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Services To At Risk
Youth (STAR) Program
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
The Services to At Risk Youth (STAR) Program provides services to youth in
at-risk situations and their families. The purpose of the program is to
reduce family conflict and to prevent the problems of runaway, truancy and
delinquent behaviors by:
- helping youths and their families
resolve crises that threaten their capacity to live together;
- helping youths and their families
develop skills to cope with problems and stresses in their homes;
- helping parents resume and maintain
their parental responsibility; and
- providing short term placement for
youths whose immediate return home is not advisable.
Originally established as a demonstration
project in 1983 to serve runaway and truant youth, the program has
expanded from its original 12 sites to 54 contracts providing services in
all 254 counties by the end of 1998.
The STAR program is administered by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Department of Prevention and Early Intervention.
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