Statewide Intake (SWI) has the responsibility to assess information received to the definitions of possible abuse, neglect or exploitation for each program served and to prioritize and route the information to the correct destination workload.

SWI is the centralized point of intake for child abuse and neglect, abuse, neglect or exploitation of people age 65 or older or adults with disabilities, clients served by DSHS or DADS employees in State Hospitals or State Supported Living Centers, and children in licensed child-care facilities or treatment centers for the entire State of Texas.

SWI receives intake reports for the following Programs:
Adult Protective Services (APS)
Adult Provider Investigations
Child Protective Investigations (CPI)
Day Care Licensing (DCL)
Residential Child Care Licensing (RCCL)

FOOTNOTES
Not all reports are assigned for investigation.

There can be more than one source per contact. This dashboard counts report contacts determined by the date of contact.

Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on all DFPS programs

This is a ReadMe file that gives information on how to read the DFPS CCL Datasets for Operations / Inspections / Investigations / Assessments / Non-Compliance . It gives the layout of the data and how to link the records in the different datasets

This chart counts the number of children in DFPS custody on August 31 of the fiscal year who meet all of the following criteria:
(1) a court has terminated all parental rights;
(2) the child has a plan of adoption; and
(3) the child is not in an adoptive placement.

The count includes both children who are in an intended to be permanent home and children who are not in an intended to be permanent home. Use the filter to isolate these counts.

Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. An adoptive placement occurs when the child's caseworker, the family's case manager, and the adoptive family sign paperwork officially placing the child in the home for adoption. Before the paperwork can be signed, a child must be free for adoption (meaning a court has terminated parental rights), have a permanency goal of adoption and the family must have been approved for adoption through a licensed child placing agency.

The county and region of the workers are determined by the office to which they are assigned.

Adult Protective Services (APS):
APS Investigations employees protect people age 65 and older and adults with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation by investigating and providing or arranging for services necessary to alleviate or prevent further maltreatment.

Child Protective Investigations (CPI/CCI):
Counts the number of active CPI and CPS staff on the last day of the fiscal year by staff type and demographics.
Child Care Investigations (CCI), which is a part of CPI and include Day Care Investigations (DCI) and Residential Child Care Investigations (RCCI) are only available from 2018 onward. This is due to the split of those job functions from Child Care Licensing, which was a part of DFPS until 2017, when it was transferred to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC).

Statewide Intake (SWI):
Statewide Intake (SWI) serves as the “front door to the front line” for all DFPS programs. As the central point of contact for reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable Texans. SWI staff are available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Prior to FY2018, all SWI staff were located in the Austin area.

Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on all DFPS programs

Statewide Intake (SWI) has the responsibility to assess information received to the definitions of possible abuse, neglect or exploitation for each program served and to prioritize and route the information to the correct destination workload.

SWI is the centralized point of intake for child abuse and neglect, abuse, neglect or exploitation of people age 65 or older or adults with disabilities, clients served by DSHS or DADS employees in State Hospitals or State Supported Living Centers, and children in licensed child-care facilities or treatment centers for the entire State of Texas.

SWI receives intake reports for the following Programs:
Adult Protective Services (APS)
Adult Provider Investigations
Child Protective Investigations (CPI)
Day Care Licensing (DCL)
Residential Child Care Licensing (RCCL)

Not all reports are assigned for investigation.

There can be more than one source per contact. This dashboard counts report contacts determined by the date of contact.

Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on all DFPS programs

Children in DFPS custody are those for whom a court has appointed DFPS legal responsibility through temporary or permanent managing conservatorship or other court ordered legal basis. This chart includes any child in DFPS custody on August 31 of the fiscal year.

A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary: https://www.dfps.texas.gov/About_DFPS/Data_Book/Child_Protective_Services/Resources/glossary.asp

Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on Children In Legal Responsibility and all DFPS programs.

Types of Abuse, Neglect and Financial Exploitation -

A single APS case can have more than one allegation.

Neglect is the failure to provide the protection, food, shelter, or care necessary to avoid emotional harm or physical injury. The alleged perpetrator of the neglect may be the victim or the victim's caregiver. There are three types of neglect allegations: Physical Neglect, Medical Neglect, and Mental Health Neglect.

Other allegation types include: Financial Exploitation, Physical Abuse, Emotional or Verbal Abuse, or Sexual Abuse.

The population totals do not match prior DFPS Data Books, printed or ontline. Past population estimates are adjusted based on the U.S. Census data as it becomes available. This is important to keep the data in line with current best practices, but will cause some past counts, such as Abuse/Neglect Victims per 1,000 Texas Children, to be recalculated.

Population Data Source - Population Estimates and Projections Program, Texas State Data Center, Office of the State Demographer and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Current population estimates and projections for all years from 2014 to 2023 as of December 2023.

Visit dfps.state.tx.us for information on all DFPS programs.

This chart includes statewide intake staff, investigation staff, Alternative Response staff with caseworker job classifications along with CPI Screeners and CPI Special Investigators.

SWI Intake Workers are located in Austin (Travis County), El Paso and Texarkana (Bowie County).

This dashboard addressed a prior reporting requirement from the Texas Family Code.

Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.

This chart counts the number of unique children for whom a court entered a legal status order during the fiscal year. If a court entered multiple different legal statuses for a child during the fiscal year, the child is only counted once.

A description of the different types of legal statuses is in the CPS glossary

Visit dfps.texas.gov for more information

Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention Programs include:

Texas Families: Together and Safe (TFTS) - The TFTS program funds evidence-based, community-based programs designed to alleviate stress and promote parental competencies and behaviors that increase the ability of families to become self-sufficient and successfully nurture their children.

Fatherhood Effects (FE) - FE funds a variety of contracts with community-based organizations to provide child abuse and neglect prevention services. These include the Fatherhood Effects grants as well as various special initiatives and public awareness campaigns.

Community Based Family Services (CBFS) - The CBFS program serves families who were investigated by CPS but whose allegations were low-priority or unsubstantiated, through community and evidence-based services. Services include home visitation, case management, and additional social services to provide a safe and stable home environment.

Helping through Intervention and Prevention (HIP) - The HIP program provides an extensive family assessment, home visiting that includes parent education and basic needs support to targeted families.

Healthy Outcomes through Prevention and Early Support (HOPES) - The HOPES program provides child abuse and neglect prevention services that target families with children between 0-5 years of age. Contracts have been awarded in eight counties. Each HOPES contract also has a focus on community collaboration that focus on early childhood and the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

Family Strengthening (FSP) and Tertiary Child Abuse Prevention Programs (TPP) - Served families through 2011.

Texas Service Members, Veterans and Families (SMVF) - Formerly Preventive Services for Veterans and Military Families.

FOOTNOTES

Families served are counted by primary caregivers' participation in child abuse/neglect prevention programs.

Data as of December 21, 2023.

Please visit dfps.texas.gov to learn more about PEI and all DFPS programs.