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APS 3.2 Investigations: Allegation Types by County FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-05T19:09:12.000ZTypes 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.
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CPI 3.10 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Perpetrators by County, Region, Gender, Relation to Victim FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-13T17:37:21.000ZThis chart counts perpetrators 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 cases. A confirmed perpetrator on a completed investigation is an individual who is a confirmed perpetrator on at least one allegation with a disposition of reason to believe. An alleged perpetrator on a completed investigation is an individual where all the allegations on which they were an alleged perpetrator have a disposition of ruled out, unable to complete or unable to determine. 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 1. Each victim may have more than one perpetrator in an investigation. 2. Each perpetrator may have more than one victim. Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - Notices Of Violation (NOV)
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-07-02T15:20:17.000ZApproved regional investigations resulting in a Notice of Violation (NOV) and the details associated with each violation that are documented in the Consolidated Compliance and Enforcement Data System (CCEDS). All NOVs displayed were sent as physical letters to the Regulated Entities' business contacts. An NOV may contain multiple violation citations (Category A, B, and C) due to identified noncompliance with different regulatory requirements. Note other databases are utilized within the agency and may contain information on additional violations.
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OCS 1.2 Non-Abuse/Neglect Related Texas Child Fatality Investigations FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-04-06T22:00:17.000ZThis chart includes child fatality investigations in which the child's death was determined to be caused by a factor other than abuse/neglect. A child may be included in more than one abuse/neglect investigation. NOTE: Includes child fatalities investigated with a non-fatal finding by Child Protective Investigations, Day Care Investigations, Residential Child Care Investigations, Adult Protective Services, and Adult Provider Investigations. Fatality information does not include corrections or updates, if any, that may subsequently be made to DFPS data after fiscal year end. Administrative Closures are counted for CPS only. The Adult Protective Provider Investigations (API) division was tranferred to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) in Fiscal Year 2018. This dashboard addresses the Texas Family Code Section 264.017 (d).
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Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP) – Centers – Site-Level Contact and Program Participation – Program Year 2020-2021
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2023-09-29T19:38:22.000Z<b><a href=https://form.jotform.com/212794867706167 target="_blank">Help us provide the most useful data by completing our ODP User Feedback Survey for Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) Data</a></b><p> <b>About the Dataset</b><br> This dataset contains contact and program participation information for all Texas child and adult care centers approved by the Texas Department of Agriculture to operate as a meal site under the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) during the 2020-2021 program year. CACFP centers include Adult Day Care Centers (ADC), Child Care Centers (CCC), At-Risk Afterschool Centers (At-Risk), Head Start Centers, emergency shelters, and centers providing care for students outside school hours.</b> Sites can participate in one or more CACFP sub-programs. The CACFP program year begins October 1 and ends September 30.<p> In March 2020, USDA began allowing flexibility in nutrition assistance program policy to support continued meal access should the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) impact meal service operation. For more information on the waivers implemented for this purpose, please visit our website at <a href=http://www.SquareMeals.org target="_blank">SquareMeals.org</a>. <p> This dataset only includes information for CACFP centers. <b>For data on Texas Day Care Homes (DCH) participating in CACFP, please refer to the “Child and Adult Care Food Programs (CACFP) – Day Care Homes – Contact and Program Participation” dataset, also on the State of Texas Open Data Portal.</b><p> An overview of <b>all CACFP data available</b> on the Texas Open Data Portal can be found at our <b><a href=https://data.texas.gov/stories/s/iekx-7mdi target="_blank">TDA Data Overview - Child and Adult Care Food Programs</a></b> page.<p> <i>Dataset content and column order have been updated starting with program year 2018-2019 forward. Older program year datasets will retain original content and organization.</i> <p> <b>More information about accessing and working with TDA data on the Texas Open Data Portal</b> can be found on the SquareMeals.org website on the <b><a href=http://squaremeals.org/FandNResources/PublicInformationRequests.aspx target="_blank">TDA Food and Nutrition Open Data</a> </b>page.<p> <b>About Dataset Updates</b><br> TDA aims to post new program year data by December 15 of the active program year. Updates will occur quarterly and end 90 days after the close of the program year. Any data posted during the active update period is subject to change. After 90 days from the close of the program year, the dataset will remain published but will no longer be updated.<p> <b>About the Agency</b><br> The Texas Department of Agriculture administers 12 U.S. Department of Agriculture nutrition programs in Texas including the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and summer meal programs. TDA’s Food and Nutrition division provides technical assistance and training resources to partners operating the programs and oversees the USDA reimbursements they receive to cover part of the cost associated with serving food in their facilities. By working to ensure these partners serve nutritious meals and snacks, the division adheres to its mission — <i>Feeding the Hungry and Promoting Healthy Lifestyles.</i><p> <b>For more information on these programs, please visit our <a href=http://www.SquareMeals.org target="_blank">website</a>.</b>
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APS 2.2 Intakes: Source of Allegations by County FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-05T17:42:50.000ZHuman Resources Code 48.152 requires that APS investigations include an interview with the person age 65 or older or adult with disabilities, if appropriate, and with persons thought to have knowledge of the circumstances. APS interviews all appropriate parties, including reporters, alleged victims, alleged perpetrators, witnesses, medical staff, and others who have knowledge of allegations and alleged victims' situations. DFPS staff must not disclose the reporter’s name to the victim, the victim’s family, or the public. The reporter’s name may be released verbally or in writing to the courts, the district or county attorney, law enforcement agencies, and DFPS staff. APS case-related information is confidential. APS only provides the reporter with pertinent case information necessary to: • confirm whether allegations will be accepted for investigation; • collect evidence and gather relevant information related to allegations and the alleged victim’s overall situation and risk; and • arrange for protective services to reduce risk of harm or alleviate abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation. 1. A report of abuse/neglect/financial exploitation may come from multiple sources making the source total higher than the total number of intakes. 2. Inclusion based on intake closure date.
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CCI 4.2 Completed Abuse/Neglect Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-01-30T20:15:08.000ZABOUT THIS CHART This dashboard contains information about abuse or neglect investigations that were closed by Residential Child Care Investigations staff during the specified timeframe. If at least one allegation in an investigation is validated, the overall disposition for the investigation is validated. To see a count of specific allegations, as opposed to investigations as shown here, see the RCCI Types of Abuse dashboard in this section. 1. Child Care Investigations (CCI), which is a part of CPI and includes Day Care Investigations (DCI) and Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI), conduct investigations of abuse and neglect. After the investigation is complete, the investigation is assigned to Child Care Regulation (CCR) with HHSC, where the investigation is assessed for deficiencies of minimum standards. 2. Exemption requests are submitted to CCR to determine if their operation is subject to regulation. 3. The General Residential Operations (GROs) counts exclude Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs). Though RTCs are a “care type” of GRO, they are counted separately. 4. Agency Homes are excluded from these counts. They were included in some past printed Data Books. 5. This dashboard addresses Texas Family Code Section. 264.017.(c).
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CPI 3.3 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Findings by County and Region FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-01-30T20:33:21.000ZChild Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR). Traditional investigations and Alternative Response 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 the safety. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. Investigations may include more than one alleged victim. All allegations in a completed investigation are given one of the following dispositions: Reason to Believe (RTB) - defined in section 2281.2 of the CPS policy handbook 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 If at least one allegation has an RTB disposition, the investigation is given an overall disposition of RTB. If there are no allegations with an RTB disposition but there is at least one allegation with a disposition of UTD, the investigation is given an overall disposition of UTD. Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPI Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.
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CPI 3.4 Abuse/Neglect Investigations - Case Actions by County and Region FY2014-FY2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-13T17:19:17.000ZChild Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR). Both require CPI to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child and assess the risk of future abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR, however, allows for a more flexible, family engaging approach on lower priority cases involving alleged victims who are age 6 or older. AR differs from traditional investigations in that 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 a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains the 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 Alternative Response cases. A description of Alternative Response 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. The Case Action 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. Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.
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APS 3.3 Investigations: Findings of Abuse by Region with Demographics FY2014-2023
data.texas.gov | Last Updated 2024-02-05T19:35:54.000ZAllegation Disposition (Findings): Valid. Based on the standard of preponderance of the evidence, it is more likely than not that the maltreatment occurred. Invalid. Based on the standard of preponderance of the evidence, it is more likely than not that the maltreatment did not occur. Unable to Determine. A preponderance of the available evidence is insufficient to support a finding of Valid or Invalid. Other. The allegation disposition Other is used when an investigation of the allegation was not completed for some reason, e.g. clients died or cases were misclassified. 1. Family Violence is indicated when a validated investigation has a relative perpetrator, excluding those where financial exploitation is the only confirmed allegation. 2. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2015, services provided during the investigation are documented in the investigation stage and not in a separate service stage. 3. The "Other" Disposition category refers to those investigations that workers could not complete, e.g. clients died or cases were misclassified. 4. The population totals do not match prior DFPS Data Books, printed or online. 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 2020. Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on all DFPS programs.