Child Protective Services Statistical Report
February 2005

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 928 913 931 18,780 0%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,582 1,538 1,748 31,832 -9%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,023 1,026 1,304 21,392 -22%
  ER Evaluated Outs 559 512 444 9,184 26%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1,611 1,537 1,846 37,720 -13%
  Sexual Abuse 135 108 123 2,818 10%
  Physical Abuse 132 135 154 3,756 -14%
  Severe Neglect 2 9 4 190 -50%
  General Neglect 1,228 1,120 1,429 27,487 -14%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 22 33 34 489 -35%
  Exploitation 0 2 0 17 100%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 47 45 37 1,090 27%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 45 85 65 1,156 -31%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 201 236 212 4,198 -5%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 167 205 180 3,526 -7%
  Change of Placement 34 31 32 672 6%
Children released from Jamison 220 205 199 n/a 11%
Average day stay in Jamison 13.2 12.6 15 n/a -12%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 66 98 90 1,701 -27%
  6-12 years 67 71 62 1,198 8%
  13-18 years 68 65 57 1,252 19%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 143 194 154 2,902 -7%
Number of families referred for investigation 77 106 86 1,835 -10%
Number of petitions filed 77 100 111 1,902 -31%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 182 182 248 n/a -27%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 661 646 621 n/a 6%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 480 464 509 n/a -6%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 181 182 112 n/a 62%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2,971 2,977 3,165 n/a -6%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 917 907 1,077 n/a -15%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 2,054 2,070 2,088 n/a -2%
Number of children reunified with parents 30 44 24 n/a 25%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 24 35 37 n/a -35%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 613 622 622 n/a -1%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 90 93 97 n/a -7%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 523 529 525 n/a 0%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 34 31 40 451 -100%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 25 32 30 320 -100%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 430 432 380 n/a n/a
Number of Foster Care applications pending 38 38 39 n/a n/a