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CPS 2.5 Legal Statuses Granted with County and Region FY2016- 2025

This chart counts the different legal statuses granted during the fiscal year for children in DFPS custody. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody at some point during the year. Children may be duplicated in the count, if they were in and out of DFPS custody more than once during the fiscal year. A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Child_Protective_Services/Resources/glossary.asp Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on all DFPS programs
CPS 2.5 Legal Statuses Granted by Legal Status, Fiscal Year and Region with Demographics FY2016-2025

This chart counts the different legal statuses granted during the fiscal year for children in DFPS custody. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody at some point during the year. Children may be duplicated in the count, if they were in and out of DFPS custody more than once during the fiscal year. A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Child_Protective_Services/Resources/glossary.asp Go to dfps.texas.gov for information on all DFPS programs.
CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility On August 31 By Region With Demographics  FY2016-2025

Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody on August 31 of the fiscal year. A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Child_Protective_Services/Resources/glossary.asp Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on all DFPS programs
CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility on August 31 by Legal Status and Average Days in Care FY2016-2025

Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody on August 31 of the fiscal year. A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Child_Protective_Services/Resources/glossary.asp Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on Children In Legal Responsibility and all DFPS programs.
CPS 2.3 Children In DFPS Legal Responsibility During the Fiscal Year by County and Region with Demographics FY2016-2025

Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody at some point during the year. Children may be duplicated in the count, if they were in and out of DFPS custody more than once during the fiscal year. See CPS Glossary for legal status definitions. More information at www.dfps.texas.gov
CPS 2.2 Children in DFPS Conservatorship Solely to Obtain Mental Health Services FY2016-2025

If a child is suffering from a severe emotional disturbance and voluntarily relinquishing custody of the child for the sole purpose of obtaining mental health services is warranted, the Department of Family and Protective Services may be appointed managing conservator or joint managing conservator. In this case, the parent will voluntarily relinquish custody of the child to the state. This provision was added to the Texas Family Code in Fiscal Year 2014. More information at www.dfps.texas.gov
CPS 2.10 Outcomes of Exits from DFPS Custody - 6 Months, 1 and 5 Years FY2016-2025

Tracks six month, one year, and five year outcomes for children who returned home from DFPS custody exiting CPS Conservatorship and subsequently alleged as a victim in an investigation within the noted time period. Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. The six month period is calculated by following those children who exited DFPS Legal Responsibility within the first six months of the fiscal year (FY) and counting forward six months to see if the same child is a designated victim in an abuse/neglect child protective investigation. For the one year outcome, those children who exited DFPS Legal Responsibility in the prior FY are tracked for one year and reported in the next fiscal year. The outcomes reported in FY 2018 had a beginning cohort from FY 2017. The five year outcomes starts with the FY five years prior and follows each child for five years to track outcomes. FY 2018 would have a beginning cohort of those children who exited DFPS Legal Responsibility in FY 2013. This does not track recidivism, which is defined by CPS as subsequent reason to believe finding in a new investigation or subsequent open case to FBSS or removal within a given timeframe. This dashboard addresses the Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516 (a)(9)(A), (B), (C) and (a)(10). More information at www.dfps.texas.gov
CPS 1.9 Outcomes of Children Completing Family Preservation Services FY2016-2025

This tracks six month, one year, and five year outcomes for children who were provided family preservation services and subsequently alleged as a victim in an investigation within the noted time period. The date of service is determined by the close of the CPS Family Preservation stage. The six month period is calculated by following those children who were served within the first six months of the fiscal year (FY) to see if the same child is an alleged victim in an abuse/neglect child protective investigation within six months of the family preservation stage closure. For the one year outcome, those children who were served in the prior FY are tracked for one year and reported in the next fiscal year. The outcomes reported in FY 2018 had a beginning cohort from FY 2017. The five year outcomes start with the FY five years prior and follows each child for five years to track the outcomes. FY 2018 would have a beginning cohort of those children who were participated in family preservation services in FY 2013. This does not track recidivism, which is defined by CPS as subsequent reason to believe finding in a new investigation or subsequent open case to FBSS or removal within a given timeframe. This dashboard addresses the Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516 (a)(9)(A), (B), (C) and (a)(10).
CPS 1.8 FBSS - Families Receiving Family Preservation Services on August 31 FY2016-2025

Family Preservation Services are services provided to the child and the family where the caregiver retains legal custody. This provides a snapshot of how many families were open to services on the final day of the fiscal year. If a family had two family preservation stages open on August 31, they are counted twice. NOTE: Family Preservation Services is under the umbrella of Family Based Safety Services (FBSS).
CPS 1.7 FBSS- Children Receiving Family Preservation Services on 31 August FY2016-2025

Family Preservation Services (FPR) are services provided to the child and the family where the caregiver retains legal custody. This counts children in Family Based Safety Services Family Preservation Stages on August 31, the final day of the fiscal year. Child count is both unduplicated and duplicated by stage of children in FPR stages during the fiscal year. Some children are in more than one Family Preservation Stage at the same time due to having separate caregivers with open stages or having more than one stage opened at different times within the same fiscal year. NOTE: Family Preservation Services is under the umbrella of Family Based Safety Services (FBSS).
CPS 1.5 FBSS - Children Exiting Family Preservation Services by Race/Ethnicity FY2016-2025

Family Preservation Services (FPR) are services provided to the child and the family where the caregiver retains legal custody. This counts children completing Family Based Safety Services Family Preservation Stages during the fiscal year. Child count is both unduplicated and duplicated by stage of children in FPR stages during the fiscal year. Some children are in more than one Family Preservation Stage at the same time due to having separate caregivers with open stages or having more than one stage opened at different times within the same fiscal year. NOTE: Family Preservation Services is under the umbrella of Family Based Safety Services (FBSS).
CPI 5.3 Alternative Response Stages - Clients Served FY2016-2025

ABOUT THIS CHART Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR) investigation. Traditional investigations and Alternative Response investigations require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR investigations focus on a more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR investigations differs from traditional investigations in that AR investigations are Priority 2 investigations involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety. FOOTNOTES Alternative Response completed full implementation in all Regions in March 2021. The persons in these counts are limited to principals in Alternative Response stages. Clients in stages that were administratively closed or closed to merge were excluded from the counts. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 subsection (b)(3).
CPI 5.2 Alternative Response Stages - Timeliness of Initial Contact FY2016-2025

ABOUT THIS CHART Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR) investigation. Traditional investigations and Alternative Response investigations require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR investigations focus on a more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR investigations differs from traditional investigations in that AR investigations are Priority 2 investigations involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety. An AR investigation is timely if the first face-to-face meeting with the family and children in the household occurs within 120-hours or five days of an AR stage being opened and will involve working with the family to conduct safety and family assessments. AR investigations can remain open for up to 60 days with a one-time 20-day extension, if appropriate. Should CPI staff identify services to improve general family functioning and overall protective actions within the standard AR investigation time frame, the caseworker will provide support in linking the family to existing resources within the community. A description of Alternative Response investigation and how it differs from a traditional investigation and priority response times are in the glossary. FOOTNOTES Alternative Response completed full implementation in all Regions in March 2021. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 subsection (b)(6).
CPI 5.1 Alternative Response Stages FY2016-2025

ABOUT THIS CHART Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR) investigation. Traditional investigations and Alternative Response investigations require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR investigations focus on a more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR investigations differs from traditional investigations in that AR investigations are Priority 2 investigations involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety. FOOTNOTES Alternative Response completed full implementation in all Regions in March 2021. Stages that were administratively closed or closed to merge were excluded from this report. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 subsection (b)(3).
CPI 3.9 Abuse/Neglect Investigations and Alternative Response: Alleged and Confirmed Victim Recidivism FY2016-FY2025

Recidivism is calculated as a percentage of all alleged victims and child principals in alternative response and investigation stages, who did not receive any ongoing services, who had a subsequent confirmed allegation, or case open for ongoing services within 12 months. Numerator: Number of children who have a confirmed allegation in an investigation or an open family preservation or substitute care stage within 12 months of a closed investigation or alternative response stage with no ongoing services. Denominator: Number of alleged and confirmed victims in investigations (excluding admin closures) and alternative response stages closed 12 months prior with no ongoing services. Numerator: Number of children who have a confirmed allegation in an investigation or an open family preservation or substitute care stage within 12 months of a closed investigation or alternative response stage with no ongoing services. Denominator: Number of alleged and confirmed victims in investigations (excluding admin closures) and alternative response stages closed 12 months prior with no ongoing services.
CPI 3.8 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Victims with Demographics by Region FY2016-FY2025

This table addresses Texas Family Code §264.017, Subsection (b) (3). This chart counts victims in completed investigations. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. An investigation can only be administratively closed if all allegations have a disposition of administrative closure. A completed investigation can include more than one alleged victim. Completed investigations do not include any Alternative Response stages. A confirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who is a victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of reason to believe. An unconfirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who was an alleged victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of unable to complete, unable to determine or ruled out. A description of Alternative Response and how it differs from a traditional investigation and the definitions of the different dispositions in a traditional investigation are in the glossary. FOOTNOTES Population Data Source: Population Estimates and Projections Program, Texas State Data Center, Office of the State Demographer and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Current Population Estimates and Projections Data as of December 2025. "Other" includes children not categorized as Hispanic, Anglo, African American, Asian or Native American.
CPI 3.8 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Alleged and Confirmed Victims By County FY2016-FY2025

This table addresses Texas Family Code §264.017, Subsection (b) (3). This chart counts victims in completed investigations. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. An investigation can only be administratively closed if all allegations have a disposition of administrative closure. A completed investigation can include more than one alleged victim. Completed investigations do not include any Alternative Response stages. A confirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who is a victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of reason to believe. An unconfirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who was an alleged victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of unable to complete, unable to determine or ruled out. A description of Alternative Response and how it differs from a traditional investigation and the definitions of the different dispositions in a traditional investigation are in the glossary. FOOTNOTES Population Data Source: Population Estimates and Projections Program, Texas State Data Center, Office of the State Demographer and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio. Current Population Estimates and Projections Data as of December 2025. "Other" includes children not categorized as Hispanic, Anglo, African American, Asian or Native American.
CPI 3.7 Adults and Children in Abuse/Neglect Investigations FY2016-2025

ABOUT THIS CHART This dashboard displays the number of clients, both adult and child, involved in a completed CPI investigation during a given fiscal year. It does not include those involved in Alternative Response or those involved in an administratively closed investigation. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 subsection (c). This dashboard addressed Texas Family Code Section 264.017.(b)(3). More information at www.dfps.texas.gov
CPI 3.6 Abuse/Neglect Investigations Types of Abuse - Confirmed Allegations by County and Region FY2016-FY2025

Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts a traditional investigation that requires caseworkers investigate allegations of abuse or neglect. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. All allegations in a completed investigation are given one of the following dispositions: Confirmed: Reason to Believe (RTB) - defined in section 2281.2 of the CPS policy handbook Unconfirmed: Ruled Out (RO) - defined in section 2281.3 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Complete (UTC) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Determine (UTD) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook FOOTNOTES 1. Victims have been unduplicated by investigation stage. 2. Abuse/neglect investigations can contain multiple allegations, each with their own disposition. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.001, 264.0147(b)(1) and Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516(a)(1)(B).
CPI 3.6 Abuse/Neglect Investigations Types of Abuse - Allegations by County and Region FY2016-FY2025

Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts a traditional investigation that requires caseworkers investigate allegations of abuse or neglect. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. All allegations in a completed investigation are given one of the following dispositions: Confirmed: Reason to Believe (RTB) - defined in section 2281.2 of the CPS policy handbook Unconfirmed: Ruled Out (RO) - defined in section 2281.3 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Complete (UTC) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Determine (UTD) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook FOOTNOTES 1. Victims have been unduplicated by investigation stage. 2. Abuse/neglect investigations can contain multiple allegations, each with their own disposition. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.001, 264.0147(b)(1) and Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516(a)(1)(B).
CPI 3.5 Workers Responsible For Intake Or Investigation By Office Location County FY2016-FY2025

This chart includes statewide intake staff, investigation staff, Alternative Response staff with caseworker job classifications along with SWI Screeners and CPI Special Investigators. SWI Intake Specialists are located in Austin (Travis County), El Paso and Texarkana (Bowie County). This dashboard addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017(b)(8). Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.
CPI 3.4 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Case Actions by County and Region FY2016-FY2025

Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR) investigation. Both investigations require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR cases present a less adversarial more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR differs from traditional investigations in that AR cases are Priority 2 cases involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. An investigation can only be administratively closed if all allegations have a disposition of administrative closure. A completed investigation can include more than one alleged victim. Completed investigations do not include any AR cases. A description of AR and how it differs from a traditional investigation is in the CPS glossary. At the end of a completed investigation, CPI assesses child safety, the risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future, the ability of the family to reduce the risk without CPI intervention, the ability of CPI to provide needed services and other circumstances in the case to decide whether to provide ongoing services. FOOTNOTES The Case Action Family Substitute Care includes investigations that resulted in at least one child (not necessarily all children in the home) being removed. Does not equal number of children removed. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Sec. 264.0147(b)(3) and Texas Human Resources Code Sec. 40.0516(a)(2)(3).