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Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities Fiscal Year 2012

County Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities
Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities in
Foster Care at Time*
Anderson 1 1
Bastrop 1 0
Bell 5 1
Bexar 19 1
Bowie 1 0
Brazoria 2 0
Brazos 1 0
Cameron 3 0
Cass 1 0
Cherokee 2 0
Collin 4 0
Comal 2 1
Cooke 1 0
Dallam 1 0
Dallas 11 1
Denton 2 0
Ector 4 0
El Paso 4 1
Erath 1 0
Fort Bend 3 0
Frio 1 0
Galveston 3 0
Gregg 3 0
Hamilton 1 0
Harris 45 5
Harrison 3 0
Henderson 1 0
Hidalgo 1 0
Hill 1 0
Howard 1 0
Jasper 1 0
Jefferson 5 0
Kaufman 1 0
Kerr 2 0
Kleberg 2 0
Liberty 3 0
Lubbock 1 0
Madison 1 0
Matagorda 4 2
Mclennan 1 0
Midland 2 0
Montague 1 0
Montgomery 4 0
Newton 1 0
Nueces 5 0
Orange 1 0
Potter 2 0
San Patricio 2 0
Smith 3 0
Tarrant 19 0
Taylor 1 0
Tom Green 4 0
Travis 2 0
Uvalde 1 0
Victoria 1 0
Waller 1 0
Webb 4 1
Wharton 2 0
Wichita 2 0
Wise 3 0
Wood 1 0
            Total 212 14

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, Subsection (b) (6) and (7).

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