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Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities
Fiscal Year 2014

County Region Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities Child Abuse/Neglect Related Fatalities in Foster Care at Time*
Angelina
005
1
0
Aransas
011
1
0
Atascosa
008
1
0
Bastrop
007
1
0
Bell
007
1
0
Bexar
008
12
1
Bowie
004
1
0
Brazoria
006
1
0
Callahan
002
1
0
Camp
004
1
0
Chambers
006
1
0
Cherokee
004
1
0
Collin
003
4
1
Dallas
003
14
1
Denton
003
3
0
Dimmit
008
1
0
Ector
009
2
0
Ellis
003
1
1
El Paso
010
4
0
Galveston
006
3
0
Garza
001
1
0
Grayson
003
1
0
Hamilton
007
1
0
Hardin
005
1
0
Harris
006
21
0
Harrison
004
1
0
Hays
007
1
0
Henderson
004
2
0
Jasper
005
1
0
Jefferson
005
4
0
Johnson
003
1
0
Kendall
008
1
0
Lamar
004
1
0
Lampasas
007
1
0
Limestone
007
1
0
Mclennan
007
3
0
Montgomery
006
1
0
Nacogdoches
005
2
0
Navarro
003
1
0
Nolan
002
1
0
Nueces
011
2
0
Orange
005
2
0
Panola
004
1
0
Parker
003
1
0
Shelby
005
1
0
Smith
004
3
0
Tarrant
003
11
0
Taylor
002
1
0
Terry
001
1
0
Tom Green
009
1
0
Travis
007
9
0
Victoria
008
2
0
Webb
011
2
0
Wichita
002
2
0
Wilbarger
002
2
0
Williamson
007
4
3
Wood
004
2
0
Yoakum
001
1
0
Young
002
1
0
State Total
151
7

Fatality Counts were frozen on 01/21/15. Does not include corrections or updates, if any, that may subsequently be made to DFPS data.

"Includes child fatalities investigated and confirmed by Child Protective Services (143), Adult Protective Services (0), Child Day Care Licensing (4), and Residential Child Care Licensing (4). "

*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. Subsections (b) (6) and (7).

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