tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8506569004917605562..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Welcome juvie probation directorsGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-77884170818985636952009-02-26T16:19:00.000-06:002009-02-26T16:19:00.000-06:002/24/09- "Home Base workers"? Is that really keepi...2/24/09-<BR/> "Home Base workers"? Is that really keeping the cost down? If TJPC and TYC has "Home base workers" Could the field also do the same? Will this really cut cost down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-7949476866824110582009-02-24T06:42:00.000-06:002009-02-24T06:42:00.000-06:00The TJPC has numerous home-based workers, includi...The TJPC has numerous home-based workers, including managers and "law enforcement" staff. One would hope this would keep operating costs down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-67487940312006046852009-02-20T14:03:00.000-06:002009-02-20T14:03:00.000-06:00That would be a big mistake cutting funding for th...That would be a big mistake cutting funding for the county departments. The cutting funding should be in the TJPC in-house of all things. Directors and managers are making way too much money for what they really do. The state Legislators need to abolish the state employees retire/ rehire. TJPC needs to cut funding from their own agency. If departments in-house has not improved in the last two years merge them with <BR/>another in-house department. If in-house departments have not created new programs/ or and better training in the last two years merge them with another department. I looked on TJPC website... and I saw a small agency with two many single departments that could be combined with another department. And too many directors that really are all doing the same job, (That is helping Famlies and children ). Just like any other state angency.. In-house creates departments to promote the hot-shots. That extra money in the states budget could go to the field. So an addition, The auditors/ Sunset Commission should look at TJPC a little closer and see where their money is going. The field could be getting a larger piece of the pie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-30169114349442928022009-02-18T11:39:00.000-06:002009-02-18T11:39:00.000-06:00INCREDIBLE, ABSOLUTELY XXXXXXX INCREDIBLE...There ...INCREDIBLE, ABSOLUTELY XXXXXXX INCREDIBLE...<BR/>There are no words...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-79061445643842662172009-02-17T19:57:00.000-06:002009-02-17T19:57:00.000-06:00According to the LBB, TJPC's operating expenses ac...According to the LBB, TJPC's operating expenses account for about 2.5 percent of it's total budget. The outraged folks on this comment thread need to at least acknowledge that other than the elimination of all staff and other functions of TJPC there is no option but to take money from grants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78375416126150331892009-02-17T16:51:00.000-06:002009-02-17T16:51:00.000-06:003:20pmSo if you get a monthly check from TJPC, do ...3:20pm<BR/><BR/>So if you get a monthly check from TJPC, do you not think all they need to do is with hold the amount the last several months!? Why not take the fight to your legislator for all of us to keep the funds? Put your energy in a fight you can win.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-69416774788721316312009-02-17T15:20:00.000-06:002009-02-17T15:20:00.000-06:00I dare them to come after the money from me.I dare them to come after the money from me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-52886710677114116172009-02-16T09:32:00.000-06:002009-02-16T09:32:00.000-06:009:47 I agree, TYC committments will jump a bit due...9:47 I agree, TYC committments will jump a bit due to this. Chief's should rebel. It will cost the state much more if we send kids to TYC not place them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19397454210867384412009-02-14T21:47:00.000-06:002009-02-14T21:47:00.000-06:00I WILL NOT ALLOW TJPC TO KEEP FUNDS FROM THE JUVEN...I WILL NOT ALLOW TJPC TO KEEP FUNDS FROM THE JUVENILES OF THE STATE. WE WERE MANDATED TO KEEP TYC COMMITTMENTS LOW AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THEY WANT TO TAKE AWAY THE FUNDS? SENATOR WHITMIRE, DO YOU SEE THIS? BUILD ANOTHER TYC FACILITY BECAUSE HERE THEY COME.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-397644566188700912009-02-14T20:05:00.000-06:002009-02-14T20:05:00.000-06:00If TJPC is required by the governor to trim their ...If TJPC is required by the governor to trim their budget then they should trim it from their budget, not grants. Maybe the new positions VS was speaking about needs to be cut out of her budget and trim her salary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50559965389625068192009-02-14T13:22:00.000-06:002009-02-14T13:22:00.000-06:00Surely the major players in the legislature will s...Surely the major players in the legislature will stop TJPC before this happens. They in effect are not trimming their budget but are trimming the county departments without their consent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53460519046107277932009-02-14T12:29:00.000-06:002009-02-14T12:29:00.000-06:00They need to retire ALL of TJPC. That would save t...They need to retire ALL of TJPC. That would save the state money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31475740414193801672009-02-14T10:12:00.000-06:002009-02-14T10:12:00.000-06:00Cos they're bored at home and like more money?Cos they're bored at home and like more money?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53516848607724416942009-02-14T09:44:00.000-06:002009-02-14T09:44:00.000-06:00Of course they CARE! If they didn't care, why woul...Of course they CARE! If they didn't care, why would they have retired and gone back to work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-61347739991679098902009-02-14T09:38:00.000-06:002009-02-14T09:38:00.000-06:00WOW. Taking money away from the kids. Classic st...WOW. Taking money away from the kids. Classic state government. Protect your own, screw the people who pay the taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-18358508541519878292009-02-14T07:41:00.000-06:002009-02-14T07:41:00.000-06:00This is a prime example of how a STRONG board of d...This is a prime example of how a STRONG board of directors with people on it who care about kids would put their foot down. This should have been presented to th board first and if there were chiefs on the board this would have never gotten this far. If there was a strong advisory council in place they too could have input. Right not the dominator runs the show and no one has guts enough to go up against her. I think each department should tell TJPC to blow off and cut funds from their operational expenses. They hace a research department but you can't get anything out of them. They have the abuse and neglect unit doing law enforcement work. Give it up. Cut travel, cut IT, cut unneeded positions, don't cut money going to place kids so they don't end up in TYC. WE CARE, DOES TJPC?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62840598725894454652009-02-14T07:29:00.000-06:002009-02-14T07:29:00.000-06:00Well if they are cutting the money used to divert ...Well if they are cutting the money used to divert kids from TYC I guess we better expect more kids soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-19216512920519883732009-02-13T21:20:00.000-06:002009-02-13T21:20:00.000-06:009:14 that is the Question Inquiring Minds across T...9:14 that is the Question Inquiring Minds across Texas are wanting answered.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-62917079168622379222009-02-13T21:14:00.000-06:002009-02-13T21:14:00.000-06:00Why would TJPC even consider cutting the funding t...Why would TJPC even consider cutting the funding to juvenile programming when they have other areas to cut?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-82024023498453363092009-02-13T21:00:00.000-06:002009-02-13T21:00:00.000-06:008:54 look at TJPC website. There is a proposal to...8:54 look at TJPC website. There is a proposal to cut funding from counties from the "Grant H" which is the TYC diversionary funds. Many are concerned this will cause TYC committments to rise. Also, it is questioned why TJPC is cutting funds from departments when they did not cut funds from within. Do the kids not matter anymore?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78231886891954623232009-02-13T20:54:00.000-06:002009-02-13T20:54:00.000-06:00What cuts are they making to the county department...What cuts are they making to the county department funds?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-49863898538403851972009-02-13T20:53:00.000-06:002009-02-13T20:53:00.000-06:00not to divert from the already diverted subject bu...not to divert from the already diverted subject but...<BR/><BR/>Idea - a thought, conception or notion.<BR/>Ideal - a standard of perfection/excellence<BR/><BR/>two different words which have two entirely different meanings but I constantly see them used interchangeably. and it drives me nuts. humor me<BR/><BR/>8:05 you should have used the word "idea" not "ideal" <BR/>::steps off of soapbox::<BR/><BR/>One real issue of Juvenile Justice is courts/probation departments inability to mandate parental involvement in their child's probation. <BR/>Another issue is the limited resources of rural counties for counseling, etc. <BR/>Another issue is training the balance of punitive vs rehabilitation treatment.(yes I believe there should be punishment in juvenile justice)<BR/>Still another issue is the lack of funding to probation departments for community programs...seems most funding is directed at reimbursement for placements. <BR/>I'd go on but I've got my own blog to write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-29537798663502688592009-02-13T20:05:00.000-06:002009-02-13T20:05:00.000-06:0007:39:00PM I'm with you.. There is better ways in ...07:39:00PM I'm with you.. There is better ways in spending the money to help children and families. I think that was a bad ideal on TJPC. The money can go some place else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-53755765893702257892009-02-13T19:39:00.000-06:002009-02-13T19:39:00.000-06:008:55 yes it was a real waste of money on 1 and the...8:55 yes it was a real waste of money on 1 and the second is in the academy right now. All this when TJPC has been asked to cut 2.5% from their budget and they want to cut it from the county funding. County departments are serving the kids while TJPC staff wreck havoc on our lives and they want to cut OUR funds. Why not cut it from their own budget. How is Harris County gonna divert kids from TYC if they have a half million cut in funding? Someone at TJPC has a death wish. This proposal will just further drive the nails in the coffin. Cut the entire abuse and neglect unit. Local police and others will take care of any allegations betteer than a rent-a-cop who lives in Austin can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-20462184725728850712009-02-13T15:27:00.000-06:002009-02-13T15:27:00.000-06:00For a nickel could you identify one REAL ISSUE in ...For a nickel could you identify one REAL ISSUE in juvenile justice?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com