APS 3.2 Investigations: Allegation Types by County FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 5 Feb 2024Types of Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation A single APS case can have more than one allegation. Neglect is the failure to provide the protection, food, shelter, or care necessary to avoid emotional harm or physical injury. The alleged perpetrator of the neglect may be the victim or the victim's caregiver. There are three types of neglect allegations: Physical Neglect, Medical Neglect, and Mental Health Neglect. Other allegation types include: Financial Exploitation, Physical Abuse, Emotional or Verbal Abuse, or Sexual Abuse. The population totals do not match prior DFPS Data Books, printed or ontline. Past population estimates are adjusted based on the U.S. Census data as it becomes available. This is important to keep the data in line with current best practices, but will cause some past counts, such as Abuse/Neglect Victims per 1,000 Texas Children, to be recalculated. 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 for all years from 2014 to 2023 as of December 2023. Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on all DFPS programs.
This dataset has the following 5 columns:
Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
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Fiscal Year | fiscal_year | text | 2014 2017 2018 2016 2020 view top 100 |
County | county | text | Harris Tarrant Dallas Lubbock Travis view top 100 |
Region | region | text | 7-Austin 1-Lubbock 8-San Antonio 2-Abilene 3-Arlington view top 100 |
Allegation Type | allegation_type | text | Physical Neglect Medical Neglect Mental Health Neglect Physical Abuse Exploitation view top 100 |
Confirmed Allegations | allegations | number | 1 2 3 4 5 view top 100 |