The Texas Juvenile Justice Department doesn't have enough staff to keep minors safe or deal with increasing suicidal behavior, its interim head says. 📝: TexasTribune
Federal authorities are probing discrimination claims involving Gov. Abbott's multibillion-dollar border initiative, emails obtained by The Texas Tribune and ProPublica confirm.has not publicly discussed the reasons for her departure. Records obtained by the Tribune show Cain requested $31,225,360 in coronavirus relief funds from Abbott's office in April, weeks before the governor took the same amount of money from her agency.
In a statement, TJJD said Thursday that the funds transferred out of their hands by Abbott had a"net-zero" budget impact. A spokesperson said the agency had used federal coronavirus relief funds to pay salaries that would typically have come from their general revenue. "Once those expenditures from the federal dollars were made, we returned the same amount of funds from our General Revenue," TJJD spokesperson Barbara Kessler said in the statement.
On Thursday afternoon, an Abbott spokesperson said the transfer of funds only acted as a placeholder and"did not impact the agency's operational budget in any way." "The safety and security of TJJD staff and youth is a top priority for Governor Abbott," spokesperson Renae Eze said in a statement."Under Interim Director Carter's leadership, TJJD is implementing permanent raises to address the urgent issue of understaffing at facilities and ensure they remain secure and safe.
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