Child Protective Services Statistical Report
September 2003

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 968 824 716 2,804 35%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,788 1,520 1,654 6,328 8%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,495 1,196 2,437 3,368 -39%
  ER Evaluated Outs 293 324 691 1,704 -58%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1,885 2,190 2,165 7,016 -13%
  Sexual Abuse 97 140 287 526 -66%
  Physical Abuse 213 191 312 745 -32%
  Severe Neglect 13 15 85 37 -85%
  General Neglect 1,333 1,579 1,033 4,919 29%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 33 46 326 128 -90%
  Exploitation 1 0 13 4 -92%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 97 78 109 222 -11%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 98 151      
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 246 233 239 725 3%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 215 198 208 618 3%
  Change of Placement 31 35 31 107 0%
Children released from Jamison 263 203 248 n/a  
Average day stay in Jamison 14.6 12.4 12.5 n/a  
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 70 96 86 284 -19%
  6-12 years 94 70 80 206 18%
  13-18 years 75 58 68 204 10%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 175 175 182 531 -4%
Number of families referred for investigation 94 94 91 288 3%
Number of petitions filed 126 126 132 294 -5%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 476 301 357 n/a 33%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 646 700 746 n/a -13%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 427 420 531 n/a -20%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 219 280 215 n/a 2%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 3,125 3,180 2,588 n/a 21%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 1,107 1,178 751 n/a 47%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 2,018 2,002 1,837 n/a 10%
Number of children reunified with parents 25 24 14 n/a 79%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 38 28 56 n/a -32%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 654 633 404 n/a 62%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 432 419 350 n/a 23%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 222 214 54 n/a 311%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 25 26 26 62 -4%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 29 16 29 56 0%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 383 390 407 n/a -6%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 33 37 34 n/a -3%