摘要：Family Preservation, also known as In-Home Safety Service Programs, uphold the
ideal that a family setting is best for children by helping to prevent foster care
placement and ultimately saving the state unnecessary budget expenditures for
foster care. In-Home Safety Services need to play a more balanced role in the child
welfare system in Texas. The data collected allow for a descriptive profile of InHome Safety Services (IHSS). Trends over approximately a five-year period are
examined in regards to child population, alleged reports of child abuse/neglect,
substantiated cases of child abuse/neglect, children in foster care/substitute care,
number of children receiving In-Home Safety Services as well data on staffing
levels, caseload per worker, and funding.
