Please check out the Sam Houston State University webpage here:
http://www.shsu.edu/~pin_www/T%40S/sliders/2013/ruralstudies.html

to read more about Giddings and our connections with the Community-Youth Development Program. Below is a small clipping from the story.

"The Center for Rural Studies chose the town of Giddings in Lee County to host the first Community-Youth Development Program. With the help of the Giddings Economic Development Corporation, the Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area and Giddings High School, eight students between their junior and senior year of high school were selected to take part in paid internships in their town."