Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

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CPS
Child protective Services Overview

Total Average Filled Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Staff

Caseworkers (Investigation)	1,737.2
Caseworkers (Family-Based Safety Services)	812.7
Caseworkers (Conservatorship)	1,539.7
Caseworkers (Other Workers)	462.1
Supervisors	741.7
Program Directors/Administrators	160.8
Admin/Clerical	974.1
Case Aides	483.0
Other Staff	818.3
CPS Program Support	334.9
Total CPS Staff	$8,064.5

Worker demographic

Turnover Rate		26.1%
Agency Tenure	Less than 1 Year	29.4%
	1-3 Years	25.4%
	Greater than 3 Years	45.1%
Entry Salary (INV)		$36,728.96
Entry Salary (Non INV)		$31,728.96
Average Age		36.2
Race/Ethnicity	African-American	31.1%
	Anglo	39.7%
	Hispanic	27.8%
	Other	1.4%

Supervisor Demographics

Turnover Rate		9.7%
Agency Tenure	Less than 1 Year	0.9%
	1-3 Years	2.5%
	Greater than 3 Years	96.5%
Entry Salary		$38,145.96
Average Age		41.9
Race/Ethnicity	African-American	26.6%
	Anglo	48.1%
	Hispanic	22.9%
	Other	2.4%

CPS Expenditures

CPS Staff	$451,810,639
Purchased Client Services	$85,858,415
Foster Care Payments	$381,819,486
Adoption Subsidy Payments	$191,923,319
Permanency Care Assistance	$2,030,974
Relative/Other Designated Caregiver Reimbursement Program	$7,859,926
Other Client Services	$3,937,447
Total CPS Expenditures	$1,125,240,206

Description of the Report Investigation Process

Step 1: Report Assigned for Investigation

Step 2: Investigation/Risk Assessment

No Risk: Case Closed
Risk Indicated: Continue to Nest Step

Step 3: Child Safe at Home?

Yes: Family Provided Services/Referrals
No: Continue to Next Step

Step 4: Seek Safe Emergency Placement

Relative Available: Child Placed with Relative
Relative Not Available: Continue to Next Step

Step 5: DFPS Petitions Court for Custody of Child

Denied: Family Provided Services/Referrals
Granted: Continue to Next Step

Step 6: Child Placed in Substitute Care (Out of home care)

Services Provided to Family

Step 7: Court Approves Permanency for Child

Court Approved: Permanent Custody to DFPS
Court Denied: Continue to Next Step

Step 8: Child Reunified with Parents, Permanent Custody to Relative, or Adoption

Note: The process is for reference only and does not necessarily represent the flow of a case.

Statistics FY 2012

Texas State Child Population 7,054,634
Children, Alleged Victims 275,961
Children in Confirmed Investigations 97,688
Children Removed 16,972

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Child Protective Services Vision, Mission, and Values

CPS Vision: “Children First: Protected and Connected”

The Mission of Child Protective Services is to protect children and to act in the children’s best interest. To seek active involvement of the children’s parents and other family members to solve problems that lead to abuse and neglect.

The Values are:

Respect for culture
Inclusiveness of families, youth and community
Integrity in decision making
Compassion for all
Commitment to reducing disproportionality

Most Common...

Person reporting abuse/neglect
- School (17.6%)
Allegation confirmed
- Neglectful Supervision (66.0%)
Confirmed perpetrator of abuse/neglect
- Relationship: Parent (77.9%)
- Gender: Female (56.6%)
- Age: Age 26-35 (39.9%)
Characteristic of confirmed victim
- Age: Age 1 to 3 (24.4%)
- Gender: Female (51.4%)

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Legal Responsibility for Child Protective Services

Statutory References

Social Security Act
Texas Family Code
Human Resources Code
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
Indian Child Welfare Act
Adam Walsh Act

Major Provisions

Definitions of abuse and neglect of children;
Mandatory reporting of suspected abuse or neglect of children;
Prepare and disseminate statistics by county relating to CPS in an annual report made available to the legislature and general public;
Responsibility for receiving reports of suspected abuse or neglect of children;
Responsibility for thorough investigation of a report of child abuse or neglect allegedly committed by a person responsible for a child’s care, custody or welfare;
Responsibility to assign priorities and prescribe investigative procedures for investigations based on the severity and immediacy of the alleged harm to the child;
Take action to protect abused and neglected children from further harm;
Establish review teams to evaluate department casework and decision-making related to investigations of child abuse or neglect;
Employ Child Safety Specialists to conduct staff reviews and evaluations of cases determined to involve high risk, monitor cases with multiple referrals, and approve decisions and assessments related to investigations that involve a high risk to the health or safety of a child;
Work with children and their families, providing services to prevent further abuse, help alleviate the effects of the abuse suffered, prevent removal of the child from the home, and provide reunification services when appropriate for the return of the child to the home;
When necessary, secure appropriate court orders and take possession of a child if there is an immediate danger to the physical health or safety of the child or the child has been a victim of neglect or sexual abuse and that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child’s welfare;
Make reasonable efforts to secure the return of the child;
Develop a service plan in conference with the child’s parents to determine return of the child to the child’s parents, termination of parental rights and placement of the child for adoption, or because of the child’s special needs or exceptional circumstances continue the child’s care out of the child’s home;
Provide substitute care for children until the problems have been sufficiently resolved;
Provide permanent placement for children who cannot safely return to their home;
Establish a database of all verified foster homes willing to accept foster care placement of a child in care;
Recruit potential adoptive parents for children whose parents have had their parental rights terminated;
Requirements for frequency and location of contact with children in substitute care;
Requirements for conducting criminal background and central registry checks of foster and adoptive parents.

The federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008, requires DFPS to:

Provide written notification to maternal and paternal grandparents and other adult relatives regarding a child’s removal and placement in state custody and support options.
Ensure youth aging out of state care have a Transition Plan developed within 90 days of turning 18 or the date leaving CPS extended foster care.
Seek to have education stability for children in DFPS custody.
Have a health oversight and coordination plan.
Keep siblings in custody placed together. If this is not possible, the state must provide for frequent visitation or other ongoing interaction between the siblings, unless the State shows frequent visits or other interaction would be contrary to the safety or well-being of any of the siblings.
Make eligibility changes for the Title IV-E adoption assistance program to promote adoption of children with special needs.
Provide information about Adoption Tax Credits during training for adoptive parents.

The federal Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act allows and the Texas Legislature supported:

Establishing a relative guardianship subsidy program. For Texas, this will be a subsidy program called the Permanency Care Assistance program for relatives taking permanent managing conservatorship of a child. This program is intended to provide an additional option for children and youth who might otherwise remain in kinship foster care. It is not intended to be a long term foster care program.
Allowing youth aging out of care to stay in extended foster care for a variety of reasons until they turn 21.
Extending adoption assistance benefits and Permanency Care Assistance benefits until the youth turns 21 if the adoption assistance agreement or Permanency Care Assistance agreement was signed after the youth turns 16.
Authorizing federally recognized tribes to apply for IV-E funding directly.

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Concepts Guiding Risk Determination

Child Vulnerability

Child fragility
Child behavior

Home Environment

Stressors
Dangerous exposure
Social climate
Social violence

Caregiver Capability

Knowledge
Skills
Capacity

Quality of Care

Quality of connection
Emotional care
Physical care

Response to CPS

Attitude
Deception

Maltreatment Pattern

Chronicity
Current severity
Trends

Protective Capacities

Protective capacities

Federal Outcomes Used to Assess Child Welfare Services

Safety Outcomes

Safety Outcome 1: Children are, first and foremost, protected from abuse and neglect.
Safety Outcome 2: Children are safely maintained in their homes whenever possible and

Permanency Outcomes

Permanency Outcome 1: Children have permanency and stability in their living situations.
Permanency Outcome 2: The continuity of family relationships and connections is preserved for children.

Well-Being Outcomes

Well-Being Outcome 1: Families have enhanced capacity to provide for their children’s needs.
Well-Being Outcome 2: Children receive appropriate services to meet their educational needs.

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Fiscal Year 2004 and 2012 Pre- and Post-Reform Statistics by Region (CPS)

Region 1 - Lubbock

Region 1 - Lubbock	2004	2012
Caseworkers	168.1	243.0
Turnover	22.0%	27.4%
Average Base Salary	$32,459	$34,935
Completed Investigations	6,406	7,244
Removals	733	828
Adoptions Consummated	143	316

Region 2 - Abilene

Region 2 - Abilene	2004	2012
Caseworkers	86.4	144.4
Turnover	13.9%	24.8%
Average Base Salary	$33,678	$35,459
Completed Investigations	4,325	4,370
Removals	351	499
Adoptions Consummated	80	108

Region 3 - Arlington

Region 3 - Arlington	2004	2012
Caseworkers	687.8	987.4
Turnover	26.3%	18.1%
Average Base Salary	$32,943	$35,675
Completed Investigations	33,509	41,455
Removals	3,270	3,549
Adoptions Consummated	516	831

Region 4 - Tyler

Region 4 - Tyler	2004	2012
Caseworkers	160.8	232.9
Turnover	29.3%	32.9%
Average Base Salary	$32,436	$35,434
Completed Investigations	8,561	8,881
Removals	728	1,065
Adoptions Consummated	124	267

Region 5 - Beaumont

Region 5 - Beaumont	2004	2012
Caseworkers	89.8	151.2
Turnover	11.2%	22.9%
Average Base Salary	$34,251	$35,913
Completed Investigations	5,717	6,207
Removals	392	626
Adoptions Consummated	55	123

Region 6 - Houston

Region 6 - Houston	2004	2012
Caseworkers	653.1	961.1
Turnover	25.8%	23.2%
Average Base Salary	$32,737	$35,052
Completed Investigations	27,543	30,473
Removals	2,773	2,641
Adoptions Consummated	651	1,197

Region 7 - Austin

Region 7 - Austin	2004	2012
Caseworkers	366.3	481.4
Turnover	20.9%	32.6%
Average Base Salary	$32,398	$35,393
Completed Investigations	18,147	21,136
Removals	1,645	2,195
Adoptions Consummated	351	602

Region 8 - San Antonio

Region 8 - San Antonio	2004	2012
Caseworkers	355.3	630.7
Turnover	20.7%	32.2%
Average Base Salary	$33,124	$34,706
Completed Investigations	13,382	20,592
Removals	1,993	2,938
Adoptions Consummated	390	1,191

Region 9 - Midland

Region 9 - Midland	2004	2012
Caseworkers	65.0	129.9
Turnover	15.5%	34.3%
Average Base Salary	$33,375	$34,497
Completed Investigations	3,666	4,276
Removals	255	566
Adoptions Consummated	32	110

Region 10 - El Paso

Region 10 - El Paso	2004	2012
Caseworkers	75.7	121.5
Turnover	13.6%	17.6%
Average Base Salary	$34,227	$35,215
Completed Investigations	3,397	4,561
Removals	183	308
Adoptions Consummated	66	89

Region 11 - Edinburg

Region 11 - Edinburg	2004	2012
Caseworkers	238.8	468.2
Turnover	22.1%	30.7%
Average Base Salary	$32,828	$34,570
Completed Investigations	13,871	16,984
Removals	1,108	1,757
Adoptions Consummated	104	206

Statewide Totals

Statewide Totals	2004	2012
Caseworkers	2947.2	4551.7
Turnover	23.0%	26.1%
Average Base Salary	$32,892	$35,171
Completed Investigations	138,587	166,211
Removals	13,431	16,972
Adoptions Consummated	2,512	5,040

Note: The State Total for Completed Investigations includes those where the Region was Unknown and/or Out of State.

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CPS Daily Caseload Fiscal Year 2012

Stage of Service by Region	Investigation	Family-based Safety Services	Substitute Care Services	Foster/Adoptive Home Development	Kinship
1 Lubbock	25.9	15.2	37.0	22.5	78.9
2 Abilene	24.7	17.3	30.2	20.1	33.4
3 Arlington	23.0	13.1	32.1	22.5	48.9
4 Tyler	23.2	11.5	32.1	17.5	67.8
5 Beaumont	20.4	13.3	32.5	30.6	85.6
6 Houston	26.3	11.3	29.6	21.7	56.0
7 Austin	31.4	19.6	36.5	24.5	40.4
8 San Antonio	21.2	17.3	40.5	16.6	31.0
9 Midland	28.0	18.0	36.9	24.3	61.8
10 El Paso	24.3	13.6	25.4	23.7	42.8
11 Edinburg	23.6	14.6	35.8	17.4	20.0
State	24.7	14.3	33.7	21.5	48.4

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CPS Daily Caseload Fiscal Year 2011

Stage of Service by Region	Investigation	Family-based Safety Services	Substitute Care Services	Foster/Adoptive Home Development	Kinship
1 Lubbock	28.1	22.5	30.6	24.9	44.4
2 Abilene	25.1	19.2	32.2	18.9	43.6
3 Arlington	23.0	16.7	31.0	25.2	48.0
4 Tyler	22.8	15.9	29.6	20.6	38.1
5 Beaumont	20.3	14.5	29.9	31.9	58.9
6 Houston	27.9	16.5	31.9	24.9	67.4
7 Austin	40.7	15.5	32.4	28.7	33.7
8 San Antonio	27.4	15.2	33.4	16.1	27.1
9 Midland	32.3	18.4	34.0	24.1	57.0
10 El Paso	35.2	15.3	30.1	31.1	43.3
11 Edinburg	24.6	18.3	34.3	18.2	23.2
State	27.4	16.9	32.0	23.6	46.1

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Texas Child Population Ages Birth through 17 Years
Fiscal Year 2012

State Total: 7,054,634

Region	Child Pop Ages Birth - 17 Years
Region 1	225,388
Region 2	130,231
Region 3	1,917,845
Region 4	273,967
Region 5	186,040
Region 6	1,740,843
Region 7	777,287
Region 8	713,561
Region 9	154,558
Region 10	250,377
Region 11	684,537
Total	7,054,634

Texas Child Population Ages Birth through 17 Years, Fiscal Year 2012 by County

Population Data Source: Texas State Data Center, University of Texas (San Antonio) - Based on Census 2010 data.

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Child Protective Services Completed Investigations
Fiscal Year 2012

State Total: 166,211

Region	Completed Investigations
Region 1	7,244
Region 2	4,370
Region 3	41,455
Region 4	8,881
Region 5	6,207
Region 6	30,473
Region 7	21,136
Region 8	20,592
Region 9	4,276
Region 10	4,561
Region 11	16,984
Blank or Invalid	32
Total	166,211

Note: 32 investigations did not have the county designated.

CPS Completed Investigations, Fiscal Year 2012 by County

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CPS Total Initial Intakes and Screened Out Cases
Fiscal Year 2012

Total Initial Intakes

Total Initial Intakes	Number	Percentage
PN	5,296	2.2%
P1	65,203	27.0%
P2	171,182	70.8%
Total	241,681	100%

Total P2 Intakes

Total P2 Intakes	Number	Percentage
Not eligible for screening	100,700	58.8%
Eligible and assigned to Screeners	70,482	41.2%
Total	171,182	100%

Eligible and assigned to Screeners

Eligible and assigned to Screeners	Number	Percentage
Not Screened Out	51,273	72.7%
Screened Out (P2 to PN)	19,209	27.3%
Total	70,482	100%

Note: When a case is a P2, all alleged victims are age 6 or older, and there is not currently an open case, a formal screening occurs. The purpose of the formal screening is to determine if CPS intervention is warranted. There may be eligible P2s not assigned to screeners. A PN is assessed when a situation appears to involve abuse or neglect, and a key piece of information from a specific identified person is needed in order to determine if an assignable allegation exists

Risk Assessment Finding of Completed Child Abuse/Neglect Investigations
Fiscal Year 2012

Disposition of Investigation	Confirmed	Unconfirmed	State Total
No Significant Risk Identified	83	9,286	9,369
No Significant Risk Identified (Percent)	0.9%	99.1%	100.0%
Risk Controlled	17,821	88,750	106,571
Risk Controlled (Percent)	16.7%	83.3%	100.0%
Risk Indicated	20,639	5,993	26,632
Risk Indicated (Percent)	77.5%	22.5%	100.0%
Risk Not Applicable Blank/ Invalid	182	23,457	23,639
Rick Not Applicable Blank/Invalid (Percent)	0.8%	99.2%	100.0%
Total	38,725	127,486	166,211
Percent	23.3%	76.7%	100.0%

Number of Completed Investigations Where Family Violence* Was Indicated in the Risk Assessment

Fiscal Year	Number of Complete Investigations	Family Violence Indicated	Family Violence Not Indicated
2009**	165,444	54,143	111,301
2010	169,583	54,842	114,741
2011	175,421	56,068	119,353
2012	166,211	53,705	112,505

* Family violence risk is determined by a positive response to one of two questions on the risk assessment: (1) Has any person in the home ever been a victim of family violence, and (2) Has any person in the home ever been a perpetrator of family violence

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Case Action for Risk Indicated Completed Investigations
Fiscal Year 2012

Case Action for Risk Indicated Completed Investigations	Count	Percentage
Open to Services	25,440	95.5%
Not Open to Services	1,192	4.5%
Total	26,632	100%

Note: Only investigations with a risk finding of "Risk Indicated" can be opened for further services. Opened for services is defined as services provided after the investigation was completed.

Child Abuse/Neglect Allegation Dispositions

The categories used to record the findings of initial assessment/investigation of child abuse neglect are defined as:

Confirmed Investigations

Reason to believe – Based on preponderance of evidence, staff concluded that abuse or neglect occurred.

Unconfirmed Investigations

Ruled out - Staff determined, based upon on available information, that it is reasonable to conclude that abuse or neglect has not occurred.
Unable to complete – Before staff could reach a conclusion, the persons involved in the report moved, could not be located or refused to cooperate.
Unable to determine – Staff concluded that none of the other dispositions were appropriate.

Investigations of Child Abuse/Neglect by Source of Report for Completed Investigations

Sources	FY 2010 Number	FY2010 Percent	FY2011 Number	FY2011 Percent	FY2012 Number	FY2012 Percent
School	37,817	18.6%	37,540	17.7%	35,100	17.6%
Medical Personnel	32,786	16.2%	34,999	16.5%	33,787	16.9%
Law Enforcement	30,759	15.2%	32,234	15.2%	31,949	16.0%
Relative	24,575	12.1%	25,557	12.1%	23,386	11.7%
Parent	17,212	8.5%	17,959	8.5%	16,267	8.2%
Other	13,975	6.9%	15,165	7.2%	14,577	7.3%
Friend-Neighbor	13,756	6.8%	14,602	6.9%	12,638	6.3%
Anonymous	10,002	4.9%	11,277	5.3%	10,751	5.4%
Community Agency	7,072	3.5%	7,359	3.5%	6,647	3.3%
DFPS Staff	5,869	2.9%	5,799	2.7%	5,804	2.9%
Legal/Court	2,775	1.4%	2,691	1.3%	2,500	1.3%
Day Care Provider	1,717	0.8%	1,949	0.9%	1,804	0.9%
State Agency	878	0.4%	928	0.4%	789	0.4%
Parent's Paramour	967	0.5%	925	0.4%	960	0.5%
Provider	918	0.5%	813	0.4%	706	0.4%
Victim	626	0.3%	648	0.3%	560	0.3%
Unrelated Home Member	386	0.2%	411	0.2%	451	0.2%
Religious Entity	340	0.2%	361	0.2%	338	0.2%
24 Hour Care Provider	200	0.1%	229	0.1%	280	0.1%
Institutional Personnel	138	0.1%	171	0.1%	148	0.1%
Blank/Unknown	17	0.0%	18	0.0%	18	0.0%
Financial Institution	13	0.0%	14	0.0%	14	0.0%
State Total	202,798	100.0%	211,649	100.0%	199,474	100.0%

Note: A report of abuse/neglect may come from multiple sources.

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Number of Child Abuse/Neglect Completed Investigations
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Total	Confirmed	% Confirmed Investigations	Unconfirmed Investigations
1 Lubbock	7,244	2,034	28.1%	5,210
2 Abilene	4,370	1,306	29.9%	3,064
3 Arlington	41,455	9,910	23.9%	31,545
4 Tyler	8,881	1,874	21.1%	7,007
5 Beaumont	6,207	1,449	23.3%	4,758
6 Houston	30,473	5,506	18.1%	24,967
7 Austin	21,136	4,830	22.9%	16,306
8 San Antonio	20,592	5,106	24.8%	15,486
9 Midland	4,276	1,170	27.4%	3,106
10 El Paso	4,561	1,212	26.6%	3,349
11 Edinburg	16,984	4,319	25.4%	12,665
Unknown	32	9	28.1%	23
State	166,211	38,725	23.3%	127,486

Family Cases Opened for Services as a Result of a Completed Investigation
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	In-Home Direct Delivery	In-Home Purchased	Family Substitute Care	Total
1 Lubbock	868	0	383	1,251
2 Abilene	691	0	231	922
3 Arlington	3,769	1	1,609	5,379
4 Tyler	522	0	499	1,021
5 Beaumont	411	0	294	705
6 Houston	2,674	2	1,302	3,978
7 Austin	1,409	0	1,035	2,444
8 San Antonio	3,242	0	1,245	4,487
9 Midland	541	0	268	809
10 El Paso	580	0	117	697
11 Edinburg	3,030	1	713	3,744
Unknown	0	0	3	3
State	17,737	4	7,699	25,440

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Confirmed Allegations of Child Abuse/Neglect by Type of Abuse
Fiscal Year 2012

Table Includes Abuse/Neglect Types:
Physical Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Abandonment, Medical Neglect, and Physical Neglect

Region	Physical Abuse	Sexual Abuse	Emotional Abuse	Abandonment	Medical Neglect	Physical Neglect
1 Lubbock	629	299	28	7	48	349
2 Abilene	396	175	30	8	49	222
3 Arlington	3,328	1,528	77	48	336	1,057
4 Tyler	577	325	25	4	69	251
5 Beaumont	424	186	26	8	65	215
6 Houston	1,756	998	60	25	245	557
7 Austin	1,305	645	46	13	138	347
8 San Antonio	1,320	727	55	25	236	593
9 Midland	421	159	35	5	56	219
10 El Paso	425	143	22	2	68	164
11 Edinburg	1,207	745	74	14	273	705
Unknown	1	1	0	0	0	0
State Total	11,789	5,931	478	159	1,583	4,679

Table Includes Abuse/Neglect Types:
Neglectful Supervision, Refusal to Accept Parental Responsibility, Total Confirmed Allegations of Child Abuse/Neglect, Percent of Child Abuse/Neglect, and *Unduplicated Confirmed Victims

Region	Neglectful Supervision	Refusal to Accept Parental Responsibility	Total Confirmed Allegations of Child Abuse/Neglect	Percent of Child Abuse/Neglect	*Unduplicated Confirmed Victims
1 Lubbock	2,849	49	4,258	5.7%	3,654
2 Abilene	1,696	13	2,589	3.5%	2,212
3 Arlington	11,985	114	18,473	24.9%	15,930
4 Tyler	2,213	31	3,495	4.7%	2,951
5 Beaumont	1,792	16	2,732	3.7%	2,375
6 Houston	5,826	112	9,579	12.9%	8,358
7 Austin	6,204	105	8,803	11.9%	7,831
8 San Antonio	7,043	64	10,063	13.6%	8,931
9 Midland	1,493	15	2,403	3.2%	1,983
10 El Paso	1,615	25	2,464	3.3%	2,116
11 Edinburg	6,269	96	9,383	12.6%	8,009
Unknown	14	0	16	0.0%	16
State Total	48,999	640	74,258	100.00%	64,366

* Victims have been unduplicated by investigation stage.

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Children in Cases Opened for Services as a Result of a Completed Investigation
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	In-home Direct Delivery	In-home Purchased	% Opened In-home	Family Substitute Care*	Total
1 Lubbock	2,304	0	69.9%	991	3,295
2 Abilene	1,759	0	75.2%	580	2,339
3 Arlington	9,748	2	71.2%	3,938	13,688
4 Tyler	1,320	0	52.2%	1,211	2,531
5 Beaumont	1,070	0	59.7%	722	1,792
6 Houston	7,427	4	68.4%	3,431	10,862
7 Austin	3,773	0	57.1%	2,829	6,602
8 San Antonio	8,967	0	71.9%	3,509	12,476
9 Midland	1,342	0	65.7%	700	2,042
10 El Paso	1,608	0	83.4%	321	1,929
11 Edinburg	9,359	1	81.3%	2,150	11,510
Other	0	0	0.0%	7	7
Total	48,677	7	70.5%	20,389	69,073

*Includes all children in the case regardless of victimization.

Point Prevalence* Rate of Child Abuse/Neglect per 1,000 Children in Texas Population per Region
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Confirmed Rate	Alleged Rate
1 Lubbock	16.2	56.8
2 Abilene	17.0	56.2
3 Arlington	8.3	35.3
4 Tyler	10.8	52.6
5 Beaumont	12.8	55.4
6 Houston	4.8	27.9
7 Austin	10.1	44.7
8 San Antonio	12.5	48.7
9 Midland	12.8	46.2
10 El Paso	8.5	30.7
11 Edinburg	11.7	44.4
State	9.1	39.1

* Point prevalence is the number of children who are alleged/confirmed victims per 1,000 children in the region.

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Race/Ethnicity of Selected CPS Statistics Compared to Texas Child Population
Fiscal Year 2012

Race/Ethnicity of Selected CPS Statistics Compared to Texas Child Population	Total	African American	Anglo	Hispanic	Native American	Other
Texas Child Population	7,054,634	820,392	2,330,533	3,458,537	19,883	425,289
Percent	100%	11.6%	33.0%	49.0%	0.3%	6.0%
CPS Confirmed Victims	64,366	10,151	20,095	30,034	41	4,045
Percent	100%	15.8%	31.2%	46.7%	0.1%	6.3%
Number of Removals**	16,972	3,170	5,241	7,465	15	1,081
Percent	100%	18.7%	30.9%	44.0%	0.1%	6.4%
Children Opened for Service***	69,073	10,828	18,405	35,521	29	4,290
Percent	100%	15.7%	26.6%	51.4%	0.0%	6.2%

Ethnicity of Children Awaiting Adoption on August 31, 2012 and Median Time Waiting by Ethnicity

Ethnicity of Children Awaiting Adoption and Median Time Waiting by Ethnicity	Total	African American	Anglo	Hispanic	Native American	Other
Texas Children Awaiting Adoption	6,471	1,797	1,628	2,687	7	352
Percent	100%	27.8%	25.2%	41.5%	0.1%	5.4%
State median Time Waiting for Adoption	10.6	12.6	8.8	10.6	15.5	9.5

* As recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to ensure consistency across all HHSC agencies, in 2012, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) adopted the HHSC methodology on how to categorize race and ethnicity. As a result, data broken down by race/ethnicity in 2012 and after is not directly comparable to race/ethnicity data in 2011 and before.
** Includes removals from all stages of service
*** Includes all children in the case regardless of victimization
Note: Other includes anyone not categorized as Anglo, African-American, Hispanic or Native American

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Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect
Fiscal Year 2012

State Total: 64,366

Region	Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect
1 Lubbock	3,654
2 Abilene	2,212
3 Arlington	15,930
4 Tyler	2,951
5 Beaumont	2,375
6 Houston	8,358
7 Austin	7,831
8 San Antonio	8,931
9 Midland	1,983
10 El Paso	2,116
11 Edinburg	8,009
Blank or Invalid	16
State Total	64,366

16 confirmed victims did not have a county designated.

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Profile of Confirmed Child Abuse/Neglect Victims*
Fiscal Year 2012

Age: Under 1

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	1,416	893	1,913	0	6	426	4,654
Male	1,453	986	2,069	2	10	456	4,976
Unknown	7	5	10	0	0	9	31
Total	2,876	1,884	3,992	2	16	891	9,661

Age: 1-3 Years

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	2,260	1,231	3,492	2	32	463	7,480
Male	2,513	1,270	3,825	4	37	544	8,193
Unknown	15	9	7	0	1	7	39
Total	4,788	2,510	7,324	6	70	1,014	15,712

Age: 4-6 Years

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	2,062	976	3,086	2	31	369	6,526
Male	2,070	1,017	3,251	6	28	365	6,737
Unknown	12	5	10	0	0	7	34
Total	4,144	1,998	6,347	8	59	741	13,297

Age: 7-9 Years

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	1,524	686	2,496	5	16	244	4,971
Male	1,498	732	2,304	4	24	232	4,794
Unknown	0	2	11	0	0	0	13
Total	3,022	1,420	4,811	9	40	476	9,778

Age: 10-12 Years

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	1,319	530	2,189	2	29	146	4,215
Male	1,170	555	1,567	4	23	139	3,458
Unknown	3	2	3	0	0	2	10
Total	2,492	1,087	3,759	6	52	287	7,683

Age: 13-17 Years

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	1,681	772	2,528	7	39	192	5,219
Male	1,085	475	1,260	3	30	135	2,988
Unknown	3	0	2	0	0	1	6
Total	2,769	1,247	3,790	10	69	328	8,213

Age Unknown

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Other	Total
Female	1	1	5	0	7
Male	3	4	6	2	15
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Total	4	5	11	2	22

Total Victims

Gender	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Female	10,263	5,089	15,709	18	153	1,840	33,072
Male	9,792	5,039	14,282	23	152	1,873	31,161
Unknown	40	23	43	0	1	26	133
Grand Total	20,095	10,151	30,034	41	306	3,739	64,366

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Alleged and Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Alleged Victims	Confirmed Victims	Unconfirmed Victims	Percent Confirmed
1 Lubbock	12,793	3,654	9,139	28.6%
2 Abilene	7,313	2,212	5,101	30.2%
3 Arlington	67,786	15,930	51,856	23.5%
4 Tyler	14,424	2,951	11,473	20.5%
5 Beaumont	10,302	2,375	7,927	23.1%
6 Houston	48,571	8,358	40,213	17.2%
7 Austin	34,757	7,831	26,926	22.5%
8 San Antonio	34,740	8,931	25,809	25.7%
9 Midland	7,139	1,983	5,156	27.8%
10 El Paso	7,697	2,116	5,581	27.5%
11 Edinburg	30,382	8,009	22,373	26.4%
Out of State	57	16	41	28.1%
State	275,961	64,366	211,595	23.3%

CPS Confirmed Victims Where the Confirmed Perpetrator was a Parent
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Confirmed Victims
1 Lubbock	3,587
2 Abilene	2,166
3 Arlington	15,563
4 Tyler	2,863
5 Beaumont	2,320
6 Houston	8,100
7 Austin	7,656
8 San Antonio	8,752
9 Midland	1,953
10 El Paso	2,071
11 Edinburg	7,832
State	62,863

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Characteristics Of Perpetrators In Confirmed Investigations of Child Abuse/Neglect
Fiscal Year 2012

Perpetrator Characteristic: Age

Age	Female	Percent of Total	Male	Percent of Total	Unknown	Percent of Total	Race/ Ethnicity	Percent of Total
Under 18	738	1.4%	1,472	2.8%	1	0.0%	2,211	4.3%
18-25	9,938	19.2%	5,347	10.3%	3	0.0%	15,288	29.5%
26-35	12,264	23.6%	8,452	16.3%	6	0.0%	20,722	39.9%
36-45	4,459	8.6%	4,532	8.7%	6	0.0%	8,997	17.3%
Over 45	1,963	3.8%	2,672	5.1%	1	0.0%	4,636	8.9%
Invalid	3	0.0%	10	0.0%	18	0.0%	31	0.1%

Perpetrator Characteristic: Marital Status

Marital Status	Female	Percent of Total	Male	Percent of Total	Unknown	Percent of Total	Race/ Ethnicity	Percent of Total
Married	6,863	13.2%	7,137	13.8%	2	0.0%	14,002	27.0%
Widowed	279	0.5%	111	0.2%	0	0.0%	390	0.8%
Separated	1,792	3.5%	1,160	2.2%	0	0.0%	2,952	5.7%
Divorced	2,114	4.1%	1,242	2.4%	0	0.0%	3,356	6.5%
Single	9,466	18.2%	4,856	9.4%	0	0.0%	14,322	27.6%
Unknown	8,110	15.6%	6,413	12.4%	32	0.1%	14,555	28.1%
Not Applicable (Under 18)	741	1.4%	1,566	3.0%	1	0.0%	2,308	4.4%

Perpetrator Characteristic: Race/Ethnicity*

Race/Ethnicity	Female	Percent of Total	Male	Percent of Total	Unknown	Percent of Total	Race/ Ethnicity	Percent of Total
Anglo	12,039	23.2%	8,002	15.4%	1	0.0%	20,042	38.6%
African American	5,069	9.8%	3,735	7.2%	2	0.0%	8,806	17.0%
Hispanic	11,262	21.7%	9,474	18.3%	4	0.0%	20,740	40.0%
Native American	37	0.1%	23	0.0%	0	0.0%	60	0.1%
Asian	147	0.3%	129	0.2%	0	0.0%	276	0.5%
Other	811	1.6%	1,122	2.2%	28	0.1%	1,961	3.8%

Perpetrator Characteristic: Relation to Oldest Victim

Relation to Oldest Victim	Female	Percent of Total	Male	Percent of Total	Unknown	Percent of Total	Race/ Ethnicity	Percent of Total
Parent	26,092	50.3%	14,333	27.6%	1	0.0%	40,426	77.9%
Grandparent	1,376	2.7%	809	1.6%	0	0.0%	2,185	4.2%
Sibling/Other Relative	388	0.7%	1,861	3.6%	3	0.0%	2,252	4.3%
Aunt/Uncle	593	1.1%	1,106	2.1%	1	0.0%	1,700	3.3%
Parent's Paramour	373	0.7%	3,329	6.4%	0	0.0%	3,702	7.1%
Other	543	1.0%	1,047	2.0%	30	0.1%	1,620	3.1%

Total Perpetrators

Total FY11	Female	Percent of Total	Male	Percent of Total	Unknown	Percent of Total	Race/ Ethnicity	Percent of Total
Total Perpetrators	29,365	56.6%	22,485	43.3%	35	0.1%	51,885	100%

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Monthly Average Number of Families Receiving Preservation Services
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Regular	Intensive	Moderate	Contracted	Total
1 Lubbock	488	3	203	0	694
2 Abilene	196	0	189	0	385
3 Arlington	1,396	5	690	1	2,092
4 Tyler	340	0	61	0	401
5 Beaumont	193	0	38	0	231
6 Houston	1,478	37	355	0	1,870
7 Austin	668	16	223	0	907
8 San Antonio	1,851	1	70	0	1,922
9 Midland	233	1	134	0	368
10 El Paso	342	0	36	0	378
11 Edinburg	1,532	4	356	0	1,892
Out of State	0	0	1	0	1
Total	8,717	67	2,356	1	11,141

Annual Number of Families Receiving Preservation Services Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Regular	Intensive	Moderate	Contracted	Total
1 Lubbock	1,158	9	478	0	1,645
2 Abilene	540	0	498	0	1,038
3 Arlington	3,788	19	1,807	3	5,617
4 Tyler	867	0	201	0	1,068
5 Beaumont	557	3	129	0	689
6 Houston	3,584	118	897	0	4,599
7 Austin	1,626	46	593	0	2,265
8 San Antonio	4,480	4	168	0	4,652
9 Midland	559	3	331	0	893
10 El Paso	800	0	108	0	908
11 Edinburg	3,927	20	982	1	4,930
Out of State	1	0	1	0	2
Total	21,887	222	6,193	4	28,306

Family Preservation Services is under the umbrella of Family-Based Safety Services (FBSS).
Family Preservation Services are services provided to the child and the family without removing the child from the home.
Note: Families may receive more than one type of service.

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Monthly Average Number of Families Receiving Reunification Services per Month
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Regular	Intensive	Moderate	Total
1 Lubbock	123	0	0	123
2 Abilene	82	0	1	83
3 Arlington	334	0	1	335
4 Tyler	78	0	1	79
5 Beaumont	56	0	1	57
6 Houston	222	1	1	224
7 Austin	301	2	1	304
8 San Antonio	257	0	0	257
9 Midland	71	0	0	71
10 El Paso	32	0	1	33
11 Edinburg	205	1	21	227
Out of State	1	0	0	1
Total	1,762	4	28	1,794

Annual Number of Families Receiving Reunification Services
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Regular	Intensive	Moderate	Total
1 Lubbock	292	0	2	294
2 Abilene	203	0	2	205
3 Arlington	934	0	3	937
4 Tyler	248	0	2	250
5 Beaumont	170	0	2	172
6 Houston	722	2	4	728
7 Austin	751	3	3	757
8 San Antonio	693	0	1	694
9 Midland	157	0	0	157
10 El Paso	108	0	2	110
11 Edinburg	574	5	62	641
Out of State	6	0	1	7
Total	4,858	10	84	4,952

Family Reunification Services are under the umbrella of Family-Based Safety Services (FBSS).
Family Reunification Services are provided to the family as a child is returning home from court-ordered substitute care.
Note: Families may receive more than one type of service.

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Children in Foster Care by County During
Fiscal Year 2012

State Total: 31,302*

Region	Children in Foster Care
Region 1	1,855
Region 2	993
Region 3	6,295
Region 4	1,692
Region 5	1,178
Region 6	5,900
Region 7	3,474
Region 8	5,195
Region 9	1,089
Region 10	642
Region 11	2,983
Total	31,302

Note: 6 children were out of state

Children in Foster Care by County During, Fiscal Year 2012 by County

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Number of Children Removed from Home as a Result of CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigation

Fiscal Year	As a Result of an Investigation	From Family-Based Safety Services*	From Family Substitute Care Services	Total
2008	10,808	3,276	211	14,295
2009	8,527	3,404	176	12,107
2010	11,266	4,815	266	16,347
2011	12,148	4,717	243	17,108
2012	12,538	4,220	214	16,972

*Removals from Family-Based Safety Services includes Family Preservation and Family Reunification
Note: The data presented in this chart have been modified to more accurately report where a removal occurred and therefore will not match prior data books.

Point of Prevalence* for Children Entering Substitute Care
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Point Prevalence*
Lubbock (1)	3.7
Abilene (2)	3.8
Arlington (3)	1.9
Tyler (4)	3.9
Beaumont (5)	3.4
Houston (6)	1.5
Austin (7)	2.8
San Antonio (8)	4.1
Midland (9)	3.7
El Paso (10)	1.2
Edinburg (11)	2.6
State	2.4

*Point of prevalence is the number of children entering substitute care per 1,000 children in the region.

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Where are Children in DFPS Care?

… of the 27,919 children in DFPS substitute care on August 31, 2012:

16,697 children were in Foster Care.

11,552 children were in other types of Substitute Care

11,552 children placed in Child Placing Agency (CPA) Foster Homes. Foster homes are families who accept foster children into their homes. These foster homes are recruited, trained, verified and managed by private CPAs. DFPS has contracts with over 100 CPAs. The majority of CPA foster homes are verified to provide therapeutic foster care services. 379 of these children were placed in Kinship Verified Foster Homes.
1,839 children placed in DFPS Foster Homes. These are families who accept foster children into their homes and are recruited, trained, verified and managed by DFPS. The majority provide basic foster care services. 460 of these children were place in Kinship Verified Foster Homes.
765 children were placed in Basic Child Care. These are typically cottage and campus type settings meeting basic child needs.
1,527 children were placed in Residential Treatment Centers. An RTC is a very structured setting for children with serious emotional disturbance or mental health issues.
620 children were placed in Emergency Shelters. These are intended for stays of less than 30 days.
394 children were placed in Other types of foster care such as camps, maternity homes, hospitals, juvenile detention, ICFs-IID, HCS homes, state schools & hospitals.

... of the 11,222 children in other types of Substitute Care

9,982 children were placed in Kinship Care. DFPS supports eligible relative caregivers by assisting with initial costs of accepting a child and through ongoing case management.
433 children were in pending adoptions in CPA Adoptive Homes.
323 children were in pending adoptions in DFPS Adoptive Homes.
484 children were placed in Other Substitute Care which includes independent living programs, unauthorized absences and court ordered placements.

Notes

A. The 27,919 children includes 602 youth over the age of 18 in foster care, but who have "aged-out" of the legal conservatorship of DFPS.

B. There are a total of 29,775 children in DFPS legal responsibility. 2,458 are in legal conservatorship of DFPS but not in substitute care; the majority of these children are in a reunification stage and are living with their families of origin.

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Demographics of Children in Foster Care at the End of the Year By Fiscal Year 2012

Characteristic: Age

Age	Aug 2009 Number	Aug 2009 Percent	Aug 2010 Number	Aug 2010 Percent	Aug 2011 Number	Aug 2011 Percent	Aug 2012 Number	Aug 2012 Percent
Birth - 2	3,319	20.8%	3,868	22.7%	3,797	22.1%	3,614	21.6%
3-5	2,249	14.1%	2,711	15.9%	2,903	16.9%	2,766	16.6%
6-9	2,679	16.8%	2,782	16.3%	2,948	17.2%	2,948	17.7%
10-13	2,930	18.4%	2,959	17.4%	2,972	17.3%	2,820	16.9%
14-17	4,225	26.5%	4,102	24.1%	3,976	23.1%	3,947	23.6%
18-21	530	3.3%	605	3.6%	587	3.4%	602	3.6%

Characteristic: Gender

Gender	Aug 2009 Number	Aug 2009 Percent	Aug 2010 Number	Aug 2010 Percent	Aug 2011 Number	Aug 2011 Percent	Aug 2012 Number	Aug 2012 Percent
Male	8,689	54.5%	9,203	54.0%	9,308	54.2%	9,030	54.1%
Female	7,243	45.5%	7,824	46.0%	7,874	45.8%	7,667	45.9%
Unknown	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.0%	0	0.0%

Characteristic: Race/Ethnicity*

Race/Ethnicity	Aug 2009 Number	Aug 2009 Percent	Aug 2010 Number	Aug 20109 Percent	Aug 2011 Number	Aug 2011 Percent	Aug 2012 Number	Aug 2012 Percent
Anglo	4,522	28.4%	5,008	29.4%	5,044	29.4%	5,048	30.2%
African American	3,976	25.0%	4,107	24.1%	4,126	24.0%	3,825	22.9%
Hispanic	6,529	38.3%	6,946	40.8%	6,995	40.7%	6,813	40.8%
Native American	40	0.3%	29	0.2%	31	0.2%	22	0.1%
Asian	43	0.3%	44	0.3%	44	0.3%	38	0.2%
Other	822	5.2%	893	5.2%	943	5.5%	951	5.7%

Totals

Totals of Characteristics	Aug 2009 Number	Aug 2009 Percent	Aug 2010 Number	Aug 2010 Percent	Aug 2011 Number	Aug 2011 Percent	Aug 2012 Number	Aug 2012 Percent
Total	15,932	100%	17,027	100%	17,183	100.00%	16,697	100%

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Point of Prevalence* for Children in Substitute Care at The End of Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Point Prevalence*
Lubbock (1)	7.1
Abilene (2)	6.0
Arlington (3)	2.7
Tyler (4)	5.4
Beaumont (5)	4.9
Houston (6)	3.4
Austin (7)	3.9
San Antonio (8)	6.8
Midland (9)	6.7
El Paso (10)	1.9
Edinburg (11)	3.1
State	3.9

*Point of prevalence is the number of children entering substitute care per 1,000 children in the region. Includes children ages 0 - 17.

Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility, in Substitute Care or in Foster Care Placements at the End of Fiscal Year 2012

Region	DFPS Legal Responsibility	Substitute Care	Foster Care*
Lubbock (1)	1788	1642	1053
Abilene (2)	902	793	525
Arlington (3)	5616	5238	3222
Tyler (4)	1612	1502	921
Beaumont (5)	987	914	616
Houston (6)	6293	6029	3373
Austin (7)	3401	3139	1797
San Antonio (8)	5171	4961	2709
Midland (9)	1119	1045	674
El Paso (10)	528	499	350
Edinburg (11)	2358	2157	1457
State	29,775	27,919	16,697

Note: Includes youth who have aged out of DFPS legal responsibility but remain in substitute care.

* Foster Care is a subset of Substitute Care

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Legal Status of Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility

Legal Status	Aug 2010 Number	Aug 2010 Percent	Aug 2011 Number	Aug 2011 Percent	Aug 2012 Number	Aug 2012 Percent
Care, Custody & Control*	36	0.1%	25	0.1%	49	0.2%
Temporary Managing Conservatorship**	16,612	57.5%	17,489	57.9%	17,332	58.2%
Permanent Managing Conservatorship * Parental Rights Not Terminated**	2,929	10.1%	3,110	10.3%	2,863	9.6%
Permanent Managing Conservatorship * Parental Rights Terminated** (ALL)	8,885	30.8%	9,147	30.3%	9,105	30.6%
Permanent Managing Conservatorship * Parental Rights Terminated** (One Parent)	397	1.4%	396	1.3%	400	1.3%
Possessory Conservatorship****	34	0.1%	37	0.1%	26	0.1%
Total	28,893	100%	30,204	100%	29,775	100%

* Care, Custody and Control - In some counties in Texas, this type of custody is given at an Ex Parte Hearing rather than appointing a temporary managing conservator. This provides legal authority for DFPS to ensure a child's safety and meet a child's basic needs for shelter, food, and education.

** Temporary Managing Conservatorship - TMC is awarded to DFPS as a result of a court hearing and written order and continues until a judge issues another order changing the legal status. It authorizes DFPS to act in the child's best interest and has exclusive rights including but not limited to the following: designating the primary residence of a child, make decisions concerning the child's education, consent to marriage or enlistment in the armed forces.

*** Permanent Managing Conservatorship - PMC is awarded to DFPS as a result of a court hearing and written order. PMC authorizes DFPS to act in the child's best interest and have the rights of a Managing Conservator on a permanent basis.

**** Possessory Conservatorship - A judge appoints a parent as Possessory Conservator who is not appointed as a sole or joint managing conservator, unless this appointment is not in the best interest of the child. Possessory Conservators are provided with visitation orders, unless access would endanger the child physically or emotionally.

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Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility by Living Arrangement at the End of Each Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year	Non-Foster Care	Foster Care	Total	% Change
2009	11,061	15,402	26,463	-8.0%
2010	12,471	16,422	28,893	9.2%
2011	13,608	16,596	30,204	4.5%
2012	13,680	16,095	29,775	-1.4%

Note: Foster care totals exclude youth over 18 who remain in foster care but have aged out of DFPS legal responsibility. Non-foster care placements include adoption, relative, own home and other.

Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility in Non-Foster Care Placements

Fiscal Year	Total Non-Foster Care	Other*	Adoption	Relative	Own Home
2009	11,061	630	957	7,673	1,801
2010	12,471	573	815	8,894	2,189
2011	13,608	543	868	9,858	2,339
2012	13,680	484	756	9,982	2,458

* Other includes independent living, hospitals, nursing homes, correctional facilities and unauthorized absences.

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Children* in Substitute Care Placements by Living Arrangement Categories As of August 31, 2012

Region	CPA Foster - Group Homes & Independent Homes	DFPS Foster & Foster Group Homes	DFPS Adoptive Homes	Private Adoptive Homes	Kinship
Lubbock (1)	506	150	11	22	518
Abilene (2)	341	97	3	4	256
Arlington (3)	2,412	294	20	81	1,848
Tyler (4)	593	114	33	13	506
Beaumont (5)	349	162	8	4	277
Houston (6)	2,442	305	180	184	2,188
Austin (7)	1,137	249	21	29	1,255
San Antonio (8)	1,728	179	27	67	2,040
Midland (9)	425	99	8	9	325
El Paso (10)	202	73	1	1	140
Edinburg (11)	1,044	99	11	19	629
Out of State	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11,179	1,821	323	433	9,982

Region	General Residential Operation	Emergency Shelters	Residential Treatment	Other	Total
Lubbock (1)	148	53	137	56	1,601
Abilene (2)	10	17	37	15	780
Arlington (3)	55	47	246	118	5,121
Tyler (4)	59	26	92	43	1,479
Beaumont (5)	29	19	39	19	906
Houston (6)	42	81	302	176	5,900
Austin (7)	37	37	224	73	3,062
San Antonio (8)	237	195	209	173	4,855
Midland (9)	13	41	68	42	1,030
El Paso (10)	1	21	26	13	478
Edinburg (11)	63	59	120	61	2,105
Out of State	0	0	0	0	0
Total	694	596	1,500	789	27,317

*Excludes 602 young adults over 18 who have aged out of DFPS conservatorship but remain in DFPS care.

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Permanency Goal of Children in Substitute Care for Whom DFPS had Legal Responsibility Fiscal Year End 2012

Total Children: 22,308

Goal	Count	Percent
Adoption	10,893	48.8%
Reunification	7,213	32.3%
Permanent Placement with Relatives and Other Caregivers	2,030	9.1%
Alternative Long Term Living	1,206	5.4%
Adult Living	966	4.3%
Total Children	22,308	100%

Number of DFPS Foster, Foster/Adoptive and Adoptive Homes As of August 31, 2012

Region	Foster Homes*	Foster/Adoptive Homes**	Adoptive Homes***
Lubbock (1)	4	116	17
Abilene (2)	4	59	11
Arlington (3)	40	250	87
Tyler (4)	10	77	35
Beaumont (5)	17	115	20
Houston (6)	39	251	244
Austin (7)	24	161	92
San Antonio (8)	8	140	108
Midland (9)	2	56	14
El Paso (10)	2	43	10
Edinburg (11)	8	53	24
Out of State	23	35	6
Total	181	1,356	668

* Includes 58 verified kinship homes.
** Includes 23 legal risk homes and 392 verified kinship homes.
*** This number does not include homes open only for receipt of adoption subsidy.

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Children Placed in Adoptive Homes by Region Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Number of Placements
Lubbock (1)	327
Abilene (2)	90
Arlington (3)	831
Tyler (4)	253
Beaumont (5)	126
Houston (6)	1,286
Austin (7)	565
San Antonio (8)	1,190
Midland (9)	119
El Paso (10)	90
Edinburg (11)	216
State Total	5,093
Total Unique Children	5,079

Demographics of 5,079 Children in Adoptive Homes
Fiscal Year 2012

Age

Age	Count	Percent
Under 1 year	78	1.5%
1 - 5 years	2,899	57.1%
6 - 12 years	1,672	32.9%
13 years and over	430	8.5%
Total	5,079	100%

Race/Ethnicity*

Race/Ethnicity	Count	Percent
Anglo	1,365	26.9%
African American	1,173	23.1%
Hispanic	2,181	42.9%
Native American	10	0.2%
Asian	14	0.3%
Other	336	6.6%
Total	5,079	100%

Child Characteristics

Child Characteristics	Count	Percent
Disabling Condition	1,713	33.7%
No Special Characteristics	3,366	66.3%
Total	5,079	100%

Sex

Sex	Count	Percent
Female	2,507	49.4%
Male	2,572	50.6%
Total	5,079	100%

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Children with Disabling Conditions Placed in Adoptive Homes Fiscal Year 2012

Total number of children placed in adoptive homes: 5,079

Number of unique children with disabling conditions placed in adoptive homes: 1,713

Disabling Condition	Percentage of all Children Placed in Adoptive Homes	Number of children with Disabling condition
Drug/Alcohol*	15.4%	784
Learning Disabilities	13.6%	690
Emotionally Disturbed	9.0%	458
Medically Involved	5.8%	295
Physical	1.4%	70
Other**	0.3%	16

* Drug/Alcohol disabling condition can either be due to self abuse or exposure to an individual with the condition.

** Other includes teen parent or pregnant.

Note: Children may be duplicated across categories because some may have more than one disabling condition.

Children in Consummated Adoptions by Type of Agency by Fiscal Year

Legal Status	2009 Number	2009 Percent	2010 Number	2010 Percent	2011 Number	2011 Percent	2012 Number	2012 Percent
DFPS	2,804	57.7%	2,841	59.2%	2,563	55.3%	2,823	56.0%
Non DFPS*	2,055	42.3%	1,962	40.8%	2,072	44.7%	2,217	44.0%
Total Consummations	4,859	100%	4,803	100%	4,635	100%	5,040	100%

* Non DFPS includes private agency adoptions, relative adoptions and out of state adoptions.

Children in Consummated Adoptions by Region Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Adoptions Consummated
Lubbock (1)	316
Abilene (2)	108
Arlington (3)	831
Tyler (4)	267
Beaumont (5)	123
Houston (6)	1,197
Austin (7)	602
San Antonio (8)	1,191
Midland (9)	110
El Paso (10)	89
Edinburg (11)	206
Total Unique Children	5,040

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Demographics of 5,040 Children in Consummated Adoptions
Fiscal Year 2012

Age

Age	Count	Percent
Under 1 year	62	1.2%
1 - 5 years	2,895	57.4%
6 - 12 years	1,642	32.6%
13 years and over	441	8.8%
Total	5,040	100%

Gender

Gender	Count	Percent
Male	2,534	50.3%
Female	2,506	49.7%
Total	5,040	100%

Race/Ethnicity*

Race/Ethnicity	Count	Percent
Anglo	1,394	27.7%
African American	1,125	22.3%
Hispanic	2,182	43.3%
Native American	8	0.2%
Asian	8	0.2%
Other	323	6.4%
Total	5,040	100.0%

Race/Ethnicity of Children and Adoptive Parents by Fiscal Year

Legal Status	2009 Number	2009 Percent	2010 Number	2010 Percent	2011 Number	2011 Percent	2012 Number	2012 Percent
Race/Ethnicity of parent(s) is same as child	3,020	62.2%	2,970	61.8%	2,718	58.6%	3,071	60.9%
Race/Ethnicity of one or both parents differs from child's (Multiracial)*	1,839	37.8%	1,833	38.2%	1,917	41.4%	1,969	39.1%
Total Adoptions	4,859	100%	4,803	100%	4,635	100%	5,040	100%

* Includes when Race/Ethnicity was not determined.

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CPS Outcomes Based on Data from Fiscal Year 2012

Child Safety Outcomes

Percent of children who remained safe in substitute care (children in care during FY12 who did not experience a confirmed incident of maltreatment) 99.9%
Absence of Repeat Maltreatment (child victims without a subsequent confirmed allegation within 6 months of the prior confirmed allegation) 97.1%

Permanency Services

Percentage of children with 2 or fewer placements that have been in care 12 months or less 85.9%

Family Preservation Outcomes

(measured from start of services to end of services) Average length of Service 7.7 months

Family Reunification Outcomes

(measured from removal to placement in own home and termination of DFPS conservatorship)
Percent of children returned to own home 33.3%
Average number of placements per child 1.9 placements
Average length of service 13.3 months
Median length of service 12.1 months
Children reunified with family, with DFPS conservatorship terminated, within 12 months of removal 63.7%

Adoption Services Outcomes

(measured from removal to adoption consummation)
Percent of children who left DFPS legal responsibility with an adoption consummation 28.6%
Average number of placements per child 2.7 placements
Average length of service 29.2 months
From removal to final order 13.9 months
From final order to adoptive placement 13.8 months
From placement to adoption consummated 1.5 months
Median length of service 24.2 months
Children adopted within 24 months of removal 49.3%

Permanent Relative Care Outcomes

(measured from removal to date DFPS legal responsibility ended)
Percent of children who left DFPS legal responsibility to a relative placement 29.1%
Average number of placements 1.9 placements
Average length of service 14.0 months
Median length of service 11.6 months
Children re-entering foster care within 12 months of discharge from a previous episode of foster care 4.4%

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CPS Outcomes Based on Data from Fiscal Year 2012

Long-term Substitute Care Outcomes

Emancipation (includes children who left DFPS legal responsibility by emancipation or turning 18)

(measured from removal to date DFPS legal responsibility ended or date child turns 18 years of age)
Percent of children who left DFPS legal responsibility 7.7%
Average number of placements 7.0 placements
Average length of service 58.0 months
Median length of service 45.6. months

Other Long-term Substitute Care

(measured from removal to date DFPS legal responsibility ended)
Percent of children who left DFPS legal responsibility 1.2%
Average number of placements 2.3 placements
Average length of service 14.6 months
Median length of service 8.9 months

Fiscal Year 2012 Recidivism Outcomes

For All Stages:

(measured as a new confirmed reason to believe allegation within 12 months of the end of services or a return to
substitute care or new Family Preservation services provided) 7.8%

For Family Preservation:

(measured as a new confirmed reason to believe allegation within 12 months of the end of Family Preservation
services or new Family Preservation services provided) 7.4%

For Family Reunification:

(measured as a new confirmed reason to believe allegation or a return to substitute care within 12 months of the
end of Family Reunification services or new Family Preservation services provided) 17.0%

Substitute Care Outcomes for Cases Open at the End of Fiscal Year 2012

Average length of service for children in temporary managing conservatorship: 6.8 months
Median length of service for children in temporary managing conservatorship: 5.7 months
Average length of service for children in permanent managing conservatorship: 39.2 months
Median length of service for children in permanent managing conservatorship: 27.5 months

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Status of Children No Longer in DFPS Legal Responsibility Fiscal Year 2012

Total Children: 17,625

Outcome	Count	Percent
Family Reunification	5,873	33.3%
Custody to Relatives with PCA	530	3.0%
Custody to Relatives without PCA	4,605	26.1%
Relative Adoption Consummated	2,358	13.4%
Non-Relative Adoption Consummated	2,682	15.2%
Children Emancipated*	1,363	7.7%
Other**	214	1.2%
State	17,625	100%

* Of the 1,363 youth emancipated in FY12, 1,019 were emancipated from paid foster care.
** Other includes children absent without permission, children in court ordered or independent living placements; children for whom conservatorship was never obtained and children with a missing discharge reason.

Average Length of Time in Months for Children Leaving DFPS Responsibility by Type of Exit and Region
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Family Reunification	Relative Care	Adoption	Long Term Care-Emancipation	Long Term Care-Other
Lubbock (1)	16.9	15.1	30.8	66.8	8.4
Abilene (2)	14.3	16.7	32.4	49.5	10.2
Arlington (3)	11.8	12.9	26.4	59.0	13.1
Tyler (4)	12.7	11.5	27.0	53.7	18.9
Beaumont (5)	12.9	12.1	28.7	58.2	51.8
Houston (6)	14.6	16.3	33.0	62.8	16.2
Austin (7)	13.1	14.0	27.3	50.2	15.0
San Antonio (8)	12.3	14.3	27.5	57.7	13.2
Midland (9)	16.9	19.0	32.4	63.4	11.3
El Paso (10)	12.2	9.9	28.4	64.0	7.5
Edinburg (11)	12.7	12.8	31.7	47.5	15.3
State	13.3	14.0	29.2	58.0	14.6

Average Length of Time in Months for Children Leaving DFPS Responsibility by Type of Exit and Race/Ethnicity***
Fiscal Year 2012

Race/Ethnicity	Family Reunification	Relative Care	Adoption	Long Term Care-Emancipation	Long Term Care-Other
Anglo	13.7	13.5	27.0	57.1	15.5
African American	13.1	15.2	33.6	62.8	14.7
Hispanic	13.2	14.1	28.8	55.3	14.2
Native American	25.9	22.4	34.4	1.5	na
Asian	9.5	4.2	20.4	28.7	na
Other	12.1	12.5	26.0	56.9	12.6
State	13.3	14.0	29.2	58.0	14.6

*** As recommended by the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to ensure consistency across all HHSC agencies, in 2012, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) adopted the HHSC methodology on how to categorize race and ethnicity. As a result, data broken down by race/ethnicity in 2012 and after is not directly comparable to race/ethnicity data in 2011 and before.

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Average Number of Out-of-Home Placements for Children Who Attained Permanency Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Family Reunification	Relative Care	Adoption	Long Term Care-Emancipation	Long Term Care-Other
Lubbock (1)	1.8	2.2	3.0	8.9	1.1
Abilene (2)	2.1	2.1	2.7	6.3	2.4
Arlington (3)	1.8	1.8	2.7	6.9	1.8
Tyler (4)	1.7	1.9	2.5	6.4	1.8
Beaumont (5)	2.0	2.0	2.8	6.2	4.5
Houston (6)	1.8	2.0	2.5	7.1	3.1
Austin (7)	1.9	1.8	2.6	6.6	2.8
San Antonio (8)	2.0	1.8	3.0	7.4	1.5
Midland (9)	2.0	2.3	2.8	6.1	2.0
El Paso (10)	1.9	1.6	3.0	6.2	2.3
Edinburg (11)	2.1	2.2	2.8	6.2	1.6
State Total	1.9	1.9	2.7	7.0	2.3

Note: The average number of placements per child in substitute care for all children who attained permanency is 2.5 placements.

Length of Time in Care for Children Who Achieved Permanency Status*

Year: 2012

Length of Time in Care	% of Total Children
0-12 months	55.1%
13 to 24 months	28.8%
25+ months	16.1%

Year: 2011

Length of Time in Care	% of Total Children
0-12 months	57.1%
13 to 24 months	25.6%
25+ months	17.2%

Year: 2010

Length of Time in Care	% of Total Children
0-12 months	51.1%
13 to 24 months	26.1%
25+ months	22.8%

Year: 2009

Length of Time in Care	% of Total Children
0-12 months	50.0%
13 to 24 months	28.7%
25+ months	21.4%

Year: 2008

Length of Time in Care	% of Total Children
0-12 months	55.2%
13 to 24 months	27.5%
25+ months	17.3%

* Children who left substitute care via an own home, permanent relative placement or adoption consummation and DFPS legal responsibility was ended.

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Average Monthly Number of Children and Young Adults, FTEs*
in Paid Foster Care by Service Levels
Fiscal Year 2012

Service Level	Number of Children & Young Adults	Number of FTEs
Basic	11,329	10,005
Child Specific**	39	36
Emergency Shelter	919	572
Intense	304	270
Moderate	3,370	3,074
Psychiatric Transition	24	16
Specialized	2,672	2,419
Total	18,657***	16,392

Unduplicated Count: 18,172

Note: Calculations exclude children where cost of care was not covered by Title IV-E or state paid foster care.
* An FTE is calculated by dividing the number of paid foster care days in the month by the number of days in a month.
** Child Specific contracts do not have an actual level of care.
*** Duplicated count due to changes in service levels during the month.
Note: 24-Hour Residential Child Care Facilities Rates

Foster Care Expenditures by Source Fiscal Year 2012

Total Expenditures: $373,644,867

Service Level	Expenditures	Percent
State Paid	$117,682,412.97	31%
Title IV-E	$255,962,454.38	69%
Total	$373,644,867.35	100%

Title IV-E Federal Foster Care Program Description

The Federal Foster Care Program helps States provide safe and stable out-of-home care for children until the children are safely returned home, placed permanently with adoptive families or placed in other planned arrangements for permanency. Funds are available for: monthly maintenance payments to eligible foster care providers; administrative costs to manage the program; training staff and foster parents; foster parent recruitment; and other related expenses. State Paid Foster Care may be funded with Federal Block Grant (TANF)

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Children and Young Adults* in Paid Foster Care Monthly Average by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year	State Paid Children in Foster Care**	State Paid Young Adults* in Foster Care**	Title IV-E Children in Foster Care	Title IV-E Young Adults* Foster Care	Total Children & Young Adults in Foster Care***	% Change from Previous Fiscal Year
2008	4,673	651	12,828	546	18,698	-8.7%
2009	4,344	700	11,485	545	17,074	-8.7%
2010	4,308	783	11,936	558	17,585	3.0%
2011	4,562	821	12,569	509	18,461	5.0%
2012	4,649	726	12,283	525	18,183	-1.5%

Children and Young Adults* in Paid Foster Care Monthly Average by Region
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	State Paid Children in Foster Care**	State Paid Young Adults* in Foster Care**	Title IV-E Children in Foster Care	Title IV-E Young Adults* Foster Care	Total Children & Young Adults in Foster Care***
Lubbock (1)	260	52	803	40	1,155
Abilene (2)	111	19	428	20	578
Arlington (3)	836	146	2,417	106	3,505
Tyler (4)	329	41	565	23	958
Beaumont (5)	186	17	440	10	653
Houston (6)	802	153	2,626	115	3,696
Austin (7)	672	105	1,154	43	1,974
San Antonio (8)	870	103	1,942	88	3,003
Midland (9)	135	22	518	17	692
El Paso (10)	57	16	292	19	384
Edinburg (11)	392	53	1,104	44	1,593
Unknown	1	0	1	0	2
Total***	4,651	727	12,290	525	18,193

Unduplicated Count: 18,172

* A young adult is any person in foster care who was 18 to 21 years of age at anytime during the fiscal year.
** State Paid Foster Care may be funded with Federal Block Grant (TANF).
*** Some children are served in more than one region and/or eligibility type in a month.

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Families and Children Receiving Kinship Caregiver Monetary Assistance
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Family Served	Children Served
Lubbock (1)	308	547
Abilene (2)	155	260
Arlington (3)	1,461	2,543
Tyler (4)	204	354
Beaumont (5)	151	254
Houston (6)	1,382	2,365
Austin (7)	645	1,150
San Antonio (8)	652	1,171
Midland (9)	176	283
El Paso (10)	85	155
Edinburg (11)	562	1,113
Unknown	112	177
Total	5,893	10,372

Families and Children Kinship Caregiver Monetary Assistance Payments
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Total Integration Payments	Total Flexible Support Payments	Total Relative Caregiver Support
Lubbock (1)	$181,750.00	$211,000.00	$392,750.00
Abilene (2)	$104,000.00	$120,500.00	$224,500.00
Arlington (3)	$733,250.00	$1,210,500.00	$1,943,750.00
Tyler (4)	$142,250.00	$166,000.00	$308,250.00
Beaumont (5)	$89,750.00	$105,500.00	$195,250.00
Houston (6)	$541,500.00	$1,029,200.00	$1,570,700.00
Austin (7)	$431,250.00	$544,500.00	$975,750.00
San Antonio (8)	$400,000.00	$320,000.00	$720,000.00
Midland (9)	$94,000.00	$127,550.00	$221,550.00
El Paso (10)	$56,000.00	$63,000.00	$119,000.00
Edinburg (11)	$228,250.00	$556,500.00	$784,750.00
Unknown	$47,000.00	$81,500.00	$128,500.00
Total	$3,049,000.00	$4,535,750.00	$7,584,750.00

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Average Number of Children Provided Adoption Subsidy* by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year	State Paid Adoption Subsidies	Title IV-E Adoption Subsidies	Total Children Provided Adoption Subsidy	% Change from Previous Fiscal Year
2008	6,288	21,235	27,523	11.68%
2009	6,707	23,994	30,701	11.55%
2010	7,146	26,558	33,704	9.78%
2011	7,296	28,994	36,290	7.67%
2012	7,550	31,506	39,056	7.62%

Average Number of Children Provided Adoption Subsidy* per Month by Region, Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Clients
Lubbock (1)	2,009
Abilene (2)	993
Arlington (3)	8,023
Tyler (4)	1,687
Beaumont (5)	1,240
Houston (6)	8,623
Austin (7)	5,215
San Antonio (8)	8,133
Midland (9)	685
El Paso (10)	863
Edinburg (11)	1,582
Unknown	3

*Subsidy includes financial payments only, not medical and non-recurring subsidies.

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Number of Children Provided Permanency Care Assistance* by Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year	State Paid Permanency Care Assistance	Title IV-E Permanency Care Assistance	Total Children Provided Permanency Care Assistance	% Change from Previous Fiscal Year
2011	34	170	204	N/A
2012	119	415	534	161.8%

Number of Children Provided Permanency Care Assistance* by Region,
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Clients
Lubbock (1)	11
Abilene (2)	35
Arlington (3)	158
Tyler (4)	26
Beaumont (5)	22
Houston (6)	70
Austin (7)	101
San Antonio (8)	41
Midland (9)	33
El Paso (10)	0
Edinburg (11)	37
Unknown	0

*Does not include non-recurring payments.

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Average Number of Children and Families Receiving Purchased Services per Month
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Living at Home	Living Out of Home	Post Adoption	Total Children	Total Adults	Total Clients
Lubbock (1)	431	406	0	837	855	1,692
Abilene (2)	104	229	496	829	437	1,266
Arlington (3)	1,122	1,500	0	2,622	1,451	4,073
Tyler (4)	257	299	0	556	925	1,481
Beaumont (5)	119	208	89	416	398	814
Houston (6)	640	1,350	313	2,303	2,924	5,227
Austin (7)	502	692	0	1,194	1,699	2,893
San Antonio (8)	631	806	93	1,530	1,743	3,273
Midland (9)	105	200	0	305	500	805
El Paso (10)	44	130	0	174	113	287
Edinburg (11)	647	376	0	1,023	2,021	3,044
Total	4,602	6,196	991	11,789	13,066	24,855

Note: Averages are rounded to the nearest whole number.

Average Monthly Percent of Children Receiving CPS Purchased Services by Region Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Number of In-Home Children Receiving Purchased Services	Total Number of In-Home Children	% of In-Home Children Receiving Purchased Services	Number of Children in Substitute Care Receiving Purchased Services	Total Number of Children in Substitute Care	% of Children in Substitute Care Receiving Purchased Services
Lubbock (1)	431	2,277	18.9%	406	1,793	22.7%
Abilene (2)	104	1,231	8.5%	229	841	27.2%
Arlington (3)	1,122	6,610	17.0%	1,500	5,465	27.5%
Tyler (4)	257	1,315	19.5%	299	1,582	18.9%
Beaumont (5)	119	758	15.6%	208	905	23.0%
Houston (6)	640	6,274	10.2%	1,350	6,631	20.4%
Austin (7)	502	3,385	14.8%	692	3,312	20.9%
San Antonio (8)	631	6,370	9.9%	806	5,241	15.4%
Midland (9)	105	1,194	8.8%	200	1,046	19.1%
El Paso (10)	44	1,198	3.7%	130	530	24.5%
Edinburg (11)	647	6,823	9.5%	375	2,366	15.9%
Total	4,602	37,435	12.3%	6,196	29,712	20.9%

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Family Group Decision Making (FGDM)

FGDM is a part of the CPS process to be family-centered. The goal is to enhance safety, permanency, and well-being for children by providing direct services and support services to their caregivers, whether biological or through affinity. FGDM describes a variety of practices to work with and engage families in problem solving, including Family Team Meetings (FTM), Family Group Conferences (FGC), and Circles of Support (COS):

Family Team Meeting (FTM) is designed as a rapid response to child safety and placement concerns and is used to achieve positive outcomes for children in the earliest stages of interaction between CPS and families.
Family Group Conference (FGC) is a process where families join with relatives, friends, and others in the community to develop a plan to ensure children are cared for and protected from future harm. This broader constellation of “family” convenes with information providers/community supports and CPS caseworkers in a unique partnership that empowers the “family group” with a high degree of decision-making authority and responsibility.
Circles of Support (COS) is a youth-focused, youth-driven meeting with the primary purpose of developing a plan for older youth to transition from foster care to adulthood. It may be used for other purposes as well. It includes broader participation of the youth’s support network.

Family Team Meetings Conducted By Race/Ethnicity
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Lubbock (1)	248	57	345	0	2	40	692
Abilene (2)	241	28	126	0	0	29	424
Arlington (3)	805	324	358	3	7	125	1,622
Tyler (4)	303	74	53	1	0	42	473
Beaumont (5)	114	46	14	0	1	23	198
Houston (6)	408	345	335	0	9	85	1,182
Austin (7)	661	283	642	0	4	146	1,736
San Antonio (8)	286	82	728	2	3	44	1,145
Midland (9)	83	13	105	0	1	10	212
El Paso (10)	23	12	178	3	0	10	226
Edinburg (11)	80	10	724	0	0	13	827
Other/Unknown	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Total	3,252	1,274	3,609	9	27	567	8,738

Family Group Conferences Conducted By Race/Ethnicity Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Lubbock (1)	167	41	199	0	0	33	440
Abilene (2)	284	40	106	0	0	29	459
Arlington (3)	475	266	238	0	2	106	1,087
Tyler (4)	271	79	53	0	0	56	459
Beaumont (5)	76	41	9	0	0	16	142
Houston (6)	330	330	248	3	5	109	1,025
Austin (7)	314	139	181	2	0	82	718
San Antonio (8)	286	84	937	2	2	72	1,383
Midland (9)	131	23	160	0	0	17	331
El Paso (10)	5	2	82	0	0	5	94
Edinburg (11)	144	11	1,246	0	0	42	1,443
Other/Unknown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2,483	1,056	3,459	7	9	567	7,581

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Circles of Support Conducted by Race/Ethnicity
Fiscal Year 2012

Region	Anglo	African American	Hispanic	Native American	Asian	Other	Total
Lubbock (1)	98	32	60	0	0	16	206
Abilene (2)	47	20	14	0	0	8	89
Arlington (3)	171	190	106	2	5	39	513
Tyler (4)	60	42	10	1	0	4	117
Beaumont (5)	29	17	7	0	0	9	62
Houston (6)	168	368	167	0	7	48	758
Austin (7)	131	105	81	0	1	45	363
San Antonio (8)	81	40	231	0	0	25	377
Midland (9)	57	7	36	0	0	4	104
El Paso (10)	5	5	38	0	0	4	52
Edinburg (11)	17	9	166	0	0	12	204
Total	864	835	916	3	13	214	2,845

Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) Services
Youth Ages 16 through 20

The Transitional Services Program includes Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) program services to help youth aging out of foster care prepare for adult life, and assist with the initial transition to adult living. PAL services ensure that DFPS foster youth and those aging out of care receive the tools, resources, supports, and personal and community connections they need to become self-sufficient adult. Supportive services and benefits are provided to eligible youth ages 16 to 21, and in some cases up to age 23 for certain educational/vocational needs, to assist when they leave foster care.

Fiscal Year	Eligible and Served	Eligible and Not Served	Total
2008	7,622	988	8,610
2009	7,735	889	8,624
2010	7,701	996	8,697
2011	8,139	789	8,928
2012	7,458	1,274	8,732

Note: 948 youth who were not served in FY 2012 received services prior to FY 2012.

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Fiscal Year 2004 and 2012 Daily Statistics

Per Day Statistics	Fiscal Year 2004	Fiscal Year 2012
Total DFPS Calls	1,987	2,106
CPS Reports	568	565
Completed Investigations	379	455
Confirmed Investigations	89	106
Alleged Victims	613	756
Confirmed Victims	138	176
Children Removed	37	46
Total Children Exiting CVS	30	48
Where do children exiting CVS go?
Family Reunification	11	16
Custody Given to Relatives	8	14
Adoption Consummated	7	14
Child Emancipated	3	4
Other	2	1

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