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 Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014)
 FAMILY CODE
 Title 5. THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP AND THE SUIT AFFECTING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP
 Subtitle E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD
 Chapter 264. CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  
 Subchapter D. SERVICES TO AT-RISK YOUTH  

  Sec. 264.302. EARLY YOUTH INTERVENTION SERVICES    

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  • (a) This section applies to a child who:

    (1) is seven years of age or older and under 17 years of age; and

    (2) has not had the disabilities of minority for general purposes removed under Chapter 31.

    (b) The department shall operate a program under this section to provide services for children in at-risk situations and for the families of those children.

    (c) The department may not provide services under this section to a child who has:

    (1) at any time been referred to juvenile court for engaging in conduct that violates a penal law of this state of the grade of felony other than a state jail felony; or

    (2) been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct under Title 3.

    (d) The department may provide services under this section to a child who engages in conduct for which the child may be found by a court to be an at-risk child, without regard to whether the conduct violates a penal law of this state of the grade of felony other than a state jail felony, if the child was younger than 10 years of age at the time the child engaged in the conduct.

    (e) The department shall provide services for a child and the child's family if a contract to provide services under this section is available in the county and the child is referred to the department as an at-risk child by:

    (1) a court under Section 264.304;

    (2) a juvenile court or probation department as part of a progressive sanctions program under Chapter 59;

    (3) a law enforcement officer or agency under Section 52.03; or

    (4) a justice or municipal court under Article 45.057, Code of Criminal Procedure.

    (f) The services under this section may include:

    (1) crisis family intervention;

    (2) emergency short-term residential care for children 10 years of age or older;

    (3) family counseling;

    (4) parenting skills training;

    (5) youth coping skills training;

    (6) advocacy training; and

    (7) mentoring.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 58, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, Sec. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 575, Sec. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1514, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.