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Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities
Fiscal Year 2013

County Region Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities		 Child Abuse/Neglect
Related Fatalities in
Foster Care at Time*
Andrews
09
1
0
Atascosa
08
1
0
Bastrop
07
1
0
Bee
11
1
0
Bell
07
1
0
Bexar
08
10
0
Brazoria
06
1
0
Burleson
07
1
0
Burnet
07
2
0
Caldwell
07
1
0
Camp
04
1
0
Cherokee
04
1
0
Clay
02
1
0
Collin
03
2
0
Cooke
03
1
0
Crosby
01
1
0
Dallas
03
17
4
Denton
03
2
0
Eastland
02
1
0
Ector
09
2
0
El Paso
10
4
0
Falls
07
1
0
Fannin
03
1
1
Fort Bend
06
2
2
Galveston
06
1
0
Grayson
03
3
0
Gregg
04
2
0
Hansford
01
1
0
Harris
06
24
3
Hidalgo
11
2
0
Hunt
03
1
0
Jasper
05
1
0
Jefferson
05
4
1
Jim Wells
11
1
0
Johnson
03
3
0
Kaufman
03
1
0
Lamar
04
1
0
Liberty
06
1
0
Llano
07
2
0
Lubbock
01
3
0
McLennan
07
1
0
Medina
08
1
0
Milam
07
2
1
Montgomery
06
1
0
Moore
01
1
0
Navarro
03
1
0
Nueces
11
5
0
Panola
04
1
0
Parker
03
1
0
Randall
01
1
1
Red River
04
1
0
Reeves
09
1
0
Rockwall
03
1
0
Rusk
04
1
0
San Jacinto
05
1
0
Shelby
05
1
0
Tarrant
03
14
0
Taylor
02
2
0
Travis
07
5
1
Uvalde
08
2
0
Van Zandt
04
1
0
Williamson
07
2
0
Young
02
1
0
           
Statewide
156
14

Fatality Counts were frozen on 01/17/14. Does not include corrections or updates, if any, that may subsequently be made to DFPS data.

Includes child fatalities investigated by Child Protective Services (137), Adult Protective Services (0), Child Day Care Licensing (11), and Residential Child Care Licensing (9).

* This is a subset of Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities

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 table addresses Texas Family Code §261.004, Subsection (b) (6) and (7).