CPS 2.1 Removals - by Region with Child Demographics FY2014-2023

data.texas.gov | Last Updated 12 Feb 2024

A removal occurs when CPS determines that a child cannot safely remain in their own home and that DFPS needs to seek legal custody to ensure child safety. Removals can occur in an investigation, family preservation, family substitute care or family reunification stage. Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.

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This dataset has the following 7 columns:

Column Name	API Column Name	Data Type	Sample Values
Fiscal Year	fiscal_year	text	2019 2017 2018 2016 2020 view top 100
Region	region	text	3-Arlington 7-Austin 6-Houston 8-San Antonio 4-Tyler view top 100
Removal Stage	removal_stage	text	Investigation Family Preservation view top 100
Gender	gender	text	Female Male Unknown view top 100
Race/Ethnicity	race_ethnicity	text	Hispanic Anglo African American Other Asian view top 100
Age	age	text	0 1 2 3 5 view top 100
Removals	removals	number	1 0 2 3 4 view top 100