Child Protective Services Statistical Report
November 2005

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 981 1,042 855 4,822 22%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,624 1,699 1,391 8,010 22%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,007 1,152 789 5,281 46%
  ER Evaluated Outs 617 547 602 2,729 -9%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1,948 1,874 1,949 8,919 -4%
  Sexual Abuse 110 131 133 618 -2%
  Physical Abuse 153 135 163 654 -17%
  Severe Neglect 22 15 10 65 50%
  General Neglect 1,542 1,478 1,345 6,967 10%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 12 16 127 74 -87%
  Exploitation 3 3 8 9 -63%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 48 54 99 276 -45%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 58 42 64 256 -34%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 204 252 213 1,040 18%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 166 202 175 948 15%
  Change of Placement 38 50 38 213 32%
Children released from Jamison 248 238 250 n/a -5%
Average day stay in Jamison 13.1 11.8 12.8 n/a -8%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 95 117 77 499 52%
  6-12 years 53 65 67 318 -3%
  13-18 years 56 69 66 339 5%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 168 169 131 803 29%
Number of families referred for investigation 91 104 84 470 24%
Number of petitions filed 92 83 97 402 -14%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 318 338 166 n/a 104%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 628 654 584 n/a 12%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 370 355 451 n/a -21%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 258 299 133 n/a 125%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2,855 2,805 3,003 n/a -7%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 883 853 981 n/a -13%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1,972 1,952 2,022 n/a -3%
Number of children reunified with parents 51 38 70 n/a -46%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 54 42 38 n/a 11%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 635 629 673 n/a -7%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 27 29 117 n/a -75%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 608 600 556 n/a 8%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 42 47 34 204 38%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 32 33 46 159 25%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 405 400 448 n/a n/a
Number of Foster Care applications pending 49 50 47 n/a n/a