Child Protective Services Statistical Report
December 2006

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 908 974 711 5,721 28%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1,576 1,680 1,148 9,966 37%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1,045 1,254 720 7,709 45%
  ER Evaluated Outs 531 426 428 2,257 24%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1,848 1,650 1,592 9,575 16%
  Sexual Abuse 157 129 83 878 89%
  Physical Abuse 225 229 109 1,264 106%
  Severe Neglect 12 13 6 54 100%
  General Neglect 1,176 1,046 1,296 6,038 -9%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 162 97 6 593 2600%
  Exploitation 0 0 4 4 -100%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 40 28 54 258 -26%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 76 108 34 487 124%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 156 249 211 1,218 -26%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 141 230 170 1,110 -17%
  Change of Placement 15 19 41 108 -63%
Children released from Jamison 209 222 202 n/a 3%
Average day stay in Jamison 13.8 11.6 12.7 n/a 9%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 66 111 76 500 -13%
  6-12 years 44 70 62 342 -29%
  13-18 years 45 66 70 362 -36%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 116 185 145 953 -20%
Number of families referred for investigation 66 87 83 505 -20%
Number of petitions filed 68 122 67 528 1%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 285 281 307 n/a -7%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 555 596 611 n/a -9%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 335 360 354 n/a -5%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 220 236 257 n/a -14%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2,591 2,598 2,776 n/a -7%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 827 805 861 n/a -4%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1,764 1,793 1,915 n/a -8%
Number of children reunified with parents 19 24 19 n/a 0%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 16 29 37 n/a -100%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 504 518 637 n/a -21%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 153 154 21 n/a 629%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 351 364 616 n/a -43%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 18 28 21 143 -14%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 29 40 26 193 12%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 405 401 419 n/a -3%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 20 33 38 n/a -47%