Texas
Reclaiming Futures Travis County
Contact
Kathy Smith, Project Director Travis County Juvenile Probation Department
8011- A Cameron Road Suite 106
Austin, Texas 78754
Phone: 512-225-0563
Email: kathy.smith@co.travis.tx.us
About Us
The Travis County Juvenile Drug Treatment Court (JTDC) serves post-adjudicated juveniles with co-occurring disorders and substance abuse issues. The strength-based program utilizes accountability by providing weekly court reviews, intensive supervision, and immediate linkage of substance abuse services to increase participation in treatment, education, and compliance with conditions of probation.
Reclaiming Futures Travis County is partnering with the courts, treatment facilities, juvenile justice, mental health professionals, community resources and families to meet the urgent needs of juveniles in our juvenile justice system. Our goals are to increase access to substance abuse treatment and mental health services, and provide comprehensive wraparound services. We plan to do this by integrating the Reclaiming Futures model into the Travis County Juvenile Justice Integrated Network.
We are doing the following to help young people in our area:
- Integrating the Reclaiming Futures model into our juvenile drug treatment court
- Providing evidenced-based comprehensive screening and assessment for youth entering our juvenile drug treatment courts
- Implementing evidence-based treatment protocols
- Providing residential substance abuse treatment
- Enhancing our existing treatment network
- Individualizing care by using a wraparound approach that draws on the youth's natural supports in the community, including social activities, mentors, educational and employment services
Core Partners in Travis County Juvenile Justice Integrated Network (JJIN)
- American Youthworks
- Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans (AAMA)
- Austin Can Academy
- Austin Child Guidance Center (ACGC)
- Austin Travis County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center (OSAR)
- Austin Urban League
- Changing How I Live Life (C.H.I.L.L.)
- Clean Investments Counseling Center (CICC)
- Creating Lasting Family Connections (CLFC)
- Hill Country MHMR
- Lifeworks
- Nexus Recovery Center
- Phoenix Academy of Austin and Dallas
- Providence of Texas In Home Counseling Services
- Reed Adolescent Center
- Riverside General Hospital
- Southwest Keys Program
- Travis County Intermediate Sanctions Program
- Travis County Juvenile Probation Department Day Enrichment Program
- Worker’s Assistance Program (WAP) Case Management Services
- Worksource
Funding Sources
We have been awarded grants from 2010-2014 by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment(CSAT), which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA), and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency (OJJDP). We receive technical assistance from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.