Child Protective Services Statistical Report
October 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1161 1287 1083 4,430 7%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 2279 2370 1963 8,596 16%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1634 1351 1307 6,020 25%
  ER Evaluated Outs 645 1019 656 2,666 -2%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 1997 2545 2226 8,837 -10%
  Sexual Abuse 116 165 142 547 -18%
  Physical Abuse 217 293 227 927 -4%
  Severe Neglect 22 12 5 67 340%
  General Neglect 1313 1741 1539 6,085 -15%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 84 101 91 359 -8%
  Exploitation 1 3 3 12 -67%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 41 31 34 139 21%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 203 199 185 701 10%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 238 213 191 757 25%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 225 194 169 689 33%
  Change of Placement 13 19 22 68 -41%
Children released from Jamison 262 184 186 750 41%
Average day stay in Jamison 10 9.8 10.7 40 -7%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 95 99 80 313 19%
  6-12 years 70 51 52 189 35%
  13-18 years 72 61 59 249 22%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 231 186 166 679 39%
Number of families referred for investigation 124 100 85 388 46%
Number of petitions filed 114 96 89 350 28%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 316 341 363 n/a -13%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 597 593 673 n/a -11%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 429 425 438 n/a -2%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 168 168 235 n/a -29%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2113 2078 2248 n/a -6%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 725 673 804 n/a -10%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1388 1405 1444 n/a -4%
Number of children reunified with parents 45 67 50 n/a -10%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 22 24 34 n/a -35%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 447 487 582 n/a -23%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 39 36 5 n/a 680%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 243 287 577 n/a -58%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 6 21 14 75 -57%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 14 8 31 83 -55%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 280 288 307 n/a -9%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 14 15 17 n/a -18%