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Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities Fiscal Year 2010

County Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities
Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities in
Foster Care at Time*
Anderson 2 0
Angelina 1 0
Aransas 1 0
Atascosa 2 0
Bee 1 0
Bell 5 0
Bexar 17 1
Blanco 1 0
Bosque 1 0
Bowie 1 0
Brazoria 2 0
Brazos 1 0
Cameron 4 0
Chambers 1 0
Cherokee 1 0
Collin 3 0
Cooke 1 0
Dallas 17 1
Denton 2 0
Duval 1 0
Ector 6 1
Ellis 2 1
El Paso 3 0
Fort Bend 3 0
Galveston 2 1
Gregg 2 0
Guadalupe 4 1
Harris 44 8
Henderson 1 0
Hidalgo 6 0
Howard 1 0
Hunt 1 0
Jackson 1 0
Jefferson 3 0
Johnson 2 0
Kerr 1 0
Kleberg 2 0
Lamar 2 0
Lamb 1 0
Lubbock 1 0
Matagorda 1 0
Mclennan 3 0
Medina 1 1
Midland 1 0
Montague 1 0
Montgomery 4 0
Moore 1 0
Morris 1 0
Nueces 4 0
Orange 2 0
Polk 4 0
Potter 4 0
Rusk 1 0
San Patricio 1 0
Scurry 1 0
Shelby 1 0
Smith 1 0
Swisher 1 0
Tarrant 18 0
Travis 3 0
Trinity 1 0
Tyler 1 0
Val Verde 1 0
Van Zandt 2 0
Victoria 3 0
Waller 1 0
Webb 4 0
Wichita 1 0
Willacy 1 0
Williamson 3 0
Wood 1 0
Zapata 1 0
Total 227 15

Note: Child fatalities in foster care may be the result of injuries inflicted prior to the child’s entry into foster care and are not necessarily a reflection on the current caretaker.
* This is a subset of Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities
This table addresses Texas Family Code §261.004, Subsections (b) (6) and (7).

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