Child Protective Services Statistical Report
August 2006

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1,063 868 979 1,931 9%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,836 1,500 1,625 3,336 13%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,543 1,077 947 2,620 63%
  ER Evaluated Outs 293 423 678 716 -57%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1,705 1,567 1,842 3,272 -7%
  Sexual Abuse 123 164 153 287 -20%
  Physical Abuse 190 233 111 423 71%
  Severe Neglect 12 5 7 17 71%
  General Neglect 1,129 977 1,453 2,106 -22%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 103 71 8 174 1188%
  Exploitation 2 0 1 2 100%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 60 44 63 104 -5%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 88 72 46 160 91%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 192 184 279 376 -31%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 172 164 221 336 -22%
  Change of Placement 20 20 58 40 -66%
Children released from Jamison 211 178 263 n/a -20%
Average day stay in Jamison 10.7 11.2 11.9 n/a -10%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 69 77 107 146 -36%
  6-12 years 56 41 83 97 -33%
  13-18 years 64 66 87 130 -26%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 132 140 155 272 -15%
Number of families referred for investigation 77 85 109 162 -29%
Number of petitions filed 72 93 86 165 -16%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 304 287 329 n/a -8%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 599 588 639 n/a -6%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 300 307 376 n/a -20%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 299 281 263 n/a 14%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2,618 2,662 2,821 n/a -7%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 818 839 848 n/a -4%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1,800 1,823 1,973 n/a -9%
Number of children reunified with parents 29 23 26 n/a 12%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 38 23 24 n/a 58%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 663 654 633 n/a 5%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 13 13 38 n/a -66%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 650 641 595 n/a 9%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 23 22 66 45  
Number of New Adoptive Placements 33 40 33 73 0%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 409 413 402 n/a 2%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 35 36 46 n/a -24%