Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

Texas Child Population Ages Birth to 13

By Region 1998

Total 4,330,548

Texas Child Population Ages Birth to 13
By County 1998
Total 4,330,548

Child Care Facilities in Texas by Fiscal Year
Year	Day Care Facilities	Residential Facilities	Registered Family Homes	Child Placing Agencies*	Listed Family Homes
1994	8,943	7,089	12,981	174	N/A
1995	9,306	7,360	12,769	176	N/A
1996	9,560	7,614	12,192	194	N/A
1997	9,772	8,182	11,079	196	N/A
1998	9,958	8,683**	10,543	191	1,163
* A subset of Residential Facilities. ** Does not include 191 Child Placing Agencies.

Complaint Investigations in Child Care Facilities Fiscal Year 1998
Facility Type	Total Facilities	All Complaints (Standards Violations and Abuse /Neglect) Investigated	Abuse/Neglect Complaints Investigated	Valid Abuse /Neglect Complaints	Non-valid Abuse /Neglect Complaints
Licensed/Certified Facilities	9,958	9,238	143	35	108
Registered Family Homes	10,543	2,784	109	32	77
Residential Child Care Facilities *	3,280	818	388	79	309
Facility Type Unknown	NA	NA	517	95	422
Listed Family Homes	1,163	26	26	14	12
Totals	24,944	12,866	1,183	255	928
* Includes 191 Child Placing Agencies, but does not includes agency homes verified by Child Placing Agencies.

Child Care Facilities in Texas At End of FY98 by Number, Capacity, and Percent of Change
	August 1997		August 1998		Percent of Change
Type of Facility	Number of Facilities	Capacity	Number of Facilities	Capacity	Number of Facilities	Capacity
Drop in Centers	21	829	18	771	-14.29%	-7.00%
Day Care Centers	7,575	645,219	7,715	667,660	1.85%	3.48%
Kindergartens/Nursery Schools	305	19,776	276	17,641	-9.51%	-10.80%
Schools/Kindergartens and Above	80	6,958	72	6,963	-10.00%	0.07%
Group Day Care Homes	1,791	21,562	1,877	22,807	4.80%	5.77%
Total Licensed/Certified Facilities	9,772	694,344	9,958	715,842	1.90%	3.10%
Registered Family Homes	11,079	66,474	10,543	63,258	-4.84%	-4.84%
Listed Homes	N/A	N/A	1,163	3,489	N/A	N/A
Total Day Care Facilities	20,851	760,818	21,664	782,589	3.90%	2.86%
Residential Licensing (24 Hour Care) Residential Child Care Facilities:
Foster Group Homes	41	466	38	446	-7.32%	-4.29%
Foster Family Homes	73	213	65	216	-10.96%	1.41%
Institutions Providing Basic Care	81	4,883	79	4,874	-2.47%	-0.18%
Institutions Serving Mentally Retarded Children	8	249	8	249	0.00%	0.00%
Emergency Shelters	68	1,552	70	1,623	2.94%	4.57%
Halfway Houses	3	90	4	102	33.33%	13.33%
Residential Treatment Centers	102	4,040	92	4,054	-9.80%	0.35%
Therapeutic Camps	8	454	9	469	12.50%	3.30%
Total Residential Child Care Facilities	384	11,947	365	12,033	-4.95%	0.72%
Child Placing Agencies	196	N/A	191	N/A	-2.55%	N/A
Agency Foster	2,472	10,434	2,489	7,883	0.69%	-24.45%
Agency Foster Group	192	1,803	235	2,185	22.40%	21.19%
Total Agency Homes	2,664	12,237	2,724	10,068	2.25%	-17.72%
Total Residential Facilities, Child Placing Agencies and Agency Homes	3,244	24,184	3,280	22,101	1.11%	-8.61%
CPS Approved Foster Homes*	3,163	10,107	3,348	10,449	5.85%	3.38%
CPS Approved Adoptive Homes*	1,764	N/A	2,232	N/A	26.53%	N/A
Maternity Homes	11	N/A	14	N/A	27.27%	N/A
Child Care Administrators License	1,381	N/A	1,079	N/A	-21.87%	N/A
* CPS staff validate and assures these homes meet standards.

Investigations of Complaints in Licensed or Certified Facilities by Fiscal Year
Year								Investigations
1993								9,273
1994								9,576
1995								9,887
1996								10,986
1997								10,497
1998								12,840

Child-Care Facility Inspections by Fiscal Year
Year								Investigations
1993								37,302
1994								36,652
1995								35,269
1996								36,580
1997								37,353
1998								39,535*
* Includes 1,183 inspections made during abuse/neglect investigations and 11,534 investigations of alleged standards violations.

Day-Care Facilities Licensed	FY95	FY96	FY97	FY98
Facilities Licensed, Regulated, and Certified by Fiscal Year
Lubbock (1)	402	411	411	414
Abilene (2)	310	321	339	339
Arlington (3)	2,302	2,370	2,396	2,385
Tyler (4)	434	457	481	478
Beaumont (5)	277	287	292	299
Houston (6)	2,039	2,085	2,124	2,185
Austin (7)	1,193	1,248	1,278	1,321
San Antonio (8)	905	909	947	955
Midland (9)	281	280	284	293
El Paso (10)	453	476	478	488
Edinburg (11)	710	716	742	801
Total	9,306	9,560	9,772	9,958
Registered Family Homes	FY95	FY96	FY97	FY98
Lubbock (1)	473	441	401	416
Abilene (2)	364	348	315	322
Arlington (3)	3,602	3,466	3,234	3,197
Tyler (4)	292	269	260	272
Beaumont (5)	264	236	194	175
Houston (6)	3,834	3,525	3,000	2,766
Austin (7)	1,351	1,328	1,348	1,292
San Antonio (8)	1,143	1,098	1,010	992
Midland (9)	183	171	160	122
El Paso (10)	171	166	150	133
Edinburg (11)	1,092	1,144	1,007	856
Total	12,769	12,192	11,079	10,543
Residential Licensing (24 Hour Care)	FY95	FY96	FY97	FY98
Lubbock (1)	142	150	154	182
Abilene (2)	75	102	115	130
Arlington (3)	602	680	686	612
Tyler (4)	82	100	106	108
Beaumont (5)	44	52	53	72
Houston (6)	786	871	870	880
Austin (7)	574	630	609	598
San Antonio (8)	323	366	397	417
Midland (9)	56	58	48	51
El Paso (10)	71	82	91	82
Edinburg (11)	102	109	115	148
Total *	2,857	3,200	3,244	3,280**
* Does not include CPS Foster/Adoptive homes approved. ** Does not include 14 maternity homes.

Region	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	Total
Regulation of Day Care Facilities by Region for Fiscal Year 1998
Applications Accepted	128	86	441	112	96	506	284	208	72	97	237	2,267
Provisional Licenses Issued (New Day Care)	66	66	281	85	59	308	223	118	49	74	180	1,509
Request to Register Granted (New Registered Family Home)	110	104	630	54	42	547	343	219	27	17	130	2,223
Adverse Actions-Licenses Denied
Day-Care	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Registered Family Home	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Adverse Actions-Licenses Revoked
Day-Care	1	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	0	2	0	12
Registered Family Home	0	0	3	0	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	12
Total Adverse Actions	2	1	4	0	2	7	3	4	0	2	0	25
Corrective Actions-Evaluation
Day-Care	5	1	16	1	5	19	16	8	6	5	8	90
Registered Family Home	2	2	4	1	0	4	8	0	0	2	2	25
Corrective Actions-Licenses Suspended
Day-Care	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	4
Registered Family Home	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7
Corrective Actions-Probations
Day-Care	1	0	10	1	2	6	5	3	4	2	2	36
Registered Family Home	0	2	1	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	2	15
Corrective Actions-Corrective Denial
Day-Care	3	0	4	0	0	4	0	3	0	2	1	17
Registered Family Home	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
Total Corrective Actions	11	7	41	5	8	38	33	14	10	11	18	196
Complaint Investigations	507	480	3,294	551	402	2,593	1,492	1,320	258	384	741	12,022

Regulation of Residential (24 Hour) Facilities by Region for Fiscal Year 1998
Region	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	Total
Provisional Applications Accepted	1	2	9	5	1	15	13	5	0	2	0	53
Provisional Licenses Issued (New )	4	4	21	5	0	48	25	19	0	3	1	130
Adverse Actions Licenses Denied	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Adverse Actions Licenses Revoked	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Adverse Actions	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Corrective Actions Evaluation	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Corrective Actions Licenses Suspended	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Corrective Actions Probations	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
Corrective Actions Corrective Denial	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Corrective Actions	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Complaint Investigations	50	27	82	10	1	197	252	154	6	6	33	818

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