Child Protective Services
February 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1068 1091 1012 7,890 6%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 1955 1531 1903 14,209 3%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1390 1004 1385 9,869 0%
  ER Evaluated Outs 565 527 518 4,340 9%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2033 1662 1668 15,402 22%
  Sexual Abuse 114 81 127 921 -10%
  Physical Abuse 253 177 192 1,665 32%
  Severe Neglect 13 7 11 81 18%
  General Neglect 1357 1139 1128 10,396 20%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 77 72 78 667 -1%
  Exploitation 2 2 2 9 0%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 21 30 22 265 -5%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 196 154 108 1,398 81%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 200 178 182 1,482 10%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 181 163 167 1,346 8%
  Change of Placement 19 15 15 136 27%
Children released from Jamison 189 158 179 1,469 6%
Average day stay in Jamison 12.1 9.6 10.9   11%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 83 65 91 639 -9%
  6-12 years 58 58 43 379 35%
  13-18 years 59 55 48 464 23%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 150 168 153 1,303 -2%
Number of families referred for investigation 94 88 87 705 8%
Number of petitions filed 96 73 87 703 10%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 342 343 367 n/a -7%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 626 641 724 n/a -14%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 384 381 432 n/a -11%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 242 260 292 n/a -17%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2285 2270 2273 n/a 1%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 864 823 735 n/a 18%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1421 1447 1538 n/a -8%
Number of children reunified with parents 29 57 59 n/a -51%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 5 18 23 n/a -78%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 511 582 639 n/a -20%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 73 0 37 n/a 97%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 426 582 602 n/a -29%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 20 27 23 184 -13%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 16 23 16 191 0%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 310 307 345 n/a -10%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 22 21 31 n/a -29%