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Upcoming Trainings

TNOYS Special Institute
Child Abuse and the Brain
August 17, 2010

27th Annual TNOYS Conference
Youth...Their Future Is Everyone's Business!
August 18-20, 2010
 

New Office Hours

Effective September 1, 2009
our new office hours are:
Monday - Thursday
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

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Services to At Risk Youth (STAR) Program
Administered by:
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

The Services to At Risk Youth (STAR) Program provides services to youth in at-risk situations and their families. The purpose of the program is to reduce family conflict and to prevent the problems of runaway, truancy and delinquent behaviors by:
  • helping youths and their families resolve crises that threaten their capacity to live together;
  • helping youths and their families develop skills to cope with problems and stresses in their homes;
  • helping parents resume and maintain their parental responsibility; and
  • providing short term placement for youths whose immediate return home is not advisable.

Originally established as a demonstration project in 1983 to serve runaway and truant youth, the program has expanded from its original 12 sites to 54 contracts providing services in all 254 counties by the end of 1998.

The STAR program is administered by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Department of Prevention and Early Intervention (http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/).

TNOYS values its long history of providing training and technical assistance services to the STAR program! TNOYS remains committed to providing services to STAR providers.