[1] The Crockett State School, located on what was a 125-acre (51 ha) farm,[2] is about 115 miles (185 km) north of Houston.
[4] A member of the club, Carrie Adams, was very vocal in the need to create a training school for "delinquent black girls.
The facility, renamed to the Crockett State Home on December 13, 1973, was then used as a house and educational center for dependent and neglected children.
In 1975 the youth home operations stopped, and the Crockett State School re-opened as a juvenile correctional facility for boys.
[3] On June 3, 2011, the TYC announced that the facility would close by August 31, 2011, due to budget cuts.