Services
PEI contracts with community-based organizations, local governments, and school districts to provide services to promote positive outcomes for children, youth, families, and communities. Services are voluntary and provided free to families around the state. However, not all services are available in all Texas communities. To find out which services are available in your community, search for programs available in your county in the PEI section of the DFPS website or HelpandHope.org.
Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP)
This program funds community-based organizations that provide child abuse and neglect prevention services. CBCAP services include parent education, specifically fatherhood programs, professional education, and various special initiatives. In FY 2019, 929 families received services in Andrews, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Cameron, Collin, Cooke, Cuberson, Dallas, Denton, Ector, El Paso, Ellis, Fannin, Fort Bend, Grayson, Harris, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Johnson, Leon, Lubbock, Madison, McLennan, Midland, Montague, Nueces, Palo Pinto, Parker, Pecos, Rains, Reeves, Robertson, Rockwall, Tarrant, Taylor, Travis, Wichita, Williamson, and Wise counties.
CBCAP also supports primary prevention efforts such as public awareness campaigns and outreach. This includes the DFPS positive-parenting campaign, Help for Parents, Hope for Kids.
Community Youth Development (CYD)
PEI contracts with community-based organizations to develop juvenile-delinquency prevention programs in 15 targeted ZIP codes that have high juvenile crime rates. Communities tailor services to their needs. Some of the approaches include mentoring, youth leadership, youth skills classes, and recreational activities. CYD also includes a youth advisory committee. CYD served 19,619 youth in Bexar, Cameron, Dallas, El Paso, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo, Lubbock, McLennan, Nueces, Potter, Tarrant, Travis, Webb, and Willacy counties.