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Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities Fiscal Year 2011

County Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities
Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities in
Foster Care at Time*
Anderson 2 0
Angelina 4 0
Atascosa 1 0
Bell 1 0
Bexar 20 0
Bowie 1 0
Brazoria 1 0
Brazos 2 0
Brown 1 0
Burnet 3 0
Calhoun 1 0
Cameron 6 0
Cherokee 1 0
Collin 2 0
Comal 1 0
Dallas 30 3
Denton 1 0
Donley 1 0
Duval 1 0
Ector 4 0
Ellis 1 0
El Paso 6 0
Erath 1 0
Fort Bend 4 0
Galveston 2 0
Gray 1 0
Grayson 3 0
Gregg 2 0
Guadalupe 2 0
Hardin 1 0
Harris 38 0
Haskell 1 0
Hays 1 0
Hidalgo 8 1
Houston 1 0
Howard 1 1
Hunt 1 0
Hutchinson 2 0
Jefferson 6 0
Jim Wells 1 0
Johnson 2 0
Lee 1 0
Liberty 1 0
Live Oak 1 0
Marion 1 0
Mclennan 4 0
Montgomery 4 0
Nueces 4 0
Orange 1 0
Parker 1 0
Potter 1 0
Refugio 1 0
Rusk 1 0
San Jacinto 2 0
San Patricio 1 0
Smith 6 1
Tarrant 8 1
Taylor 1 0
Travis 13 0
Uvalde 1 0
Victoria 1 1
Webb 2 0
Wichita 2 0
Williamson 1 0
Wood 1 0
Young 2 0
Total 231 8

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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