A Family Team Meeting (FTM) is a family-centered rapid response meeting CPI uses to try and prevent a removal by engaging caregivers, parents and extended family and friends to address child safety concerns. An FTM is not limited to an investigation and can occur at any point or stage in which CPI or CPS is involved with a family.

More information at www.dfps.texas.gov

The term "contacts" represents information received by DFPS and then entered into IMPACT system. Information may be received in the form of a telephone call, regular mail, via Internet reporting system or via fax. Contacts may not match number of Abuse/Neglect Intakes in respective program sections.

Note: Update to the code reflects a more accurate count of entries recorded in IMPACT and may not reflect information in past Data Books.

The principal governing legislation for CPI investigations is Chapter 261 of the Texas Family Code (TFC).

1. Victims have been unduplicated by investigation stage.

2. Abuse/neglect investigations can contain multiple allegations, each with their own disposition.

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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.

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ABOUT THIS CHART
This chart includes data on abuse/neglect allegations in a fiscal year by allegation type, disposition, and the type of operation in which the allegation originated.

1. Abuse/neglect investigations can contain multiple allegations, each with their own disposition.

2. Agency Homes are excluded from these counts. They were included in some past printed Data Books.

3. This dashboard addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017.(b)(13) and Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516(1)(B).

This table addresses Texas Human Resource Code Section 40.0516, subsection (a) (1)(F).

After FY21 SWI screeners completed the screening process for RCCI intakes.
Data can now be found under:
SWI 1.5 Residential Child Care Investigation (RCCI) Intakes Screened Out FY2014-2023
https://data.texas.gov/dataset/SWI-1-5-Residential-Child-Care-Investigation-RCCI-/yip4-ziki/about_data

Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR). Traditional investigations and Alternative Response require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR cases present a less adversarial more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR differs from traditional investigations in that AR cases are Priority 2 cases involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety.

Alterative Response has been fully implemented in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6B, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. AR in Region 6A is in the implementation stage. Full state implementation is anticipated in March 2021. Region 6A is Harris County and Region 6B is Region 6 excluding Harris County.

Stages that were administratively closed or closed to merge were excluded from this report.

This dashboard addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 (b) (3).

ABOUT THIS CHART
Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts either a traditional investigation or Alternative Response (AR). Traditional investigations and Alternative Response require caseworkers to assess safety and take needed actions to protect a child while assessing any risk of abuse or neglect in the foreseeable future. AR cases present a less adversarial more collaborative approach to working with families by allowing for family engagement along with other community supports to ensure child safety. AR differs from traditional investigations in that AR cases are Priority 2 cases involving victims who are age 6 or older, there is no substantiation of allegations, no entry of perpetrators into the Central Registry (a repository for reports of child abuse and neglect), and there is a heightened focus on guiding the family to plan for safety in a way that works for them and therefore sustains safety.

Alterative Response has been fully implemented in Regions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6B, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. AR in Region 6A is in the implementation stage. Full state implementation is anticipated in March 2021. Region 6A is Harris County and Region 6B is Region 6 excluding Harris County.

The persons in these counts are limited to principals in Alternative Response stages. Clients in stages that were administratively closed or closed to merge were excluded from the counts.

This dashboard addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.017 (b) (3).

This dashboard displays the number of clients, both adult and child, involved in a completed CPI investigation during a given fiscal year. It does not include those involved in Alternative Response or those involved in an administratively closed investigation.

This dashboard addressed Texas Family Code Section 264.017.(b)(3).

More information at www.dfps.texas.gov

ABOUT THIS CHART
This addresses Texas Human Resources Code Sec. 40.0516 (a) (1) (C) and (D).