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  The Center for Safe Communities & Schools (CSCS) is a grant-funded center within the Department of Criminal Justice at Texas State University San Marcos. CSCS is a multi-division training and technical assistance center focused on health and safety issues with an emphasis on youth involvement and leadership. CSCS trains law enforcement and educators,
facilitates community mobilization, and develops youth as leaders. At CSCS, our mission is to create safe and secure communities and schools for all Texans by promoting collaboration, coordination, cooperation, and self-initiative.
 
 
 
CSCS Adopts Families for Christmas
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CSCS staff organized a community outreach project and adopted two families for Christmas. To learn more about this event and view pictures, visit the Adopt-a-Family page!
 
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Texas Tobacco-Free Teen Leadership Summits

Fall 2008 - Winter 2009 Regionally throughout Texas
Texas School-Based Law Enforcement Conference June 14-18, 2009 Corpus Christi, TX
Texas Teen Tobacco Summit and Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention Conference July 26-29, 2009 The Woodlands, TX
 

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December 3, 2008 - Law Enforcement Charities Help Kids Have a Merry Christmas (oag.state.tx.us)

November 17, 2008 - Teens have fewer aids for kicking the habit (cnn.com)

November 13, 2008 - School security relies on student input more than metal detectors, safety expert says (sun-sentinel.com)

October 22, 2008 - Teen who killed himself inside Acton high school was bullied, students say (latimes.com)

October 14, 2008 - DEA Kicks-Off Red Ribbon Campaign: Thousands of events to be held throughout the U.S. this month (usdoj.gov)

September 2008 - When disaster strikes … it’s too late to prepare! (safetyissues.com)

September 25, 2008 - A Lifeline For College Students With Depression (npr.org)

September 23, 2008 - Finnish gunman kills 10 at college (cnn.com)

September 10, 2008 - 100th Online Sex Predator Arrested by Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit Receives Jail Time (oag.state.tx.us)