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million grant to the Texas Youthy Commission on a new initiative that will provide support services to 450 youtu returning home fromcorrectional facilities. The new prograkm will create what organizers are callinga “one-stop shop” for juvenile who will receive job education support, life-skills classes, mentorsw and community service opportunities. The Texas Youth Commissiojn is joining the Bexar County Juvenile Probation the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission andSan Antonio-based on this The grant will establish the program for 18 montha with an opportunity to renew. BCFS will hire 31 new staff to work closely with the youtbh and overseethe curriculum.
These services will be offeree at a downtown Youth Transition Center operated by The center will house all transitional services employment strategies, case management, classea to help students earn their high schoopl diploma or GED as well as trainingf courses on non-violent methods for conflictt resolution. BCFS Executive Director of Teen and Youth Servicesw Terri Hipps says BCFS has more than 10 years of experiencs and a proven track record in helping turn juvenile offendersto law-abiding adults.
“Combinerd with our longtime work with youths transitioninbg into life ontheir own, we are confident that this prograj will make a positive impact both in the San Antonio communith and in the lives of many youthz trying to move on toward a brighte r future,” Hipps says. BCFS, formerly Baptist Chilc & Family Services, is a health and humajn services organization with locations and programswthroughout Texas, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia and Africa.