| Staff Demographics |
27 |
Employees - Staff Demographics |
| Staff Tenure |
27 |
Employees - Staff Tenure |
| Staff Turnover |
27 |
Employees - Staff Turnover |
| Legal Responsibility |
28 |
Legal Responsibility |
| Map - Texas Child Population Ages Birth through 17 Years |
33 |
Populations at Risk |
| Map - Completed Investigations |
34 |
Investigations: Activity |
| CPS Average Daily Caseload Prior Fiscal Year |
35 |
Employees - Average Daily Caseload |
| CPS Average Daily Caseload Current Fiscal Year |
36 |
Employees - Average Daily Caseload |
| CPS Initial Intakes Promoted to Investigation and Alternative Response |
37 |
Intakes: Priority, Screening and Assignment |
| Completed Investigations During Fiscal Year Where Family Violence Was Indicated in the Risk Assessment |
37 |
Investigations: Findings |
| Case Action for Risk Indicated Completed Investigations |
38 |
Investigations: Case Action |
| Child Abuse/Neglect Completed Investigations |
39 |
Investigations: Activity |
| Case Action for Families in Completed Investigations |
39 |
Investigations: Case Action |
| Children in Cases Opened for Services as a Result of a Completed Investigation |
40 |
FPR: Children Entering Services , Conservatorship: Removals |
| Child Abuse/Neglect per 1,000 Children in Texas Population by Region |
40 |
Investigations: Victims |
| Confirmed Allegations of Child Abuse/Neglect by Type of Abuse |
41 |
Alleged & Confirmed Types of Abuse |
| CPS Alternative Response Stages |
41 |
Alternative Response Stages |
| Race/Ethnicity of Texas Child Population |
42 |
Populations at Risk |
| Race/Ethnicity of Confirmed Victims |
42 |
Investigations: Victims |
| Race/Ethnicity of Removals |
42 |
Conservatorship: Removals |
| Race/Ethnicity of Awaiting Adoption on August 31 |
42 |
Children Waiting on Adoption August 31 |
| Map - Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect |
43 |
Investigations: Victims |
| Profile of Confirmed Child Abuse/Neglect Victims |
44 |
Investigations: Victims |
| Alleged and Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect |
45 |
Investigations: Victims |
| Annual Number of Families Receiving Preservation Services |
45 |
FPR: Families Served , FPR: Children Served |
| Perpetrators in Abuse/Neglect Investigations |
46 |
Investigations: Perpetrators |
| Children Removed from Home |
47 |
Removals |
| Substitute Care per 1,000 Children in Texas |
47 |
Removals |
| Children in Substitute Care by Placement Type on August 31 by Fiscal Year |
48 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| Where are Children in DFPS Care? |
49 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| Demographics of Children in Foster Care on August 31 by Fiscal Year |
50 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| Map - Children in Foster Care by County |
51 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility, in Substitute Care or in Foster Care Placements on August 31 |
52 |
DFPS Legal Responsibility on August 31 , Sub Care on August 31 |
| Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility, in Substitute Care or in Foster Care Placements during Fiscal Year |
52 |
DFPS Legal Responsibility during FY , Sub Care during FY |
| Children in Substitute Care per 1,000 Children in Texas Population by Region on August 31 |
53 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| Legal Status of Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility on August 31 |
53 |
DFPS Legal Responsibility on August 31 |
| Children in Substitute Care Placements by Living Arrangement Categories on August 31 |
54 |
Sub Care on August 31 |
| DFPS Foster and Adoptive Homes |
55 |
Adoption: Foster/Adoptive Homes |
| Outcomes: Family Preservation |
56 |
FPR: Children Completing Services |
| Outcomes: Family Reunification |
56 |
Children Exiting DFPS Legal Custody |
| Outcomes: Adoption Services |
56 |
Children Exiting DFPS Legal Custody |
| Outcomes: Custody to Relatives |
56 |
Children Exiting DFPS Legal Custody |
| Outcomes: Emancipation |
57 |
Children Exiting DFPS Legal Custody |
| Outcomes: Other |
57 |
Children Exiting DFPS Legal Custody |
| Outcomes: Victim Recidivism |
57 |
Investigations: Victim Recidivism |
| Children Placed In Adoptive Homes By Region |
58 |
Adoption Placements |
| Demographics of Children Placed in Adoptive Homes |
58 |
Adoption Placements |
| Children with Disabling Conditions Placed in Adoptive Homes |
59 |
Children with Disabling Conditions Placed in Adoptive Homes |
| Children with a Consummated Adoption by Type of Agency by Fiscal Year |
59 |
Adoptions Consummated |
| Children with a Consummated Adoption by Region |
59 |
Adoptions Consummated |
| Demographics of Children with a Consummated Adoption |
60 |
Adoptions Consummated |
| Race/Ethnicity of Children and Adoptive Parents for Adoptions Consummated by Fiscal Year |
60 |
Adoptions Consummated |
| Average Length of Time in Months for Children Leaving DFPS Responsibility by Type of Exit, Race/Ethnicity |
61 |
Children Exiting DFPS Custody |
| Average Length of Time in Months for Children Who Exited DFPS Custody by Type of Exit and Region |
61 |
Children Exiting DFPS Custody |
| Status of Children Who Exited DFPS Legal Custody |
62 |
Children Exiting DFPS Custody |
| Average Out-of-Home Placements for Children Who Exited DFPS Custody |
62 |
Children Exiting DFPS Custody |
| Average Monthly Children and Young Adults, FTEs in Paid Foster Care by Payment Rate |
63 |
Paid Foster Care Monthly Averages |
| Unduplicated Average Monthly Count of Children and Young Adults in Paid Foster Care |
63 |
Children in Paid Foster Care |
| Average Monthly Children and Young Adults in Paid Foster Care by Payment Source |
63 |
Paid Foster Care Monthly Averages |
| Average Monthly Children and Young Adults in Paid Foster Care by Payment Source and Region |
64 |
Paid Foster Care Monthly Averages |
| Families and Children Receiving Kinship Caregiver Monetary Assistance |
64 |
Kinship Monetary Assistance |
| Children Provided Adoption Subsidy by Payment Source and Fiscal Year |
65 |
Adoption Subsidies |
| Children Provided Adoption Subsidy by Region |
65 |
Adoption Subsidies |
| Children Provided Permanency Care Assistance |
66 |
Permanency Care Assistance |
| Average Monthly Children and Families Receiving Purchased Services |
67 |
Purchased Client Services |
| Average Monthly Children Receiving CPS Purchased Services by Region |
67 |
Purchased Client Services |
| Family Team Meetings |
68 |
Family Team Meetings |
| Family Group Conferences |
68 |
Family Group Conferences |
| Circles of Support Conducted |
69 |
Circles of Support |
| Preparation for Adult Living (PAL) Services Youth Ages 16 through 20 |
69 |
Youth in Sub Care: PAL |
| DFPS Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities |
70 |
Office of Child Safety: Abuse/Neglect Related Child Fatalities |
| DFPS Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities by Region |
70 |
Office of Child Safety: Abuse/Neglect Related Child Fatalities |
| DFPS Non Abuse/Neglect Related Child Fatalities in Confirmed Investigations |
71 |
Office of Child Safety: Non-Abuse/Neglect Related Child Fatalities |
| Texas Child Population (Age 0-17) by Race/Ethnicity |
138 |
Populations at Risk |
| CPS Initial Intakes Alleging Abuse/ Neglect |
144 |
Intakes & Assignment |
| Child Abuse/ Neglect Reports Assigned for Investigation |
144 |
Intakes & Assignment |
| CPS Workers Responsible for Intake or Investigation by Office Location |
144 |
Intake/Investigation Workers |
| CPS Investigation initiation response time in completed investigations |
144 |
Response Time |
| Completed Child Abuse/Neglect Investigations |
150 |
Completed Investigations |
| Case Action for Families in Completed Investigations |
156 |
Case Actions for Families |
| Alleged Victims of Child Abuse/ Neglect |
162 |
Victims |
| Alleged Victims in Unconfirmed Investigations |
162 |
Victims |
| Alleged Victims in Ruled Out Investigations |
162 |
Victims |
| Alleged Victims Provided Services |
162 |
FPR: Children Entering Services |
| Children Removed From Home |
162 |
Removals |
| Texas Child Population (Age 0-17) |
168 |
Populations at Risk |
| Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect |
168 |
Victims |
| Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect per 1,000 Children |
168 |
Victims |
| Completed CPS Investigations |
168 |
Investigations: Activity |
| Confirmed CPS Investigations |
168 |
Investigations: Findings |
| Confirmed Victims of Abuse/Neglect by Race/Ethnicity |
174 |
Victims |
| Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities |
180 |
Office of Child Safety: Child Fatalities |
| Annual Number of Families Receiving Preservation Services |
181 |
FPR: Families Served |
| Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility |
190 |
Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility |
| Children Entering Substitute Care (Total Removals) |
190 |
Removals |
| Children in Substitute Care |
190 |
Children in Substitute Care |
| Children in Foster Care |
190 |
Children in Substitute Care |
| Removals by Race/Ethnicity |
196 |
Removals |
| Children Waiting for Adoption by Race/Ethnicity |
202 |
Children Waiting for Adoption |
| Children Leaving DFPS Responsibility by Exit Type |
208 |
Conservatorship: Exits |
| Average Length of Time in Months for Children Who Exit DFPS Legal Custody by Type of Exit |
214 |
Conservatorship: Exits |
| Legal Statuses Granted for Children in Fiscal Year |
220 |
Legal Statuses Granted , Children Granted Legal Statuses |
| DFPS Foster and Adoptive Homes |
226 |
Adoption: Foster/Adoptive Homes |
| Child Protective Services Definitions |
260 |
Glossary |
| Texas Family Code References |
270 |
Glossary |