Child Protective Services
May 2010

  Current
month
Prior
month
Year
ago
Fiscal
YTD
%Change
1 Year
Emergency Response
Emergency Response referrals received-families 1211 1264 1051 11,707 15%
Emergency Response referrals received-children 2159 2342 1977 21,069 9%
  ER Referral children referred for investigation 1391 1603 1574 14,468 -12%
  ER Evaluated Outs 768 739 403 6,601 91%
Breakdown of Dispositions (ER, Phone Room, CIU) 2794 2807 1728 24,600 62%
  Sexual Abuse 165 158 108 1,444 53%
  Physical Abuse 300 306 210 2,658 43%
  Severe Neglect 18 10 13 130 38%
  General Neglect 1920 1898 1092 16,699 76%
  Emotional Abuse (also Dom Viol cases) 107 134 80 1,035 34%
  Exploitation 4 1 0 14  
  Caretaker Absence/Incapacity (also Pos Tox) 37 28 37 378 0%
  At Risk, Substantial Risk, Invalid 243 272 188 2,242 29%
Jamison
Number of children admitted to Jamison 177 157 238 2,075 -26%
  Protective Custody/New Intakes 162 136 221 1,880 -27%
  Change of Placement 15 21 17 195 -12%
Children released from Jamison 184 184 215 2,084 -14%
Average day stay in Jamison 10 11.5 11.6   -14%
Admissions - Breakdown by Age
  0-5 years 79 61 113 895 -30%
  6-12 years 50 32 56 520 -11%
  13-18 years 48 63 69 659 -30%
Court Intake
Number of children referred for investigation 139 125 180 1,797 -23%
Number of families referred for investigation 84 80 100 994 -16%
Number of petitions filed 65 62 107 944 -39%
FM/FR/PP
Number of families receiving Family Maintenance 338 345 373 n/a -9%
Number of children receiving Family Maintenance 610 606 718 n/a -15%
  Court-ordered Family Maintenance (children) 401 394 439 n/a -9%
  Voluntary Family Maintenance (children) 209 212 279 n/a -25%
Number of children in out-of-home placements (FR&PP) 2234 2275 2277 n/a -2%
  Number of children in Family Reunification 794 833 749 n/a 6%
  Number of children in Permanent Placement 1440 1442 1528 n/a -6%
Number of children reunified with parents 56 69 83 n/a -33%
Number of children referred for adoptive study 5 5 23 n/a -78%
Adoption
Total number of children in Adoptive study 538 538 621 n/a -13%
Number of children Free, Not Placed 89 89 39 n/a 128%
  Number of children Under Study, Not Free 249 249 582 n/a -57%
Number of Finalized Adoptions 30 27 17 261 76%
Number of New Adoptive Placements 30 22 26 267 15%
Licensing
Number of Licensed homes 305 305 339 n/a -10%
Number of Foster Care applications pending 27 27 28 n/a -4%