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Confirmed Victims of Child Abuse (Rate per 1,000 children ages 0-17) – 2011

Data Provided by: Center for Public Policy Priorities
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Definitions: Number and rate per 1,000 of children ages 0-17 confirmed as victims of child abuse.

Data Source: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Footnotes: Note: When a child is identified as a confirmed victim, it does not mean that the child will receive ongoing services from DFPS. The decision about whether to provide the family ongoing services or to remove the child into DFPS custody is based on an assessment of whether there is an ongoing risk to the child.

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Center for Public Policy Priorities 7020 Easy Wind Dr., Suite 200
Austin, TX 78752

512-320-0222 ext. 106
kidscount@cppp.org
http://www.cppp.org/kidscount

Frances Deviney, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate and Texas KIDS COUNT Director

The Center for Public Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan, nonprofit policy institute committed to improving public policies to better the economic and social conditions of low-and moderate-income Texans. To view the State of Texas Children data book, go to www.stateoftexaschildren.org.