In 1993, 16-year-old Dawn Perry died of an apparent restraint applied at Behavior Training Research, a facility that voluntarily relinquished its residential license to DFPS in 1998.

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) held its "14th annual Crimes Against the Elderly Conference” in El Paso on June 7, 2023, as part of Elder Abuse Awareness Month.