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  2. Texas Department of State Health Services - Wikipedia

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    The DSHS Council governs the department. [3] The agency's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, along with Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University coordinate the Texas School Survey, [4] a program consisting of two surveys on drug and alcohol abuse, an annual one done at the local school-district level and a biennial ...

  3. Texas Health and Human Services Commission - Wikipedia

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    Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Many of the direct client services that were performed by DSHS, such as services for women and children, and people with special health care needs, were transferred to HHSC in September 2016. DSHS now focuses on providing these functions: Vital statistics, such as birth and death records

  4. Texas land survey system - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Land Survey System is often measured in Spanish Customary Units. The most important of these is the vara, which, while ambiguous in the past, was legally established to be exactly 33 and 1/3 inches long in June 1919. Gold, Kenneth G. (2009). Selected Texas Statutes and Boundary Decisions for Land Surveyors, Land Title Agents and Title ...

  5. 2024 Houston derecho - Wikipedia

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    From the evening of May 16, 2024 to midday May 17, 2024, a derecho struck the Gulf Coast of the United States from Southeast Texas to Florida, causing widespread damage, particularly in the city of Houston and surrounding metropolitan area.

  6. Healthcare in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Further, 61% of high school students in Texas have tried alcohol and 17% of Texas high school students had their first drink before the age of 13. Based on 2016-2017 surveys, it was estimated that in Texas on average each year over a million individuals 12 years old or older had an alcohol use disorder in the last year.

  7. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    The Public Land Survey System ( PLSS) is the surveying method developed and used in the United States to plat, or divide, real property for sale and settling. Also known as the Rectangular Survey System, it was created by the Land Ordinance of 1785 to survey land ceded to the United States by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, following the end of ...

  8. Martin's Mill, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Both schools came together to form the Martin's Mill ISD in 1964. Only one campus was reported in 1919. Today, the Martin's Mill Independent School District serves area students. Notable people. Leon Black - Former head coach of the Texas Longhorns Basketball team and also coached at nearby Van High School. Black was a member of the first ...

  9. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System - Wikipedia

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    The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System ( IPEDS) is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a part of the Institute for Education Sciences within the United States Department of Education. IPEDS consists of twelve interrelated survey components that are collected ...