CPI 3.6 Abuse/Neglect Investigations Types Of Abuse - Allegations By County And Region FY2016-FY2025

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).
Organization: City of Austin
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Last updated: 2026-02-10
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