Texas Commission on Children and Youth

The 73rd Texas State Legislature enacted the Texas Commission on Children and Youth in 1993. The Commission’s goal is to improve and coordinate public programs for children and adolescents, focusing especially on the areas of education, health care, juvenile justice, and family services.

In 1994, the Commission held hearings in twelve communities throughout Texas: Houston, Huntsville, Laredo, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Lubbock, Dallas, El Paso, Waco, Edinburg, Bryan/College Station, and Austin. These hearings invited parents, teachers, religious leaders, childcare workers, counselors, social workers, district attorneys, researchers, children, adolescents, and others to address the Commission in order to allow it to gain a better understanding of the issues facing child and youth services.

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