Child Protective Services
April 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1264 1342 1051 10,496 20%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 2342 2359 1977 18,910 18%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1603 1605 1574 13,077 2%
  ER Evaluated Outs 739 754 403 5,833 83%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2807 3597 1728 21,806 62%
  Sexual Abuse 158 200 108 1,279 46%
  Physical Abuse 306 387 210 2,358 46%
  Severe Neglect 10 21 13 112 -23%
  General Neglect 1898 2485 1092 14,779 74%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 134 127 80 928 68%
  Exploitation 1 0 0 10 100%
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 28 48 37 341 -24%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 272 329 188 1,999 45%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 157 259 238 1,898 -34%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 136 236 221 1,718 -38%
  Change of Placement 21 23 17 180 24%
Children released from Jamison 184 247 215 1,900 -14%
Average day stay in Jamison 11.5 10.6 11.6   -1%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 61 116 113 816 -46%
  6-12 years 32 59 56 470 -43%
  13-18 years 63 84 69 611 -9%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 125 230 180 1,658 -31%
Number of families referred for investigation 80 125 100 910 -20%
Number of petitions filed 62 114 107 879 -42%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 345 342 373 n/a -8%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 606 624 718 n/a -16%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 394 382 439 n/a -10%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 212 242 279 n/a -24%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2275 2307 2277 n/a 0%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 833 872 749 n/a 11%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1442 1435 1528 n/a -6%
Number of children reunified with parents 69 51 83 n/a -17%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 5 0 23 n/a -78%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 538 540 621 n/a -13%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 89 98 39 n/a 128%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 249 433 582 n/a -57%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 27 20 17 231 59%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 22 24 26 237 -15%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 305 310 339 n/a -10%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 27 24 28 n/a -4%