Child Protective Services Statistical Report
August 2002

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 716 926 925 1,642 -23%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,654 2,210 2,284 3,864 -28%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 2,437 1,653 1,919 4,090 27%
  ER Evaluated Outs 691 557 365 1,248 89%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2,165 2,186 1,796 4,351 21%
  Sexual Abuse 287 184 557 471 -48%
  Physical Abuse 312 367 211 679 48%
  Severe Neglect 85 47 22 132 286%
  General Neglect 1,033 1,426 1,351 2,459 -24%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 326 67 43 393 658%
  Exploitation 13 2 2 15 550%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 109 93 47 202 132%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 239 224 239 463 0%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 208 192 220 400 -5%
  Change of Placement 31 32 36 63 -14%
Children released from Jamison 248 190 203 438 22%
Average day stay in Jamison 12.5 14.2 9.24 27 35%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 86 95 103 181 -17%
  6-12 years 80 70 87 150 -8%
  13-18 years 68 55 49 123 39%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 182 177 155 359 17%
Number of families referred for investigation 91 96 82 187 11%
Number of petitions filed 132 121 124 253 6%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 357 310 350 n/a 2%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 746 736 865 n/a -14%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 531 560 446 n/a 19%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 215 176 419 n/a -49%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2,588 2,592 n/a
  Number of children in Family Reunification 751 697 631 n/a 19%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1,837 1,895 n/a
Number of children reunified with parents 14 19 24 n/a -42%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 56 8 30 n/a 87%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 404 366 n/a n/a
Number of children Free, Not Placed 350 359 n/a n/a
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 54 7 n/a n/a
Number of Finalized Adoptions 26 20 n/a 20
Number of New Adoptive Placements 29 17 n/a 46
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 407 407 394 n/a 3%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 34 36 35 n/a -3%