CHAPS: Equine Therapy

At the CHAPS program outside the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Center, therapy horses help youth in the juvenile justice system develop trust, empathy and self-control through hands-on care and riding exercises guided by probation staff. Shot on assignment for the San Antonio Report.

The stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program outside the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2025, San Antonio.

Cadre for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department hang around inside the CHAPS program stable on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

Equine therapy horses in the stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

The eye of an equine therapy horse at the stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

A program specialist walks equine therapy horses to a feeding corral at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

A program specialist pets an equine therapy horse at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

Juvenile Probation Chief Jill Mata pets an equine therapy horse at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

The stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program outside the Cyndi Taylor Krier Juvenile Correctional Center, Oct. 1, 2025, San Antonio.

Cadre for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department hang around inside the CHAPS program stable on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

Equine therapy horses in the stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

The eye of an equine therapy horse at the stable for the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

A program specialist walks equine therapy horses to a feeding corral at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

A program specialist walks equine therapy horses to a feeding corral at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

A program specialist pets an equine therapy horse at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

Juvenile Probation Chief Jill Mata pets an equine therapy horse at the Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department’s CHAPS program on Oct. 1, 2025, in San Antonio.

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