This project is part of a larger plan to transfer commonly requested TJJD data onto the Texas Open Data Portal. This will allow for greater efficiency in sharing publicly available information and answering Public Information Requests (PIRs). County-level referral data is the source for most statistics in the “State of Juvenile Probation Activity in Texas” Report, which is published yearly. This report “provides information regarding the magnitude and nature of juvenile criminal activity and the juvenile probation system's response. This information is offered to assist the state's effort in improving the juvenile justice system and reducing juvenile crime in Texas” (State of Juvenile Probation Activity in Texas, 2020).

This project is part of a larger plan to transfer commonly requested TJJD data onto the Texas Open Data Portal. This will allow for greater efficiency in sharing publicly available information and answering Public Information Requests (PIRs). Average Daily Population (ADP) data provides the daily population of specific TJJD locations of the following types: Institutions, Halfway Houses, Contract Services, Orientation and Assessment, Parole, Other Parole (Out of State Parole) and Interstate Compact.
There are two levels of measurement of ADP on this data set. The first, titled MTD ADP (Month to Date), provides a month to month population count; it does NOT take into account the previous month's population count. Each month's population count is specific to that month.
The second, titled YTD ADP (Year to Date), provides a rolling average of ADP; it includes the previous month's population and averages it out with that month's population count.
Lastly, both Calendar Years (CY) and Fiscal Years (FY) are provided on this data set. TJJD’s fiscal year starts in September and ends in August of the following year.

This project is part of a larger plan to transfer commonly requested TJJD data onto the Texas Open Data Portal. This will allow for greater efficiency in sharing publicly available information and answering Public Information Requests (PIRs). This dataset provides an overview of TJJD’s average daily population (ADP) by location type since FY 1980. Location types include State-Operated Secure, Halfway Houses, Contract Care, and Parole.

As outlined in the Texas Juvenile Justice Department General Administrative Policy (GAP) Manual reference GAP.07.03, incidents must be properly documented and reported. Critical incidents, serious incidents, and suspected mistreatment of youth must be reported immediately to the Office of Inspector General – Incident Reporting Center (IRC).