Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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child protective services agency government organization state agency

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is a state agency responsible for investigating abuse and neglect and providing protective and support services for children, vulnerable adults, and families in Texas.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Texas Child Protective Services	1
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	child protective services agency ⓘ government organization ⓘ state agency ⓘ
abbreviation	DFPS NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesLaw	Texas Family Code NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Human Resources Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
employs	caseworkers ⓘ investigators ⓘ social workers ⓘ
governs	Adult Protective Services division NERFINISHED ⓘ Child Care Investigations division NERFINISHED ⓘ Child Protective Services division NERFINISHED ⓘ Prevention and Early Intervention division NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.dfps.texas.gov ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Austin, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Texas ⓘ surface form: State of Texas
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
mission	to protect children, older adults, and people with disabilities from abuse, neglect, and exploitation ⓘ
operatesIn	Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversightOf	foster care providers in Texas ⓘ licensed child care providers in Texas ⓘ
parentAgency	Texas Health and Human Services Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Texas Health and Human Services system NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesService	adoption services coordination ⓘ adult protective investigations ⓘ community-based prevention programs ⓘ family-based safety services ⓘ foster care placement management ⓘ investigation of abuse reports ⓘ investigation of neglect reports ⓘ
responsibleFor	adoption case management ⓘ adult protective services ⓘ child protective services ⓘ foster care case management ⓘ investigating abuse of vulnerable adults ⓘ investigating child abuse ⓘ investigating child neglect ⓘ investigating neglect of vulnerable adults ⓘ licensing child care operations ⓘ prevention and early intervention services ⓘ providing family support services ⓘ providing protective services for children ⓘ providing protective services for vulnerable adults ⓘ regulating child care facilities ⓘ
sector	public sector ⓘ
subordinateTo	Texas Health and Human Services Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas state agencies → includes → Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ⓘ

Yearning for Zion Ranch → raidedBy → Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ⓘ

this entity surface form: Texas Child Protective Services