Multi -Systemic Therapy (MST)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST) is a voluntary, community-based treatment approach that views an adolescent’s behavior as being influenced by the multiple systems (family, peer, school and neighborhood) around them.  MST targets the factors known to contribute to delinquency across the key settings or systems within which youth live, learn and play. Typical MST participants are 11-16 year old juvenile offenders who are at risk of out-of-home placement.

MST is different than traditional rehabilitation programs because we focus on the whole family – not just the youth who is on probation.

Master’s level therapists provide MST services in the child’s natural environment which means that time is spent with the family in the home, the child’s school and other significant places that parents help identify. Typically, MST therapists work with families for approximately 4 months, with several face-to-face therapist-family contacts occurring each week. MST promotes the team approach. By enhancing the inherent strengths of each person and system, MST works as a team, to facilitate the behavior changes and desired outcomes that families define. MST relies upon everyone identified as being a significant person or “stakeholder” in the child or family’s life to help achieve and maintain specific treatment goals.

The MST program is designed to:

• decrease family conflict
• improve school performance
• decrease association with negative peers (i.e. gang)
• reduce out-of-home placements
• develop a natural support network of extended family, neighbors and friends who will help achieve and maintain desired outcomes
  
   

Special Needs Program (TCOOMMI)
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) and Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI) receive specialized funding from the Texas Legislature for the provision of mental health treatment and specialized supervision for the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders with mental health impairments. The structure of the program team consists of a Juvenile Probation Officer, Licensed Mental Health Professional and Psychiatrist. The length of the program is four to six months. Services offered in the program include individual therapy, psychiatric consultation, life skills, anger management, mentoring, parental support and education. Intensive in-home and community-based management services are provided to the family.

 

Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority (MHMRA
The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission (TJPC) and Texas Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical and Mental Impairments (TCOOMMI) receive specialized funding from the Texas Legislature for the provision of mental health treatment and specialized supervision for the rehabilitation of juvenile offenders with mental health impairments. The structure of the program team consists of a Juvenile Probation Officer, Licensed Mental Health Professional and Psychiatrist. The length of the program is four to six months. Services offered in the program include individual therapy, psychiatric consultation, life skills, anger management, mentoring, parental support and education. Intensive in-home and community-based management services are provided to the family.

 

TRIAD Prevention Program
TRIAD is a consortium of three major child-serving agencies in Harris County (Harris County Protective Services for Children and Adults (HCPS), Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority (MHMRA), and Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (HCJPD)). These agencies work in a collaborative effort to coordinate all resources to serve at-risk youth. TRIAD provides countywide prevention and early intervention services to divert youth and families from involvement with the CPS, mental health, and/or juvenile justice systems.

 

Systems of Hope (SOH)
Harris County Juvenile Probation Department (HCJPD) is a proud participant in the Systems of Hope project. Systems of Hope is a multi-agency initiative funded by a grant through the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Systems of Hope is more than a program – it is a philosophy of how care should be delivered. It is an approach to services that recognizes the importance of family, school, and community. It seeks to promote the full potential of every child and youth by addressing their physical, emotional, intellectual, cultural and social needs.