Interim Hearings - Week of September 5
Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
September 7
House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
Charge 1: Youth recruited into human trafficking, pipeline from foster care
- Child Welfare and Human Trafficking, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Child Welfare Information Gateway, July 2015
- "The Civil Rights of Sexually Exploited Youth in Foster Care," Richmond School of Law, University of Richmond Scholarship Repository, 117 West Virginia Law Review 1225, 2015
- The Sex Trafficking Marketplace: Addressing Demand through Legislation and Tactics, Children at Risk (Houston, TX), 2015
- The Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force Report 2014, Office of the Attorney General, December 2014
- Guidance to States and Services on Addressing Human Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United States, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, September 13, 2013
- Report to the 83rd Legislature, Joint Interim Committee to Study Human Trafficking, January 2013
- Texas Youth Connection: Human Trafficking, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
- What is Human Trafficking? and Specific CPS Program Activity to Address Trafficking, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Charge 2: Data collection and sharing practices between Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), and local juvenile probation departments
- JCMS - Juvenile Case Management System, Texas Juvenile Justice Department
Charge 3: Early education and parenting support and education programs, implementation of HB 2630, 84th Legislature, R.S.
- Parenting Matters: Supporting Parents of Children Ages 0-8, Presentation at the National Conference of State Legislatures State Policy and Research for Early Education Working Group, Full Report and Report in Brief, National Academies, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, August 7, 2016
- Birth Through Eight State Policy Framework: Research at a Glance, Alliance for Early Success and Child Trends, November 2015
- Compendium of Parenting Interventions, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Parent, Family and Community Engagement, September 2015
- Family Based Support Programs and Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) Programs, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Charge 4: Juvenile justice regionalization planning and implementation of SB 1630, 84th Legislature, R.S.
- Regionalization Plan, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, August 2016
- Closer to Home: An Analysis of the State and Local Impact of the Texas Juvenile Justice Reforms, Justice Center of the Council of State Governments, Public Policy Research Institute, January 2015
Charge 5: Juvenile justice penalties and sanctions determined by or disallowed by age of the juvenile
Charge 6: Family Code's treatment of grandparents in the parent-child relationship, changes to address the growing population of grandparents
- Interim Report to the 81st Legislature (Charge 1 - Suits affecting the parent-child relationship, including grandparents), Senate Committee on Jurisprudence, December 2008
- GrandFacts: State Fact Sheets for Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children - Texas, AARP, Brookdale Foundation Group, Casey Family Programs, Child Welfare League of America, Children's Defense Fund, and Generations United (2010 U.S. Census)
- Grandfamilies State Law and Policy Resource Center (searchable database of laws and legislation in 50 states and District of Columbia, resources, and publications), Casey Family Programs, ABA Center on Children and the Law, and Generations United
Charge 7: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies
