth, 1994

 Scope and Contents

The Texas Commission for Children and Youth Archive, 1993-1994, concerns the documentation of the Commission’s research into issues facing Texas children. The collection contains hearings, testimonies, correspondence, reports, and printed materials generated during its research and related to issues of poverty, crime, education, family life, health and development, as well as public policy committees, initiatives, and grant programs.

Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Texas Commission on Children and Youth Texas. Dept. of Human Resources Texas. Dept. of State Health Services Subjects Academic achievement -- Texas. Children--Texas. Education, Elementary--Texas. Education, Secondary--Texas. Families--Texas. Juvenile justice, Administration of--Texas. Needs assessment--Texas. Poverty--Children--Texas. Single parents--Texas. Social problems--Texas. Violence--Texas. Places Texas Preferred Citation

Texas Commission for Children and Youth Archive, 1993-1994, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3F515 Childcare block grant Children's Commission: Legislation Travel forms Intervention work group Dallas hearing, written testimony, April 1994 Austin hearing, Feburary 18, 1994 Bryan/College Station hearing, June 13, 1994 Public testimony, committy meeting, January 29, 1994 Lubbock hearing, April 1994 Waco hearing, May 23, 1994 Edinburg hearing, May 23, 1994 Written testimony, Laredo and Corpus Christi 3F516 Children's Commisison: El Paso hearing, May 6, 1994 Crime: Newsletters Violent crime control Texas Juvenile Probation Commission Texas Youth Commission statistics Juvenile Probation Department Action plans to prevent crime Reducing youth violence, juvenile gangs Jail and Prison Ministry and Catholic Youth Ministry of the Dioces of Austin Education: Written testimony Communitites in school Trust fund and Barbara Bush Foundation "School to work opportunities," 1994 Ethnicity: Resources Brazelton, 1994 3F517 Family/Single parents: Family support and education Health Start Hawaii General information on children's programs Children at Risk, Houston, Texas, January 28, 1994 CAN DO Project, Houston Minority Tutoring/Mentoring Pilot Program, 1994 CASA of Texas DPRS -- Legislative data book Child Advocacy programs Health/Development: Disabled children/sex education School age pregnancy Comprehensive school health Texas School Counselor Association Parents as Teachers Poverty: Welfare debate/Texas homeless network New York child assistance Welfare reform Public policy: National Committee on Children Action for Texas Generations Family supportive services Child Support Enhancement Act Children's Justice Act Grant