Texas Youth Commission Journal, September 1996 Page: Front Cover
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TxD
Y200.6 J826 96/09
September 1996, Fall Issue
4900 N. Lamar, Austin, TX 78751NON-CR ULATING
TEXAS STATE
D0CUMiENTS COLLECTIONTexas Youth Commission
ournal
News and information from throughout the agency
Commitments rise;
budget requests increaseIn this issue: Commitments,
Bob Woods named population up
superintendent at BryanStory on page 2.
Agency reorganization
continues
Story on page 3.
Outstanding staff
members honoped
Story and photos on pages 6-10.Texas Youth Commission (TYC) commit-
ments were over projected levels by 16
percent for the months of May through Au-
gust. There were 949 commitments during
this period, exceeding the projected num-
ber of 819. Commitments for the year were
over the projected level by 9 percent (2,529
vs. 2,316 projected) including an all-time
high of 262 in August, 21% over the 217
projected. Commitments from the vast ma-
jority of Texas counties were near, at, or
The facilities bearing the major brunt
of the high number of commitments
have been institutions, which are
collectively operating at more than
100 above their budgeted level.
below their yearly target, which is set by
the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission.
Only thirteen probation departments ex-
ceeded their target by at least ten commit-
ments, namely Dallas (+115), Harris (+71);
Bexar (+69), Travis (+63), Jefferson (+42),
Nueces (+37), Galveston (+25), Cameron
(+26), Angelina (+15) and Nacogdoches
(+11); Hidalgo (+15); McLennan (+11); and
Lubbock (+10) counties; nine probation
departments committed at least 10 fewer than
their target, namely El Paso (-50), Collin (-
27), Denton (-23), Tarrant (-16), Williamson
(-13), Webb (-12), Ector (-11), Fort Bend (-
10), and Johnson (-10). While both Dallas
and Harris counties are significantly over
their commitment target, commitments from
(continued on page 5)Agency requests
$407 million
Te Texas Youth Commission (TYC) has
I submitted its budget request to the Leg-
islature for the 1998-99 biennium to reflect a
need for a 63 percent increase in bed capac-
ity - from 3400 beds in 1996 to more than
5500 beds at the end of FY 1999.
Instructions from the budget office di-
rected all state agencies to keep their bud-
get request at the current level of funding,
which will be the average of the FY 1996
and 1997 budgets, said John Franks, assis-
tant deputy director for financial support.
The Legislative Budget Board and the
Governor's Office of Budget and Planning
allow agencies to request funding above
the current level, he explained. TYC Board
Chairman Dr. Leonard Lawrence made a re-
quest for higher funding, and received an
affirmative response.
The additional request is referred to as
"supplemental information" regarding ex-
ceptional items, which represent a total re-
quest for the next biennium of $409.62 mil-
lion - compared to $314.44 million for the
current biennium.
The request is based on our projected
population, and considers the longer terms
of youth committed under determinate sen-
tences, said Franks.
The agency is asking for funds to con-
struct two new 500-bed institutions at a cost
of $12.5 million each; funds to construct a
security building at Brownwood and a mul-
tipurpose building at West Texas; and funds
to make extensive repairs at seven facili-
ties. The total construction request is $35.3
(continued on page 2)OF T DEP. IbAIiE3 7h203
IN THIS ISSUE
Staff Development
Advisory Board .......................17
Management Support Update.. 18
Tenure recipients ................ 20
Patton farewell.................... 22
S ECTI ON S
Around TYC .......................... 2
Programs ........................... 11
Volunteers ..............................13
Cultural Events ...........14
Youth Spotlight .......................15
Human Resources ..................17
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