Child Protective Services Statistical Report
July 2003

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 990 919 926 990 7%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 2,404 2,286 2,210 2,404 9%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,086 1,588 1,653 1,086 -34%
  ER Evaluated Outs 690 567 557 690 24%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2,413 2,588 2,186 2,413 10%
  Sexual Abuse 193 194 184 193 5%
  Physical Abuse 277 468 367 277 -25%
  Severe Neglect 11 15 47 11 -77%
  General Neglect 1,670 1,724 1,426 1,670 17%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 41 89 67 41 -39%
  Exploitation 2 0 2 2 0%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 72 98 93 72 -23%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 147        
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 246 224 224 246 10%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 210 199 192 210 9%
  Change of Placement 36 25 32 36 13%
Children released from Jamison 244 225 190 244 28%
Average day stay in Jamison 13.4 14.4 14.2 13 -6%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 94 93 95 94 -1%
  6-12 years 68 65 70 68 -3%
  13-18 years 73 59 55 73 33%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 178 185 177 178 1%
Number of families referred for investigation 97 106 96 97 1%
Number of petitions filed 84 107 121 84 -31%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 198 264 310 n/a -100%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 604 611 736 n/a -17%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 420 453 560 n/a -100%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 184 158 176 n/a -100%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 3,040 2,679 2,592 n/a 17%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 1,066 793 697 n/a 53%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1,974 1,866 1,895 n/a 4%
Number of children reunified with parents 63 35 19 n/a 232%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 40 11 8 n/a 400%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 604 592 366 n/a 65%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 412 413 359 n/a 15%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 192 179 7 n/a 2643%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 18 27 20 18 -10%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 20 30 17 20 18%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 388 401 407 n/a -100%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 35 23 36 n/a -100%