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CPS Children in Care During Fiscal Year 2014

Children in Substitute Care*** (last 3 column headers on right include the following 3 categories)

  • Relative Care
  • Non-Relative Care
  • Children in Foster Care*
County Region Child
Population		 Children in DFPS Legal Responsibility Point Prevalence** Children Entering Subsitute Care (Total Removals) Children in Substitute Care***: Relative **** Children in Substitute Care***: Non-Relative Children in Foster Care*
Anderson
004
11,594
134
11.6
62
69
59
98
Andrews
009
4,542
32
7.0
3
17
15
19
Angelina
005
23,772
163
6.9
90
106
57
107
Aransas
011
4,520
105
23.2
47
28
78
91
Archer
002
2,117
7
3.3
3
4
2
6
Armstrong
001
375
5
13.3
0
2
0
2
Atascosa
008
13,538
243
17.9
55
151
87
131
Austin
006
7,524
39
5.2
21
24
16
27
Bailey
001
2,383
32
13.4
10
8
18
18
Bandera
008
3,979
66
16.6
21
31
35
54
Bastrop
007
21,379
310
14.5
121
175
109
167
Baylor
002
764
3
3.9
0
0
3
3
Bee
011
6,856
151
22.0
73
72
77
90
Bell
007
98,721
973
9.9
432
529
409
567
Bexar
008
491,136
5,445
11.1
1,887
2,775
2,589
3,426
Blanco
007
2,278
19
8.3
16
15
5
7
Borden
009
117
6
51.3
0
0
5
5
Bosque
007
4,089
50
12.2
24
28
19
32
Bowie
004
21,900
211
9.6
86
103
99
116
Brazoria
006
96,020
256
2.7
89
116
144
190
Brazos
007
47,729
161
3.4
42
71
94
139
Brewster
010
1,947
5
2.6
3
3
3
3
Briscoe
001
333
3
9.0
2
0
3
3
Brooks
011
1,996
26
13.0
5
4
20
22
Brown
002
9,154
124
13.5
51
52
63
90
Burleson
007
4,140
61
14.7
30
36
24
38
Burnet
007
10,299
160
15.5
67
85
68
89
Caldwell
007
10,317
119
11.5
41
82
39
62
Calhoun
008
5,879
51
8.7
33
20
31
35
Callahan
002
3,306
12
3.6
3
4
10
11
Cameron
011
141,748
572
4.0
276
326
245
360
Camp
004
3,404
54
15.9
13
24
30
38
Carson
001
1,509
12
8.0
6
0
8
8
Cass
004
6,993
95
13.6
55
57
37
41
Castro
001
2,502
40
16.0
7
21
14
14
Chambers
006
10,728
58
5.4
20
36
22
34
Cherokee
004
13,753
177
12.9
62
76
92
107
Childress
001
1,524
10
6.6
3
2
9
11
Clay
002
2,362
12
5.1
2
7
4
5
Cochran
001
884
7
7.9
0
1
6
6
Coke
009
630
13
20.6
7
9
2
5
Coleman
002
1,970
21
10.7
1
9
12
16
Collin
003
250,047
504
2.0
227
221
270
327
Collingsworth
001
838
11
13.1
6
6
5
10
Colorado
006
4,972
22
4.4
10
12
10
12
Comal
008
27,772
303
10.9
135
183
112
172
Comanche
002
3,350
19
5.7
3
13
6
12
Concho
009
568
2
3.5
0
0
3
3
Cooke
003
9,873
148
15.0
56
63
77
99
Coryell
007
22,926
175
7.6
78
116
59
102
Cottle
002
341
4
11.7
4
3
1
1
Crane
009
1,293
4
3.1
0
2
2
0
Crockett
009
968
13
13.4
9
5
5
4
Crosby
001
1,772
22
12.4
9
11
11
18
Culberson
010
651
6
9.2
0
6
0
0
Dallam
001
2,138
9
4.2
1
1
7
8
Dallas
003
684,069
4,382
6.4
1,826
2,417
1,907
2,864
Dawson
009
3,405
80
23.5
35
50
30
44
Deaf Smith
001
6,519
55
8.4
21
15
39
47
Delta
004
1,116
21
18.8
18
9
12
15
Denton
003
204,770
625
3.1
263
266
316
413
De Witt
008
4,497
64
14.2
26
33
33
38
Dickens
001
461
12
26.0
6
5
7
7
Dimmit
008
2,903
76
26.2
25
44
36
44
Donley
001
728
12
16.5
3
2
8
8
Duval
011
3,025
27
8.9
11
10
17
25
Eastland
002
4,237
25
5.9
5
13
11
17
Ector
009
42,345
457
10.8
147
208
239
301
Edwards
008
406
10
24.6
1
1
7
8
Ellis
003
46,146
118
2.6
75
55
68
93
El Paso
010
248,080
849
3.4
290
299
523
648
Erath
003
8,966
49
5.5
16
14
34
38
Falls
007
3,876
30
7.7
12
14
16
19
Fannin
003
7,611
39
5.1
20
23
18
31
Fayette
007
5,417
65
12.0
20
44
17
33
Fisher
002
805
7
8.7
0
1
6
1
Floyd
001
1,784
42
23.5
5
10
26
26
Foard
002
247
2
8.1
0
0
2
2
Fort Bend
006
195,786
224
1.1
88
111
109
157
Franklin
004
2,717
29
10.7
15
17
11
19
Freestone
007
4,646
41
8.8
25
22
19
20
Frio
008
4,250
92
21.6
10
43
42
65
Gaines
009
6,804
34
5.0
12
10
23
25
Galveston
006
76,964
358
4.7
147
210
131
196
Garza
001
1,303
30
23.0
5
17
12
15
Gillespie
008
5,226
34
6.5
5
12
21
29
Glasscock
009
304
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Goliad
008
1,583
10
6.3
9
3
7
9
Gonzales
008
5,590
50
8.9
23
22
28
38
Gray
001
5,972
64
10.7
9
18
44
50
Grayson
003
29,638
253
8.5
96
115
138
191
Gregg
004
32,181
338
10.5
112
133
200
239
Grimes
007
6,105
48
7.9
25
21
21
32
Guadalupe
008
39,986
195
4.9
66
120
70
94
Hale
001
10,700
120
11.2
58
44
72
84
Hall
001
805
12
14.9
0
7
2
4
Hamilton
007
1,789
8
4.5
2
5
4
4
Hansford
001
1,702
13
7.6
8
11
2
5
Hardeman
002
1,028
13
12.6
4
9
4
9
Hardin
005
14,554
54
3.7
30
20
33
40
Harris
006
1,201,493
6,424
5.3
1,877
2,868
3,454
4,346
Harrison
004
17,542
144
8.2
66
54
85
107
Hartley
001
1,297
4
3.1
1
0
4
1
Haskell
002
1,205
14
11.6
0
6
8
14
Hays
007
47,624
214
4.5
106
115
99
128
Hemphill
001
1,144
11
9.6
3
4
7
11
Henderson
004
18,376
291
15.8
125
112
175
222
Hidalgo
011
284,166
1,048
3.7
369
393
607
789
Hill
007
8,734
105
12.0
55
65
43
55
Hockley
001
6,387
90
14.1
24
35
49
51
Hood
003
11,219
129
11.5
51
48
79
101
Hopkins
004
9,229
90
9.8
49
45
35
39
Houston
005
4,811
64
13.3
17
27
35
51
Howard
009
8,012
172
21.5
48
100
68
110
Hudspeth
010
953
1
1.0
3
1
0
0
Hunt
003
22,830
263
11.5
142
125
132
190
Hutchinson
001
5,750
55
9.6
31
16
39
44
Irion
009
310
1
3.2
0
0
1
1
Jack
002
1,959
26
13.3
15
18
9
14
Jackson
008
3,562
18
5.1
8
15
3
10
Jasper
005
8,806
48
5.5
19
20
29
39
Jeff Davis
010
367
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Jefferson
005
61,551
383
6.2
181
125
248
325
Jim Hogg
011
1,548
11
7.1
0
8
1
3
Jim Wells
011
12,095
91
7.5
32
50
39
53
Johnson
003
43,533
413
9.5
153
149
251
325
Jones
002
3,758
17
4.5
0
12
5
8
Karnes
008
2,924
56
19.2
16
29
22
30
Kaufman
003
33,128
147
4.4
71
80
66
90
Kendall
008
8,456
39
4.6
17
23
14
27
Kenedy
011
99
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Kent
002
162
4
24.7
0
0
4
4
Kerr
008
10,314
156
15.1
56
76
73
118
Kimble
009
910
23
25.3
4
8
14
21
King
001
57
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Kinney
008
681
5
7.3
0
0
5
3
Kleberg
011
8,565
96
11.2
34
41
51
66
Knox
002
931
9
9.7
3
0
9
9
Lamar
004
12,229
138
11.3
79
75
55
86
Lamb
001
4,020
54
13.4
31
31
23
31
Lampasas
007
4,923
75
15.2
34
45
21
32
La Salle
008
1,562
27
17.3
6
11
16
15
Lavaca
008
4,263
30
7.0
3
11
15
18
Lee
007
4,076
57
14.0
19
42
15
28
Leon
007
3,867
52
13.4
28
23
29
30
Liberty
006
20,300
273
13.4
94
155
114
164
Limestone
007
5,653
50
8.8
26
38
15
29
Lipscomb
001
878
2
2.3
0
1
1
1
Live Oak
011
2,218
58
26.1
38
31
27
33
Llano
007
3,144
61
19.4
29
46
14
29
Loving
009
7
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Lubbock
001
72,975
920
12.6
306
382
526
633
Lynn
001
1,594
15
9.4
7
6
8
7
Madison
007
3,082
23
7.5
7
12
10
11
Marion
004
1,925
22
11.4
9
7
10
11
Martin
009
1,449
1
0.7
0
1
0
0
Mason
009
803
1
1.2
1
1
0
1
Matagorda
006
9,567
56
5.9
20
34
23
43
Maverick
008
18,645
28
1.5
8
10
19
22
McCulloch
009
1,998
23
11.5
2
10
13
14
McLennan
007
61,080
702
11.5
307
401
296
417
McMullen
011
121
4
33.1
4
4
0
1
Medina
008
12,245
197
16.1
68
104
79
105
Menard
009
422
5
11.8
0
2
3
3
Midland
009
39,433
187
4.7
45
80
97
115
Milam
007
6,366
110
17.3
49
71
37
60
Mills
007
1,153
12
10.4
1
7
5
10
Mitchell
002
1,813
6
3.3
0
1
5
5
Montague
002
4,611
64
13.9
18
27
29
41
Montgomery
006
139,135
668
4.8
200
330
315
424
Moore
001
7,286
25
3.4
8
7
17
21
Morris
004
3,038
21
6.9
10
17
4
11
Motley
001
244
2
8.2
0
0
2
1
Nacogdoches
005
17,077
184
10.8
75
64
117
146
Navarro
003
13,432
97
7.2
17
28
66
73
Newton
005
3,067
22
7.2
8
5
14
17
Nolan
002
4,006
46
11.5
9
19
23
31
Nueces
011
88,260
471
5.3
278
210
265
374
Ochiltree
001
3,525
9
2.6
1
3
6
6
Oldham
001
541
1
1.8
0
0
1
1
Orange
005
20,768
225
10.8
110
80
138
175
Palo Pinto
003
7,172
215
30.0
111
90
114
145
Panola
004
5,913
34
5.8
17
18
13
25
Parker
003
32,597
283
8.7
141
157
115
185
Parmer
001
3,335
3
0.9
0
1
2
3
Pecos
009
3,967
27
6.8
10
15
9
15
Polk
005
9,774
128
13.1
58
76
48
78
Potter
001
34,841
435
12.5
153
92
343
368
Presidio
010
2,215
9
4.1
1
3
4
4
Rains
004
2,379
22
9.2
14
9
13
14
Randall
001
32,138
280
8.7
67
101
168
204
Reagan
009
1,004
2
2.0
2
0
2
2
Real
008
595
20
33.6
5
15
5
7
Red River
004
2,700
33
12.2
20
21
10
19
Reeves
009
3,126
17
5.4
7
1
16
17
Refugio
011
1,710
16
9.4
10
8
7
10
Roberts
001
241
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Robertson
007
4,243
27
6.4
6
16
8
18
Rockwall
003
26,244
37
1.4
11
20
16
21
Runnels
002
2,576
37
14.4
14
22
16
23
Rusk
004
12,988
159
12.2
84
100
54
76
Sabine
005
2,022
9
4.5
7
7
1
4
San Augustine
005
1,810
11
6.1
3
4
7
11
San Jacinto
005
6,435
49
7.6
11
22
26
34
San Patricio
011
17,858
165
9.2
81
98
65
114
San Saba
007
1,212
36
29.7
27
25
11
10
Schleicher
009
1,132
13
11.5
1
8
5
10
Scurry
002
4,460
28
6.3
9
11
15
19
Shackelford
002
803
1
1.2
1
1
0
0
Shelby
005
6,856
66
9.6
34
37
29
48
Sherman
001
854
1
1.2
0
0
1
1
Smith
004
56,163
485
8.6
168
232
238
284
Somervell
003
2,203
16
7.3
2
7
9
14
Starr
011
20,650
106
5.1
30
42
66
87
Stephens
002
2,265
21
9.3
3
8
13
16
Sterling
009
277
4
14.4
0
4
0
0
Stonewall
002
320
1
3.1
0
1
0
0
Sutton
009
1,112
5
4.5
0
1
1
1
Swisher
001
2,025
23
11.4
16
16
7
12
Tarrant
003
529,400
2,104
4.0
673
586
1,406
1,661
Taylor
002
33,477
361
10.8
135
140
207
276
Terrell
009
213
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Terry
001
3,378
78
23.1
29
46
23
28
Throckmorton
002
323
0
0.0
0
0
0
0
Titus
004
10,095
47
4.7
16
24
24
29
Tom Green
009
27,232
589
21.6
192
273
307
354
Travis
007
274,241
1,617
5.9
631
838
704
961
Trinity
005
3,000
41
13.7
10
16
17
24
Tyler
005
4,170
30
7.2
14
15
15
22
Upshur
004
9,982
84
8.4
29
45
29
51
Upton
009
963
8
8.3
2
3
5
6
Uvalde
008
7,748
84
10.8
34
36
44
50
Val Verde
008
15,133
54
3.6
17
37
13
27
Van Zandt
004
12,704
191
15.0
83
79
106
128
Victoria
008
23,319
255
10.9
72
112
133
168
Walker
006
11,681
89
7.6
26
41
35
45
Waller
006
11,991
65
5.4
29
35
27
39
Ward
009
2,893
22
7.6
16
8
14
13
Washington
007
7,696
64
8.3
25
33
28
44
Webb
011
92,593
697
7.5
230
214
477
589
Wharton
006
11,154
36
3.2
14
15
21
30
Wheeler
001
1,372
11
8.0
4
4
7
5
Wichita
002
31,177
310
9.9
124
115
192
285
Wilbarger
002
3,466
21
6.1
5
5
17
16
Willacy
011
6,085
83
13.6
35
29
51
55
Williamson
007
137,516
440
3.2
180
202
217
250
Wilson
008
11,834
111
9.4
33
82
25
52
Winkler
009
2,129
8
3.8
3
4
4
8
Wise
003
16,317
154
9.4
56
83
54
76
Wood
004
8,810
164
18.6
73
77
81
108
Yoakum
001
2,597
15
5.8
5
11
5
6
Young
002
4,524
34
7.5
16
24
10
24
Zapata
011
5,076
47
9.3
13
19
29
38
Zavala
008
3,701
47
12.7
14
31
16
21
Unknown
n/a
0
n/a
3
0
0
0
Out of State
n/a
0
n/a
1
0
0
0
State Total
7,266,760
46,823
6.4
17,378
21,994
23,631
31,176

* Children in Foster Care is by living arrangement and will not equal children in paid foster care.
** Point Prevalence: Rate of annual number of children in DFPS legal responsibility in Fiscal Year 2014 per 1,000 children in the child population.
*** Substitute care and foster care include children ages 0 to 20. Children age out of DFPS legal responsibility at age 18 but may remain in foster care. Youth ages 18 and over who are in foster care are counted in subtitute care.

**** Relative Care means any type of relative placement including relatives who have been verified as foster parents and relative caregivers who are not verified foster parents.

Population Data Source: Texas State Data Center, University of Texas (San Antonio) - based on Census 2010 data

The following footnote addresses Texas Family Code §261.004, Subsection (b) (14).

Total Removals includes 16 children removed solely to obtain mental health services for the child.  Counties included are Anderson, Bexar, Brazos, Guadalupe, Harrison, Palo Pinto, San Patricio and Tarrant Counties with one child each and Harris, Hunt, McLennan and Williamson Counties with two children each.

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