Description
This chart counts victims in completed investigations. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. An investigation can only be administratively closed if all allegations have a disposition of administrative closure. A completed investigation can include more than one alleged victim. Completed investigations do not include any Alternative Response stages.
A confirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who is a victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of reason to believe.
An unconfirmed victim on a completed investigation is a child who was an alleged victim on at least one allegation with a disposition of unable to complete, unable to determine or ruled out.
A description of Alternative Response and how it differs from a traditional investigation and the definitions of the different dispositions in a traditional investigation are in the glossary.
Visit dfps.texas.gov for information on CPS Abuse/Neglect Investigations and all DFPS programs.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
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| Comma Separated Values File | CSV | Open resource | |
| JSON File | JSON | Open resource | |
| RDF File | RDF | Open resource | |
| XML File | XML | Open resource |