Child Protective Services
March 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1342 1068 1131 9,232 19%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 2359 1955 2105 16,568 12%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1605 1390 1597 11,474 1%
  ER Evaluated Outs 754 565 508 5,094 48%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 3597 2033 2056 18,999 75%
  Sexual Abuse 200 114 170 1,121 18%
  Physical Abuse 387 253 290 2,052 33%
  Severe Neglect 21 13 15 102 40%
  General Neglect 2485 1357 1264 12,881 97%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 127 77 97 794 31%
  Exploitation 0 2 2 9 -100%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 48 21 37 313 30%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 329 196 181 1,727 82%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 259 200 219 1,741 18%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 236 181 200 1,582 18%
  Change of Placement 23 19 19 159 21%
Children released from Jamison 247 189 212 1,716 17%
Average day stay in Jamison 10.6 12.1 9.5   12%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 116 83 96 755 21%
  6-12 years 59 58 55 438 7%
  13-18 years 84 59 68 548 24%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 230 150 163 1,533 41%
Number of families referred for investigation 125 94 87 830 44%
Number of petitions filed 114 96 101 817 13%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 342 342 358 n/a -4%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 624 626 686 n/a -9%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 382 384 406 n/a -6%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 242 242 280 n/a -14%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2307 2285 2273 n/a 1%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 872 864 750 n/a 16%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1435 1421 1523 n/a -6%
Number of children reunified with parents 51 29 48 n/a 6%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 0 5 23 n/a -100%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 540 511 616 n/a -12%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 98 73 30 n/a 227%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 433 426 586 n/a -26%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 20 20 18 204 11%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 24 16 21 215 14%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 310 310 341 n/a -9%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 24 22 33 n/a -27%