CPI 3.6 Abuse/Neglect Investigations Types of Abuse - Allegations by County and Region FY2016-FY2025

About this dataset

Child Protective Investigations (CPI) conducts a traditional investigation that requires caseworkers investigate allegations of abuse or neglect. Completed investigations only include those cases conducted as a traditional investigation that were not administratively closed or merged into another stage. All allegations in a completed investigation are given one of the following dispositions: Confirmed: Reason to Believe (RTB) - defined in section 2281.2 of the CPS policy handbook Unconfirmed: Ruled Out (RO) - defined in section 2281.3 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Complete (UTC) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook Unable to Determine (UTD) - defined in section 2281.4 of CPS policy handbook FOOTNOTES 1. Victims have been unduplicated by investigation stage. 2. Abuse/neglect investigations can contain multiple allegations, each with their own disposition. This chart addresses Texas Family Code Section 264.001, 264.0147(b)(1) and Texas Human Resources Code Section 40.0516(a)(1)(B).