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New Diversion Funding in the 80 th , 81 st and No Reductions in 82 nd Texas Legislature Diversion FundingIn 2007, the Texas Legislature implemented a significant series of reforms at TYC. To support these reforms,community-based probation programs and services took on an even more important and critical role in therehabilitation of youthful offenders. To address the complex needs of juvenile offenders and to maintain thelegislative goal of continuing the reforms initiated in 2007, new funding was appropriated and has been maintainedduring these difficult economic conditions. This new and continued funding was targeted to the following functions:To assist local juvenile probation departments in diverting youth from commitment to the Texas YouthCommission (TYC);To establish a contract between TJPC and the Texas Council on Offenders with Mental and MedicalImpairments (TCOOMMI) for the provision of mental health services to juveniles under the jurisdiction ofthe juvenile probation departments; (This contract is maintained in FY12 on a volunteer basis.)To develop and now maintain the Juvenile Case Management System (JCMS), a web-based casemanagement system which allows juvenile probation departments to share case file information betweenTJPC, TYC and local juvenile probation departments (see Appendix H); andTo assist juvenile probation departments in serving misdemeanor offenders who can no longer becommitted to TYC.Annual Report to State LeadershipEffective fiscal year 2010, TJPC was required by Rider 16 to produce an annual report to Legislative Leadership thatincludes detailed monitoring, tracking, utilization and effectiveness information on funds appropriated in eachbudget strategy in Goals A (Basic Probation) and B (Community Corrections). This is the third annual report to fulfillthis new requirement. This report includes the impact of the new initiatives such as residential placements,community-based services for serious and chronic felons, and community-based services for misdemeanor offendersno longer eligible for commitment to TYC.Per Rider 11 of the FY 2012–2013 General Appropriations Act. Reporting Requirements to the Legislative BudgetBoard (LBB).From funds appropriated above, the Juvenile Probation Commission (JPC) shall maintain a specific accountabilitysystem for tracking funds targeted at making a positive impact on youth. JPC shall implement a tracking andmonitoring system so that the use of all funds appropriated can be specifically identified and reported to theLegislative Budget Board. In addition to any other requests for information, the agency shall produce an annualreport on the following information for the previous fiscal year to the LBB by December 1 st of each year.a. The report shall include detailed monitoring, tracking, utilization, and effectiveness information on all fundsappropriated in Goals A and B. The report shall include information on the impact of any new initiatives andall programs tracked by JPC. Required elements include, but are not limited to residential placements,enhanced community-based services for serious and chronic felons such as sex offender treatment, intensivesupervision, and specialized supervision, community-based services for misdemeanants no longer eligible forcommitment to the Youth Commission, and the Community Corrections Diversion Program.2 TEXAS JUVENILE PROBATION COMMISSION, DECEMBER 2011