Texas Child Population Ages Birth to 13
By Region 1998
Total 4,330,548
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Texas Child Population Ages Birth to 13
By County 1998
Total 4,330,548

Child Care Facilities in Texas by Fiscal Year

Year

Day Care Facilities

Residential Facilities

Registered Family Homes

Child Placing Agencies*

Listed Family Homes

1994

8,943

7,089

12,981

174

N/A

1995

9,306

7,360

12,769

176

N/A

1996

9,560

7,614

12,192

194

N/A

1997

9,772

8,182

11,079

196

N/A

1998

9,958

8,683**

10,543

191

1,163

* A subset of Residential Facilities.

** Does not include 191 Child Placing Agencies.

Complaint Investigations in Child Care Facilities Fiscal Year 1998

Facility Type

Total Facilities

All Complaints (Standards Violations and Abuse /Neglect) Investigated

Abuse/Neglect Complaints Investigated

Valid Abuse /Neglect Complaints

Non-valid Abuse /Neglect Complaints

Licensed/Certified Facilities

9,958

9,238

143

35

108

Registered Family Homes

10,543

2,784

109

32

77

Residential Child Care Facilities *

3,280

818

388

79

309

Facility Type Unknown

NA

NA

517

95

422

Listed Family Homes

1,163

26

26

14

12

Totals

24,944

12,866

1,183

255

928

* Includes 191 Child Placing Agencies, but does not includes agency homes verified by Child Placing Agencies.

Child Care Facilities in Texas At End of FY98 by Number, Capacity, and Percent of Change

 

August 1997

August 1998

Percent of Change

Type of Facility

Number of Facilities

Capacity

Number of Facilities

Capacity

Number of Facilities

Capacity

Drop in Centers

21

829

18

771

-14.29%

-7.00%

Day Care Centers

7,575

645,219

7,715

667,660

1.85%

3.48%

Kindergartens/Nursery Schools

305

19,776

276

17,641

-9.51%

-10.80%

Schools/Kindergartens and Above

80

6,958

72

6,963

-10.00%

0.07%

Group Day Care Homes

1,791

21,562

1,877

22,807

4.80%

5.77%

Total Licensed/Certified Facilities

9,772

694,344

9,958

715,842

1.90%

3.10%

Registered Family Homes

11,079

66,474

10,543

63,258

-4.84%

-4.84%

Listed Homes

N/A

N/A

1,163

3,489

N/A

N/A

Total Day Care Facilities

20,851

760,818

21,664

782,589

3.90%

2.86%

Residential Licensing (24 Hour Care)

Residential Child Care Facilities:

Foster Group Homes

41

466

38

446

-7.32%

-4.29%

Foster Family Homes

73

213

65

216

-10.96%

1.41%

Institutions Providing Basic Care

81

4,883

79

4,874

-2.47%

-0.18%

Institutions Serving Mentally Retarded Children

8

249

8

249

0.00%

0.00%

Emergency Shelters

68

1,552

70

1,623

2.94%

4.57%

Halfway Houses

3

90

4

102

33.33%

13.33%

Residential Treatment Centers

102

4,040

92

4,054

-9.80%

0.35%

Therapeutic Camps

8

454

9

469

12.50%

3.30%

Total Residential Child Care Facilities

384

11,947

365

12,033

-4.95%

0.72%

Child Placing Agencies

196

N/A

191

N/A

-2.55%

N/A

Agency Foster

2,472

10,434

2,489

7,883

0.69%

-24.45%

Agency Foster Group

192

1,803

235

2,185

22.40%

21.19%

Total Agency Homes

2,664

12,237

2,724

10,068

2.25%

-17.72%

Total Residential Facilities, Child Placing Agencies and Agency Homes

3,244

24,184

3,280

22,101

1.11%

-8.61%

CPS Approved Foster Homes*

3,163

10,107

3,348

10,449

5.85%

3.38%

CPS Approved Adoptive Homes*

1,764

N/A

2,232

N/A

26.53%

N/A

Maternity Homes

11

N/A

14

N/A

27.27%

N/A

Child Care Administrators License

1,381

N/A

1,079

N/A

-21.87%

N/A

* CPS staff validate and assures these homes meet standards.

Investigations of Complaints in Licensed or Certified Facilities by Fiscal Year

Year

Investigations

1993

9,273

1994

9,576

1995

9,887

1996

10,986

1997

10,497

1998

12,840

Child-Care Facility Inspections by Fiscal Year

Year

Investigations

1993

37,302

1994

36,652

1995

35,269

1996

36,580

1997

37,353

1998

39,535*

* Includes 1,183 inspections made during abuse/neglect investigations and 11,534 investigations of alleged standards violations.

Facilities Licensed, Regulated, and Certified by Fiscal Year

Day-Care Facilities Licensed

FY95

FY96

FY97

FY98

Lubbock (1)

402

411

411

414

Abilene (2)

310

321

339

339

Arlington (3)

2,302

2,370

2,396

2,385

Tyler (4)

434

457

481

478

Beaumont (5)

277

287

292

299

Houston (6)

2,039

2,085

2,124

2,185

Austin (7)

1,193

1,248

1,278

1,321

San Antonio (8)

905

909

947

955

Midland (9)

281

280

284

293

El Paso (10)

453

476

478

488

Edinburg (11)

710

716

742

801

Total

9,306

9,560

9,772

9,958

Registered Family Homes

FY95

FY96

FY97

FY98

Lubbock (1)

473

441

401

416

Abilene (2)

364

348

315

322

Arlington (3)

3,602

3,466

3,234

3,197

Tyler (4)

292

269

260

272

Beaumont (5)

264

236

194

175

Houston (6)

3,834

3,525

3,000

2,766

Austin (7)

1,351

1,328

1,348

1,292

San Antonio (8)

1,143

1,098

1,010

992

Midland (9)

183

171

160

122

El Paso (10)

171

166

150

133

Edinburg (11)

1,092

1,144

1,007

856

Total

12,769

12,192

11,079

10,543

Residential Licensing (24 Hour Care)

FY95

FY96

FY97

FY98

Lubbock (1)

142

150

154

182

Abilene (2)

75

102

115

130

Arlington (3)

602

680

686

612

Tyler (4)

82

100

106

108

Beaumont (5)

44

52

53

72

Houston (6)

786

871

870

880

Austin (7)

574

630

609

598

San Antonio (8)

323

366

397

417

Midland (9)

56

58

48

51

El Paso (10)

71

82

91

82

Edinburg (11)

102

109

115

148

Total *

2,857

3,200

3,244

3,280**

* Does not include CPS Foster/Adoptive homes approved.

** Does not include 14 maternity homes.

Regulation of Day Care Facilities by Region for Fiscal Year 1998

Region

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

Total

Applications Accepted

128

86

441

112

96

506

284

208

72

97

237

2,267

Provisional Licenses

Issued (New Day Care)

66

66

281

85

59

308

223

118

49

74

180

1,509

Request to Register Granted (New Registered Family Home)

110

104

630

54

42

547

343

219

27

17

130

2,223

Adverse Actions-Licenses Denied

Day-Care

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Registered Family Home

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Adverse Actions-Licenses Revoked

Day-Care

1

1

1

0

1

4

2

0

0

2

0

12

Registered Family Home

0

0

3

0

1

3

1

4

0

0

0

12

Total Adverse Actions

2

1

4

0

2

7

3

4

0

2

0

25

Corrective Actions-Evaluation

Day-Care

5

1

16

1

5

19

16

8

6

5

8

90

Registered Family Home

2

2

4

1

0

4

8

0

0

2

2

25

Corrective Actions-Licenses Suspended

Day-Care

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

3

4

Registered Family Home

0

2

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

7

Corrective Actions-Probations

Day-Care

1

0

10

1

2

6

5

3

4

2

2

36

Registered Family Home

0

2

1

2

1

4

3

0

0

0

2

15

Corrective Actions-Corrective Denial

Day-Care

3

0

4

0

0

4

0

3

0

2

1

17

Registered Family Home

0

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

Total Corrective Actions

11

7

41

5

8

38

33

14

10

11

18

196

Complaint Investigations

507

480

3,294

551

402

2,593

1,492

1,320

258

384

741

12,022

Regulation of Residential (24 Hour) Facilities by Region for Fiscal Year 1998

Region

01

02

03

04

05

06

07

08

09

10

11

Total

Provisional Applications Accepted

1

2

9

5

1

15

13

5

0

2

0

53

Provisional Licenses Issued (New )

4

4

21

5

0

48

25

19

0

3

1

130

Adverse Actions Licenses Denied

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Adverse Actions Licenses Revoked

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Adverse Actions

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

1

Corrective Actions Evaluation

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Corrective Actions Licenses Suspended

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Corrective Actions Probations

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

5

Corrective Actions Corrective Denial

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total Corrective Actions

1

1

1

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

0

6

Complaint Investigations

50

27

82

10

1

197

252

154

6

6

33

818

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