CPS 2.4 Children In Legal Responsibility On August 31 By Region With Demographics FY2014-2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 12 Feb 2024Children 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
This dataset has the following 9 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Year | fiscal_year | text | 2020 2019 2021 2018 2014 view top 100 |
| Region Code | region_code | text | 003 006 007 008 004 view top 100 |
| Region | region | text | All Regions 3-Arlington 6-Houston 7-Austin 8-San Antonio view top 100 |
| Legal Status | legal_status | text | Temporary Managing Conservatorship (TMC) PMC - Both Parents' Rights Terminated Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC) PMC - One Parent's Rights Terminated All Legal Statuses view top 100 |
| Gender | gender | text | Male Female Unknown view top 100 |
| Race/Ethinicity | race_ethinicity | text | Hispanic Anglo African American Other Asian view top 100 |
| Age | age | text | 16 2 15 17 3 view top 100 |
| Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility | children_in_dfps_legal_responsibility | number | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |
| Average Number of Days in Care | average_number_of_days_in_care | number | 0 3 7 28 141 view top 100 |