Table 12. Safety: Galveston County Children's Protective Services (CPS) cases, 1998-2003
						1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Galveston County
	Alleged victims of child abuse/neglect					2,755	2,565	3,026	2,582	2,571	2,839
	Confirmed victims of child abuse/neglect					759	596	643	523	647	615
	Total CPS completed investigations					1,786	1,651	1,935	1,727	1,864	1,864
	CPS investigations with confirmed abuse/neglect					545	428	474	386	481	455
	Children in CPS legal responsibility					376	383	350	403	491	506
	Children in substitute care					354	370	352	379	475	477
	Children in foster care					304	285	283	294	317	346
	Confirmed abuse/neglect victims per 1,000 children					12.2	9.7	10.4	7.8	9.7	9.2
	Investigations with confirmed abuse/neglect (%)					30.5	25.9	24.5	22.4	25.8	24.4
	CPS legal responsibility cases per 1,000 children					6.1	6.2	5.7	6.0	7.4	7.6
Texas
	Confirmed abuse/neglect victims per 1,000 children					8.0	7.0	8.3	7.2	7.9	8.3
	Investigations with confirmed abuse/neglect (%)					26.8	26.3	25.2	25.2	24.7	25.0
	CPS legal responsibility cases per 1,000 children					4.0	4.1	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.5
NOTE: Substitute are and foster care include children ages 0 to 20. Children age out of DFPS
legal responsibility at age 18 but may remain in foster care. Youth ages over 18 who are in
foster care are counted in substitute care.
Source: Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Data Books
-http://www.tdprs.state.tx.us/About/Data_Books_and_Annual_Reports/default.asp
(Accessed 7/13/2004)