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1 Document(s) [ Subject: Assistive%20and%20Rehabilitative%20Services%2C%20Texas%20Department%20of ]
| Committee: | House Human Services | |
| Title: | Interim Report | |
| Library Catalog Title: | House Committee on Human Services, Texas House of Representatives interim report, 2006 : a report to the House of Representatives, 80th Texas Legislature | |
| Subjects: | Aging and Disability Services, Texas Department of | Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, Texas Department of | Call centers | Family and Protective Services, Texas Department of | Food stamps | Foster care | Health and Human Services Commission, Texas | Mental health services | Privatization | | |
| Library Call Number: | L1836.79 H88 | |
| Session: | 79th R.S. (2005) | |
| Online version: | View report [59 pages File size: 6,948 kb] | |
| Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
| 1. | Examine ways foster care provides, or does not provide, preparation for adult living to foster children. Review programs other states have adopted to enhance the likelihood that foster care alumni will complete a secondary education or maintain trade skills learned while in foster care. Examine the correlation between the school drop-out pattern, job maintenance and poverty, and foster care preparation programs for adult living. | |
| 2. | Study the effectiveness, efficiency and funding mechanisms of mental health and mental retardation services. Identify and study best practices in crisis intervention, residential treatment and aftercare. Identify and study successful mental health services delivery models established by other states. | |
| 3. | Monitor how changes in the Food Stamp Program at the federal level affect participation in Texas, including proposed changes in the 2006 Federal Farm Bill. | |
| 4. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the committee's jurisdiction. | |
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