Date:
March 11, 2010

Contact:
Joe Stinebaker
Communications Director
O) 713-755-4027
C) 713-503-2610
Joe.Stinebaker@cjo.hctx.net


NEWS ADVISORY

HARRIS COUNTY OPENS EVENING REPORTING CENTER
DESIGNED TO REDUCE JUVENILE INCARCERATION
New County Facility To Provide Education and Training Programs


WHO:
Harris County Judge Ed Emmett
Southwest Key Programs President/CEO Dr. Juan Sanchez
Harris County Interim Chief Juvenile Probation Officer Tom Brooks

WHAT:
Grand Opening of Harris County Youth Evening Reporting Center

WHEN:
3:30 p.m., today, March 11, 2010

WHERE:
Harris County Evening Reporting Center
10850 S. Wilcrest, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77099


Harris County Judge Ed Emmett will attend the grand opening of the Harris County Youth Evening Reporting Center, a 7,000-square-foot center designed to reduce juvenile incarceration in the area through education and training. The center will provide community-based educational, recreational and skills training to as many as 25 young men at risk of incarceration, thereby helping to reduce juvenile crime and to increase public safety.

Members of the news media will be provided an opportunity to tour the center and hear first-hand about its goals and discover how it will provide a positive impact on the county’s youth.

The center will be operated by Southwest Key Programs, the nation’s fourth-largest
Hispanic nonprofit. Southwest Key Programs is nationally accredited and recognized for its educational programming. The agency operates 55 other programs in six states.