2015 Texas Foster Care Statistics
290,471
Reported Allegations of Child Abuse/Neglect
66,721
Confirmed Abuse/Neglect Cases
17,151
Children Removed from their Home
27,895
Total number of Texas Children in CPS Custody (end of FY2015)
Demographics of Children & Youth in Foster Care
0-2
23.5%
3-5
15.8%
6-9
18.7%
10-13
16.3%
14-17
21.7%
18-21
4%
Hispanic
39.2%
Anglo
32.0%
African American
22.4%
Other
5.9%
Asian
0.3%
Native American
0.1%
Permanency Goals for Children in Care
49.2%
Adoption
36.7%
Reunification with Bio Family
10.3%
Relative Care/Kinship
3.7%
Age Out/Emancipation
Average Time in Care by Outcome
Family Reunification
13 Mos.
Relative Adoption
24 Mos.
Non-Relative Adoption
29 Mos.
Age Out/Emancipation
54 Mos.
All numbers sourced from FY 2015 DFPS Data Book
https://www.dfps.state.tx.us/About_DFPS/Annual_Reports_and_Data_Books/