United Way of Williamson County works locally to create opportunities for a better life for ALL who live and work in Williamson County, Texas. It takes the whole community, working together, to achieve results. United Way partners with local agencies, businesses, city, county and state governments, and many volunteers to build initiatives and fund programs that create lasting change. Our efforts focus on the building blocks of a good quality of life - education, income and health. Our work is framed by outcomes aimed at strengthening our community as a whole. United Way of Williamson County is working to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life.
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Williamson County Adult Probation Department is also known as the Williamson County Community Supervision and Corrections Department. Headquartered in Georgetown, it has offices in Round Rock, Granger and Taylor, Texas. The department has a wide range of programs to protect the society from offenders. Its absconder caseload program was created in 1992 as a result of increasing caseloads that resulted in officer's inability to focus time and attention on supervising fugitives. The department also tests the offenders under various drug categories, including alcohol, marijuana, cocaine and amphetamines. It has a Central Texas Treatment Center that provides 24-hour community supervision and treatment to alcohol and drug abusers sentenced by the courts. Its pretrial services unit was established in 1990 to develop a supervised release program aimed at reducing jail overcrowding, and all defendants booked into the jail are screened to determine eligibility.
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At The Settlement Home for Children, we care for children and young adults who have experienced severe emotional trauma, abuse and neglect. We have 24-hour residential programs that provide a tranquil atmosphere for children to heal and grow. We also have a Transitional Living Program, where ladies 18-21 can have their own efficiency apartment, with access to support and resources, as they gain life skills to live on their own. We have a Foster and Adoption program, which serves children from birth to 18 years of age. We provide safe, nurturing, healing families and facilitate adoptions for children in the foster care system.We match families and children; helping them find a permanent home.
