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    <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 07:42:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:54:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2025 Board Election</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voting is now open. Please review the open position and select your candidate of choice.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Elections open from March 5th to April 5th, 2025.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Candidate information can be found by clicking on the link below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="https://online.pubhtml5.com/uptk/sgrl/" title="Protected by Outlook: https://online.pubhtml5.com/uptk/sgrl/. Click or tap to follow the link."&gt;&lt;font face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;2025 Board Candidates Bios&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Vote by clicking on the link below&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/Sys/Poll/60251" target="_blank" style="font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Vote Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:16:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Conference Hotel</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Texas A&amp;amp;M Hotel and Conference Center is sold out.&amp;nbsp; Information on the overflow hotel will be coming soon.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.txprobation.com/page-18047/13467882</link>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 20:30:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2025 TPA Award Nominations</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#242424" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;Nominations are now open for the 2025&amp;nbsp;&lt;span data-markjs="true" data-ogac="" data-ogab="" data-ogsc="" data-ogsb=""&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;TPA&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;Awards. Please review the nomination form and award descriptions linked below and consider nominating a deserving colleague to receive recognition for their contribution to the field of probation.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#242424" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;Nominations are due by 5pm on Friday, February 14, 2025.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=""&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Documents/Minutes/2025%20TPA%20Awards%20Nomination%20Form%20and%20Award%20Descriptions.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Nomination Form / Award descriptions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#242424" face="Aptos, sans-serif"&gt;Please contact Latricia Coleman,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:latricia.coleman@jeffcotx.us" title="mailto:latricia.coleman@jeffcotx.us" data-linkindex="0"&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" face="inherit"&gt;latricia.coleman@jeffcotx.us&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or Taylor Mariam,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="mailto:taylor.mariam@dentoncounty.gov" title="mailto:taylor.mariam@dentoncounty.gov" data-linkindex="1"&gt;&lt;font color="#467886" face="inherit"&gt;taylor.mariam@dentoncounty.gov&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;if you have any questions.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 13:19:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2024 Board Election</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Voting is now open. Please review the open position(s) and select your candidate of choice.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Elections open from February 1 to March 1, 2024.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;Candidate information can be found by clicking on the link below.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.txprobation.com%2Fresources%2F2024%2520Board%2520Candidates.pdf&amp;amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C9f58d4a9b3bc46737ea208dc2326d170%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638423896831703784%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;amp;sdata=TGLyzqSMc9p0XyRS0JEG6%2FQP6at5dfnPNsJR8Z13DyU%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" title="Protected by Outlook: https://www.txprobation.com/resources/2024%20Board%20Candidates.pdf. Click or tap to follow the link." data-linkindex="0"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;2024 Board Candidate Bios&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/Sys/Poll/50366" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333" style="font-size: 16px;" face="Arial, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;Go Vote&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2024 21:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Membership Contest</title>
      <description>&lt;p align="justify"&gt;The Membership Committee is sponsoring a membership drive contest! Reach out to co-workers within your agency, colleagues around the state, including students and other professionals who can apply as Associate Members.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p align="justify"&gt;Please click below for more info&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Documents/TPA%20Membership%20Contest%202024.pdf"&gt;&lt;font color="#3287BF"&gt;TPA Membership Contest 2024.pdf&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 18:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Adult Probation Officer Promotional / Recruiting Video</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Take a look at TLDD’s adult probation officer promotional/recruiting video.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Awesome job by this committee.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/video/CSO_Promo.mp4" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/video/CSO_Promo.mp4&lt;/a&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2023 14:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Follow us on Social Media</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 15px;" color="#050505" face="Segoe UI Historic, Segoe UI, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"&gt;We are expanding…our social media platforms. Check out Instagram and LinkedIn as well and help us get the word out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Pictures/social%20media.jpg" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 12:59:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>TPA By-Laws Revisions 2023</title>
      <description>&lt;p style="line-height: 22px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;We need your vote on revisions to the TPA By-Laws&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;After review of the Texas Probation Association By-Laws, the Board of Directors has approved revisions to Article IV, Article VIII, and Article X as referenced in the documents linked here:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.txprobation.com%2Fresources%2FArticle%2520IV%2520Board%2520Meetings%2C%2520Current%2520vs%25202023%2520Propsed.pdf&amp;amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C6d83d18f4fec49638de908db68a7921f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638218841143580325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;amp;sdata=cc578eXDEuiI8Ry6vgt%2FFR02lVvZHRZ7WP5w%2Fyliddg%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" title="Protected by Outlook: https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Article%20IV%20Board%20Meetings,%20Current%20vs%202023%20Propsed.pdf. Click or tap to follow the link." data-linkindex="0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;Article IV proposed revision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.txprobation.com%2Fresources%2FArticle%2520VIII%2520Committees%2C%2520Section%25207%2C%2520current%2520vs%25202023%2520proposed.pdf&amp;amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C6d83d18f4fec49638de908db68a7921f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638218841143580325%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;amp;sdata=zvcLtj1GtSFPydBu%2BN3F5JeRFV%2Bycs5esAePeT9qYTM%3D&amp;amp;reserved=0" data-auth="Verified" title="Protected by Outlook: https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Article%20VIII%20Committees,%20Section%207,%20current%20vs%202023%20proposed.pdf. Click or tap to follow the link." data-linkindex="1" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="inherit"&gt;Article VIII proposed revision&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;Please review each Article and the proposed revisions and vote to Approve or Reject each one in its entirety.&amp;nbsp; For reference, the proposed edits for each article have been italicized.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;font color="#000000"&gt;&lt;strong style="font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Helvetica Neue&amp;quot;, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Voting begins on June 9, 2023 and ends on July 10, 2023.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font color="#333333"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:43:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Dr. Dillon - Break the Cycle Raise Awareness</title>
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&lt;p&gt;See the information below and consider supporting TPA Board Member, Dr. Greg Dillon, in this great cause.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Please Support Break the Cycle, Raise Awareness, event where Dr. Greg Dillon will be cycling from San Diego, California to El Paso, Texas with his 23-year-old daughter Mya “YaYa” Dillon.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The goal is to raise awareness and funds to support both the Center Against Sexual &amp;amp; Family Violence and the Women’s Center of Brazoria County’s efforts to empower survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault with essential services like emergency shelter, crisis hotline, transitional living center, advocacy, case management, and therapy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Dillon’s have challenged themselves to ride 1,000 miles in ten days. You can become a supporter by sponsoring the event or miles. Every dollar raised makes a world of difference.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Cycling%20for%20Change%20Sponsorship%20Letter.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Sponsorship Letter – includes information on sponsorship levels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Break%20the%20Cycle%20Raise%20Awareness%20Flyer.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Event Flyer- includes QR code and text options to donate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Thanking you in advance for your support!&lt;/p&gt;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2023 21:02:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2023 Advanced Education Scholarship Nominations</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Nominations are open for 2023 Advanced Education Scholarships.&amp;nbsp; Please click the link below for more information.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/resources/Documents/TPA%20AEC%202023%20Corrected%202.21.2023%20(002).pdf" target="_blank"&gt;TPA Scholarship Information&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:18:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>2023 Award Nominations</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;2023 Award Nominations are now being taken.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Please click &lt;a href="https://www.txprobation.com/page-18065"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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