Texas Youth Commission Notes, Fall 1988 Page: Front Cover
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TEXAS STATE
DOCUMENTS COLLECTIONNOTES
Published by the Texas Youth CommissionSteen receives Outstanding Woman Award
Linda Steen, Superintendent of
the Statewide Reception Center
in Brownwood, has been selected
as one of the winners of the 1988
Outstanding Women in Texas
Government awards.
Steen, who is originally from
Granbury, Texas was selected as
an outstanding woman in the
category of "Contributions as a
Mentor to Other Women." This
category recognizes her commit-
ment to advance the position of
other women within state
government by sharing guidance
and professional skills.
Selection of this award was
made by the State Agency Liaison
Group of the Governor's Commis-sion for Women. Thisawardisan
opportunity for state agencies to
honor the contributions that
women have made to the State
of Texas.
Steen, who began her career
with the Youth Commission in
1972 as an administrative
secretary, has held numerous
positions leading to herjobofsu-
perintendent of the Statewide
Reception Center. Steen earned
both her undergraduate and
graduate degrees and has ad-
vanced through various child
care positions during her four-
teen years of employment with
the agency.
(See p. 3)1988 Commitments Decrease 14%
Minority youth commitments continue to increaseThe number of youth com-
mitted to the state's juvenile cor-
rections agency, the Texas Youth
Commission, decreased 14%
from fiscal year 1987 to 1988 (Sep-
temberI, 1987 to August 31,1988).
A comparison of 1987 and 1988
statistics shows that 1,907 youth
were committed to TYC in 1988, a
decrease of 305 youth from the
2,212 committed during fiscal
year 1987.
A primary reason for the reduc-
tion in commitments has been an
effort of county juvenile proba-
tion departments to only commit
youth who have exhausted local
resources or who have com-
mitted serious offenses.
However, since 1981, averaging
all commitments over that
period of time, TYC has ex-perienced a 3% annual average
increase in commitments.
The report indicated that
several large metropolitan cou n-
ties experienced decreases in the
number of youth sent to TYC.
Travis County sent 44% less
youth in FY 1988 from 73 to 41
youth. Nueces County sent 37%
less youth in FY 1988 from 68 to
43 youth. Other large counties
and their increase/decrease in
commitments are as follows:
Bexar County 222 in 1987, 160 in
FY 1988; El Paso County 106 in
1987, 158 in 1988; Harris County
383 in 1987, 336 in 1988; Tarrant
County 145 in 1987, 175 in 1988;
Dallas County 151 in 1987, 137 in
1988.
(See p. 2)Linda Steen accepts Outstanding
Woman Award at Capitol Rotunda,
November 30.
Giddings football team
completes winning season
On September 29, the Giddings
State School "Indians" defeated
the Texas School for the Deaf
junior varsity football team 44-0,
ending the 1988 football season
with three wins and one defeat.
The Indians posted a 10-6 win
over Calvert and dropped a close
game to Burton 20-16.
The Indians are coached by staff
members Lester Ward and Sandy
Brown. Coach Ward said "Foot-
(See p. 2)
*** Inside News
First Volunteer Coord. Retires........ p. 3
Parole Survey Conducted................p. 4
Recidivism Rate Stable ....................p. 6
Construction Update.......................p.10
Bilingual Education Grants...............p.2SU F NT LIBRARIES
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