Child Protective Services Statistical Report
November 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1071 1161 928 5,501 15%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1983 2279 1768 10,579 12%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1302 1634 1286 7,322 1%
  ER Evaluated Outs 681 645 482 3,347 41%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2531 1997 1711 11,368 48%
  Sexual Abuse 159 116 94 706 69%
  Physical Abuse 282 217 186 1,209 52%
  Severe Neglect 20 22 13 87 54%
  General Neglect 1720 1313 1200 7,805 43%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 95 84 48 454 98%
  Exploitation 2 1 0 14 n/a
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 32 41 14 171 129%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 221 203 156 922 42%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 162 238 148 919 9%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 146 225 133 835 10%
  Change of Placement 16 13 15 84 7%
Children released from Jamison 160 262 168 910 -5%
Average day stay in Jamison 4 10 12.6 44 -68%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 73 95 65 386 12%
  6-12 years 41 70 38 230 8%
  13-18 years 48 72 45 297 7%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 133 231 148 812 -10%
Number of families referred for investigation 86 124 73 474 18%
Number of petitions filed 76 114 79 426 -4%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 312 316 334 n/a -7%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 584 597 657 n/a -11%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 439 429 410 n/a 7%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 145 168 247 n/a -41%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2083 2113 2286 n/a -9%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 699 725 824 n/a -15%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1384 1388 1462 n/a -5%
Number of children reunified with parents 60 45 51 n/a 18%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 20 22 37 n/a -46%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 462 447 587 n/a -21%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 44 39 5 n/a 780%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 191 243 582 n/a -67%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 43 6 46 118 -7%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 28 14 27 111 4%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 279 280 305 n/a -9%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 16 14 24 n/a -33%