Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS)

Table 1
County	Population Ages 18-64	Population Ages 65 plus	Adult Population At-Risk*	Total APS Completed Investigations	Validated APS Investigations	APS Clients Receiving Services
AUSTIN	11,838	3,678	4,997	131	98	163
BRAZORIA	136,916	18,695	50,115	258	154	151
CHAMBERS	13,083	2,355	4,972	55	55	93
COLORADO	9,766	3,749	4,353	66	45	56
FORT BEND	202,069	16,456	70,376	356	227	287
GALVESTON	144,918	24,975	54,714	562	426	414
HARRIS	2,065,406	218,356	735,490	4,939	3,298	3,342
LIBERTY	37,048	7,023	14,193	262	244	331
MATAGORDA	21,998	4,781	8,624	117	87	85
MONTGOMERY	144,799	21,564	53,578	607	406	569
WALKER	36,759	5,020	13,455	133	104	153
WALLER	16,588	2,932	6,286	134	87	192
WHARTON	23,305	5,896	9,404	106	55	63
TOTAL	2,864,493	335,480	1,030,558	7,726	5,286	5,899

* This is estimated aged and disabled population group, which is the population APS serves.

Table 2
County	Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1997	Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1998	Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 1999	Adult Population At-Risk Fiscal Year 2000
AUSTIN	4,950	4,997	5,038	5,078
BRAZORIA	49,176	50,115	51,223	52,218
CHAMBERS	4,918	4,972	5,011	5,051
COLORADO	4,345	4,353	4,377	4,382
FORT BEND	67,132	70,376	73,774	77,316
GALVESTON	54,140	54,714	55,281	55,822
HARRIS	721,990	735,490	749,152	763,406
LIBERTY	14,026	14,193	14,372	14,550
MATAGORDA	8,535	8,624	8,694	8,759
MONTGOMERY	51,872	53,578	55,302	57,075
WALKER	13,396	13,455	13,526	13,683
WALLER	6,185	6,286	6,283	6,510
WHARTON	9,332	9,404	9,469	9,534
TOTAL	1,009,997	1,030,558	1,051,503	1,073,384

Table 3
County	Child Population	Alleged Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect	Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse/Neglect	Confirmed Victims per 1,000 Children	Total CPS Completed Investigations	Confirmed CPS Investigations	Percent Investigations Confirmed
AUSTIN	5,143	120	45	8.7	77	28	36.4%
BRAZORIA	62,670	2,599	523	8.3	1,568	340	21.7%
CHAMBERS	5,364	221	47	8.8	144	37	25.7%
COLORADO	4,683	108	53	11.3	66	32	48.5%
FORT BEND	90,594	1,632	424	4.7	1,075	316	29.4%
GALVESTON	62,032	2,755	759	12.2	1,786	545	30.5%
HARRIS	931,716	22,540	6,064	6.5	14,715	4,207	28.6%
LIBERTY	15,386	788	179	11.6	487	124	25.5%
MATAGORDA	11,541	675	195	16.9	367	122	33.2%
MONTGOMERY	62,923	2,044	458	7.3	1,301	321	24.7%
WALKER	10,210	343	96	9.4	217	52	24.0%
WALLER	6,496	217	81	12.5	143	50	35.0%
WHARTON	11,666	325	113	9.7	198	73	36.9%
TOTAL	1,280,424	34,367	9,037	128	22,144	6,247

Table 4
County	Child Population	Children in PRS Legal Responsibility	Point of Prevalence*	Children in Substitute Care	Children in Foster Care
AUSTIN	5,143	24	4.67	23	20
BRAZORIA	62,670	155	2.47	153	117
CHAMBERS	5,364	28	5.22	28	27
COLORADO	4,683	31	6.62	31	31
FORT BEND	90,594	211	2.33	209	148
GALVESTON	62,032	376	6.06	354	304
HARRIS	931,716	4,645	4.99	4,513	3,349
LIBERTY	15,386	105	6.82	100	81
MATAGORDA	11,541	99	8.58	94	85
MONTGOMERY	62,923	171	2.72	170	131
WALKER	10,210	18	1.76	18	15
WALLER	6,496	41	6.31	41	37
WHARTON	11,666	35	3.00	35	28
TOTAL	1,280,424	5,939	62	5,769	4,373

* Point of Prevalence: Rate of the annual number of children in PRS legal responsibility in Fiscal Year 1998 per 1,000 children in the child population

Table 5
County	Fiscal Year 1998 Unduplicated Paid Foster Care Clients	Fiscal Year 1998 Foster Care Expenditures
AUSTIN	20	$233,629.61
BRAZORIA	119	$1,445,836.04
CHAMBERS	27	$174,398.22
COLORADO	30	$324,103.54
FORT BEND	148	$1,334,372.58
GALVESTON	302	$2,956,462.49
HARRIS	3,274	$33,474,192.50
LIBERTY	78	$957,702.65
MATAGORDA	82	$641,507.75
MONTGOMERY	129	$1,087,947.24
WALKER	15	$187,241.00
WALLER	37	$388,258.87
WHARTON	28	$188,344.60
TOTAL	4,289	$43,393,997.09

Table 6
County	Foster Homes	Foster Home Capacity	Adoptive Homes
AUSTIN	3	11	2
BRAZORIA	32	102	34
CHAMBERS	2	5	2
COLORADO	7	22	0
FORT BEND	78	261	53
GALVESTON	38	131	26
HARRIS	394	1,235	338
LIBERTY	14	56	5
MATAGORDA	21	80	1
MONTGOMERY	31	89	34
WALKER	9	33	9
WALLER	1	6	5
WHARTON	28	87	13
TOTAL	658	2,118	522

Table 7
County	Number of Children Receiving Sub-Care Purchased Services	Total Expenditures for Sub-Care Purchased Services	Children in Substitute Care	Number of Children Receiving In-Home Purchased Services	Total Expenditures for In-Home Purchased Services	Number of Children Receiving In-Home Services
AUSTIN	2	580.00	23	1	65.00	2
BRAZORIA	4	940.00	153	11	3,066.50	84
CHAMBERS	0	0.00	28	0	0.00	0
COLORADO	1	350.00	31	0	0.00	3
FORT BEND	9	2,016.06	209	15	5,765.00	84
GALVESTON	55	23,715.16	354	13	4,042.61	137
HARRIS	632	522,318.36	4,510	237	103,416.50	1,664
LIBERTY	3	980.00	100	4	1,245.00	11
MATAGORDA	8	1,674.50	94	2	475.50	34
MONTGOMERY	4	715.00	170	13	2,990.00	41
WALKER	1	230.00	18	0	0.00	6
WALLER	5	2,089.00	41	0	0.00	5
WHARTON	4	1,024.97	35	1	240.00	19
TOTAL	728	556,633	5,766	297	121,306	2,090

Table 8
County	Child Population Age 0-13	Licensed Day Care Facilities*	Licensed Day Care Capacity	Registered Family Homes	Registered Family Homes Capacity	Licensed 24-Hour Care Facilities**	Licensed 24-Hour Care Capacity
AUSTIN	3,886	10	601	9	54	0	0
BRAZORIA	47,688	121	8,441	90	540	10	277
CHAMBERS	4,001	6	401	6	36	0	0
COLORADO	3,516	14	485	6	36	1	1
FORT BEND	67,734	135	13,914	176	1,056	33	224
GALVESTON	48,610	156	9,545	128	768	13	44
HARRIS	738,545	1,503	133,197	2,222	13,332	764	3,726
LIBERTY	11,516	25	1,167	13	78	2	13
MATAGORDA	8,895	24	1,182	16	96	0	0
MONTGOMERY	47,642	134	11,021	65	390	15	160
WALKER	7,833	29	1,939	9	54	1	176
WALLER	4,920	15	805	11	66	1	3
WHARTON	8,831	13	791	15	90	3	8
TOTAL	1,003,617	2,185	183,489	2,766	16,596	843	4,632

*Does not include 1,163 (statewide) listed homes.
**Does not include 191 (statewide) child placing agencies.

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