EARLY YOUTH INTERVENTION SERVICES

(a) This section applies to a child who: (1) is seven years of age or older and under 17 years of age; and (2) has not had the disabilities of minority for general purposes removed under Chapter 31, Family Code. (b) The commission shall operate a program under this section to provide family support services for children in at-risk situations and for the families of those children. (c) The commission may not provide services under this section to a child who has: (1) at any time been referred to juvenile court for engaging in conduct that violates a penal law of this state of the grade of felony other than a state jail felony; or (2) been found to have engaged in delinquent conduct under Title 3, Family Code. (d) The commission may provide services under this section to a child who engages in conduct for which the child may be found by a court to be an at-risk child, without regard to whether the conduct violates a penal law of this state of the grade of felony other than a state jail felony, if the child was younger than 10 years of age at the time the child engaged in the conduct. (e) The commission shall provide services for a child and the child's family if a contract to provide services under this section is available in the county and the child is referred to the commission as an at-risk child by: (1) a juvenile court or probation department as part of a progressive sanctions program under Chapter 59, Family Code; (2) a law enforcement officer or agency under Section 52.03, Family Code; or (3) a justice or municipal court under Article 45A.457, 45A.509, or 45A.510, Code of Criminal Procedure. (f) The services under this section may include: (1) crisis family intervention; (2) emergency short-term residential care for children 10 years of age or older; (3) family counseling; (4) parenting skills training; (5) youth coping skills training; (6) advocacy training; and (7) mentoring.