Community Youth
Development
Program Overview
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The Community Youth Development
(CYD) program is managed by the
Prevention and Early Intervention
(PEI) Division of the Texas
Department of Family and Protective
Services (DFPS).
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The Mission of DFPS
The Mission of DFPS is to protect
children, the elderly, and people with
disabilities from abuse, neglect, and
exploitation by working with clients,
families, and communities.
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Information about PEI
The PEI Division provides services for at
risk children and their families. PEI
contracts for programs with the goal of
providing early intervention or prevention
of at-risk behavior that leads to child
abuse or neglect, delinquency, running
away, and truancy.
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PEI Division Goals
1. Plan, develop, and administer a comprehensive and unified
delivery system of prevention and early intervention
services to children and their families in at-risk situations;
2. Improve the responsiveness of services for at-risk children
and their families by facilitating greater coordination and
flexibility in the use of funds by state and local service
providers;
3. Provide greater accountability for prevention and early
intervention services in order to demonstrate the impact or
public benefit of a program by adopting outcome measures;
and
4. Assist local communities in the coordination and
development of prevention and early intervention services
in order to maximize federal, state, and local resources.
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Goals & Benefits of the CYD Program
The goal of the Community Youth
Development program is to contract with
Fiscal Agents to develop juvenile
delinquency prevention programs in ZIP
codes that have a high incidence of
juvenile crime.
 The benefits to the targeted ZIP codes
are:
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A reduction in referrals to juvenile probation,
and
An increase in protective factors by
participating youth.
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Community Youth Development
Program Requirements
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CYD Program Requirements
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The CYD Interagency Planning Workgroup
identified 15 zip codes with the highest incidence
of juvenile violent crime in the State of Texas.
DFPS contracts with local providers to provide
juvenile delinquency prevention services to youth
within the targeted zip codes.
The benefit to the targeted zip codes is a
reduction in referrals to juvenile probation and an
increase in protective factors by participating
youth.
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Protective factors are personal characteristics or
environmental conditions that interact with risk factors
to reduce the likelihood of problem behaviors.
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CYD Program Requirements
The 15 targeted zip codes are:
Zip Code
79107
78744
78520
78415
75216
75217
79924
76106/76164
City_____
Amarillo
Austin
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Dallas
El Paso
Ft. Worth
Zip Code
77550
77081
77506
79415
78501
78207
76707
City_____
Galveston
Houston
Pasadena
Lubbock
McAllen
San Antonio
Waco
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Risk factors that may lead to juvenile delinquency:
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Poor expressive language
Lack of self control
A high degree of impulsiveness and hyperactivity
Aggressive temperament
Antisocial behavior
Friends who engage in "problem behavior"
Low school attendance
Parent/guardian's) exhibit low school attainment and/or was
a teen parent
Poor parental/guardian supervision and harsh and erratic
discipline
Parental conflict and/or single parent families
Parent/guardian with mental illness
Family history of problem behaviors such as parental drug
use, domestic violence or criminal activity
History of maltreatment
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Community Youth Development
Program Services
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CYD Program Services
Program Services are the specific service
types offered in the CYD program.
 The purpose of the Program Services is to
provide at-risk youth with positive
direction and the ability to make decisions
that help prevent juvenile delinquency.
 CYD offers the following nine Program
Services:
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CYD Program Services
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Youth-Based Curriculum Class/Activity –
JD01
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Services provided to youth that are based
upon a written curriculum.
Successful completion of this service will be
based on the number of classes attended.
Examples of this service type include:
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Individual skills development (e.g., language, selfcontrol, anger management), problem solving,
adapting to change, choosing friends wisely.
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CYD Program Services
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Family-Based Curriculum Class/Activity –
JD02
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Services provided to the youth along with one
or more family members.
Services are to encourage family unity,
communication, and reduce family conflict.
Examples of this service type are:
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Family skills building exercises, family effectiveness
training.
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CYD Program Services
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Family Focused Service – JD05
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Services that are not part of a written
curriculum and are not therapy based that
involve the youth and at least one other family
member.
An example of this service type would be an
activity that involves both the youth and a
family member in accomplishing a specific goal
or task.
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CYD Program Services
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Recreational Services – JD07:
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Rewarding, challenging, and age-appropriate activities
provided in a safe, structured, and positive environment.
Purpose is to teach social skills through group settings
where youth learn positive qualities that prevent or
reduce delinquency.
Examples of this service type are:
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Organized sports, hobbies, music, arts and crafts, and
cultural activities.
NOTE: Activities that are considered entertainment and
diversion are unallowable. Some of these activities include,
but are not limited to, attendance at sporting events, six
flags, miniature golf, and other similar activities. Please
check with your contract manager and program specialist
for assistance.
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CYD Program Services
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Academic Support Services – JD08
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Services that are designed to increase student
engagement in the learning process and, as a
result, increase academic performance and
bonding to the school.
Examples of this service type are:
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Cooperative learning techniques, experiential learning
strategies (learning by doing exercises), tutoring, and
basic skill building.
Note: This service is not to include preparation
assistance for standardized testing.
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CYD Program Services
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Life Skills Classes – JD09
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Youth development of social, personal, and
vocational skills that are not based on a
written curriculum.
Classes provide opportunities to help youth
achieve social, personal, and economic success
and avoid involvement in criminal activity
while increasing competencies.
Examples of this service type include:
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Anger management, conflict resolution, healthy
relationships, communication, character education,
job training.
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CYD Program Services
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Mentoring – JD10
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Involves primarily face-to-face interactions
over a prolonged period of time between two
or more people
Older, caring and more experienced individual
provides help to the younger person.
Supports the development of healthy
individuals by addressing the need for positive
adult contact and, as a result, reducing risk
factors and enhancing protective factors for
problem behavior.
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CYD Program Services
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Youth Leadership Development – JD11
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Programs that prevent problem behaviors by preparing
youth to meet the challenges of adolescence through a
series of structured, progressive activities and
experiences that help them to develop leadership skills.
Views youth as resources and builds on their strengths
and capabilities to develop within their own community.
May include such things as service-learning components
(i.e., learning approaches that combine community
service with instruction to enhance the learning
experience, teach civic responsibility, and strengthen the
community).
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CYD Program Services
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Youth Advisory Committee Business –
JD12
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A required committee comprised of youth that
collaborate with adults in the planning,
promotion, and evaluation of CYD services.
Middle school and high school youth should
only be targeted for the YAC.
Providers must schedule at least one YAC
meeting a month to conduct YAC business,
such as community outreach, youth input, or
strengths and needs assessment related tasks.
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Community Youth Development Program
Eligibility
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CYD Program Eligibility
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CYD Programs are available to:
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Youth below 18 years of age that live in or
attend school in one of the targeted zip codes.
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Note: If a youth turns 18 during the program year,
the youth is allowed to complete the program.
Youth that attend a middle or high school that
has at least 30% enrollment of students that
live within a target zip code.
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CYD Program Eligibility
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CYD Programs are available to:
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Family members of eligible participants are
eligible for services if the service involves the
family, including the eligible target youth, with
the goal of preventing delinquency of the
target youth.
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Family members eligible for such services are limited
to those individuals who are related to and residing in
the same household as the eligible youth, including
fictive kin and a non-custodial parent.
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CYD Program Eligibility
 At
least 70% of youth the provider
serves must be between 10 and 17
years old.
 No
more than 30% of youth may
be between 6 and 9 years old.
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CYD Program Eligibility and Enrollment:
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All CYD youth must enter services
voluntarily.
Parents of CYD youth must authorize
and consent for services by signing the
DFPS provided Registration Form.
Providers can not charge clients a fee
for participating in a CYD program or
for any program participation related
cost.
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CYD Program Eligibility and Enrollment:
 Services
must be provided to youth
without regard to their economic status.
 Average number of unduplicated youth
served monthly must be at least 300.
 CYD services are available to youth
regardless of any ongoing involvement
with DFPS Child Protective Services.
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Community Youth Development Program
Check your understanding
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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CYD services are available to youth that
either live in or attend school in a targeted
zip code.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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To help off-set expenses, a provider may
charge clients a fee for participating in a
CYD program service.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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Youth-Based Curriculum Class/Activities
include individual skills development
(e.g., language, self-control, anger
management), problem solving, adapting
to change, choosing friends wisely.
A)
B)
True
False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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Family Focused Services include such
things as organized sports, hobbies,
music, arts and crafts and cultural
activities.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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How many zip codes did the CYD Interagency
Planning Workgroup identify as having the
highest incidence of juvenile violent crime in the
State of Texas?
A)
B)
C)
D)
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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Academic Support Activities are used to
prepare for standardized testing.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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Youth that are currently involved in
another Child Protective Services program
are not eligible for CYD services.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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Life Skills Classes include such things as
anger management, conflict resolution,
healthy relationships, communication,
character education, and job training.
A) True
B) False
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CYD Program Check your Understanding
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A youth’s friend is able to authorize and
consent for services on behalf of another
youth.
A)
B)
True
False
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