Driving While Intoxicated Class (DWI)

Class Dates: TBA

Class Fee: $80.00 payable to The Community Service Center (cash or money order ONLY)

Payment: Due at time of registration

Bring: Driver's License, Cause Number, and Payment in full

You must register for the class prior to the first day. Call the office at 979-693-8148 to set up a registration appointment.

Approved by the Texas Department of State Health Services and authorized under TEX CODE of CRIM PROC. art 4212 for those convicted of driving while intoxicated.

The Driving While Intoxicated Program (DWI) is a 12-hour program (3 separate 4 hour classes). Classes must be taken in correct sequence (Session 1, Session 2, etc.). An exit interview is required to receive a Certificate of Completion.

The curriculum contains information on the following topics:

Present information on the effects of alcohol and other drugs on driving skills;
Helping participants identify their own individual drinking or drugged driving patterns; and
Assisting participants in developing a plan to reduce the probability that they will be involved in future DWI behavior.

Persons under 16 must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian at registration and have written permission from the legal guardian.

Alcohol Education Class for Minors (MIP)

Dates: January 29 & 31 from 6-9 pm

Class Fee: $40.00 payable to The Community Service Center (cash or money order ONLY)

Payment: Due at time of registration

Bring: Driver's License, Cause Number, and Payment in full

You must register for the class prior to the first day. Call the office at 979-693-8148 to set up a registration appointment.

Section 106.115, Alcoholic Beverage Code, requires minors convicted of first or subsequent offenses for the purchase, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages to attend an alcohol awareness course approved by the department in addition to assessing a fine.

The standardized program is six hours in length and is designed to help participants increase their knowledge about alcohol and drugs among young people.

The curriculum contains information on the following topics:

Societal values related to alcohol consumption by minors
The influence of alcohol advertising on young people
The physical, social and psychological effects of alcohol upon young people
The relationship between motor vehicle and other accidents and alcohol use
Relevant laws relating to the purchase, possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages by minors
Drinking patterns and problems of young people including abuse and addiction and decision making skills

Persons under 16 must be accompanied by a parent/legal guardian at registration and have written permission from the legal guardian.

Anti-Shoplifting/Theft & Impulse Control Class

Class Dates: Call 866-504-4312 for next class

Class Fee: $40

Payment: Due at registration

This 4 hour class is designed for individuals who have been mandated by probation to attend. This training session helps the individual understand the compulsion of shoplifting. Students will learn how shoplifting and theft differ. Students will be guided through a process to help them understand how shoplifting and addiction are similar.

Battering Intervention & Prevention Program – BIPP

Class Dates: Call 866-504-4312 for next class

Class Fee: $360

Payment: four $90 payments

This relatively new program is a combined effort of the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ). This program is based on an intervention model that recognizes family violence as the result of one person in an intimate relationship systematically using tactics of emotional and physical abuse in order to maintain power and control over the other. Client/aggressors will review their actions as they relate to the Power & Control Model and the Offender / Abuser Model. The program is designed to help the client/aggressor understand that his violent actions are unacceptable. The client/aggressor will learn communications skills, relationship skills, accountability for actions and acceptable ways to deal with anger. The class is 18 weeks for a total of 36 hours [A Psychosocial / Substance Abuse Assessment is required prior to attending the first session - $40].