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OKDHS Home > Library > Statistics > County Profiles > 2005 > July > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - July 2005

Cherokee County

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Adult Protective Services

Referrals
Total 27
Self Neglect 17
Caretaker Neglect 4
Caretaker Abuse 1
Other 5
Completed Investigations 27
Confirmed Reports 19

Child Abuse and Neglect

Investigations by Category
Referrals Accepted for Investigation 29
Total 65
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 8
Confirmed Services Recommended 17
Services Not Needed 7
Services Recommended 25
Failed to Cooperate 8
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 7
Total 4
Services Provided 0
Services Recommended 3
Both 0
None 1
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 25
Abuse 0
Neglect 22
Both 3

Child Care

Paid Claims by Recipient
Persons 182
Expenditures $34,458
Paid Claims by Vendor
Persons 173
Expenditures $30,384
Children by Age
Total 182
Under 1 year old 13
1 year old 29
2 years old 37
3 years old 22
4 years old 26
5 years old 15
6-12 years old 40
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 182
White 98
Black 13
American Indian 61
Hispanic 10
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 66
All Capacity 1,313
DHS Contract Facilities 42
DHS Contract Capacity 699
Centers
All Centers 21
All Capacity 953
DHS Contract Centers 8
DHS Contract Capacity 416
Homes
All Homes 45
All Capacity 360
DHS Contract Homes 34
DHS Contract Capacity 283

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 168
1-5 years old 15
6-17 years old 26
18-21 years old 15
22-59 years old 96
60+ years old 16
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 168
White 110
Black 6
American Indian 48
Hispanic 4
Asian 0
Waiver Applications 37

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 6,010
Congregate Meals 2,683
Meals At Home 3,327
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,175
Recipients 5,736
Value of Stamps $512,118
Average Payment
Per Case $235.46
Per Person $89.28
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,175 5,736
White 1,252 2,972
Black 54 125
American Indian 808 2,470
Hispanic 59 167
Asian 2 2

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 92
Foster Family Care 33
Relative 7
Tribal 44
DDSD 1
Kinship Non-Relative 7
Children by Age
Total 92
Under 1 year old 5
1-2 years old 20
3-4 years old 12
5-6 years old 11
7-8 years old 11
9-10 years old 9
11-12 years old 6
13-14 years old 6
15-16 years old 6
17 years old 5
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 92
White 27
Black 2
American Indian 58
Hispanic 5
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 57
Foster Family Care 15
Relative 6
Tribal 32
Kinship Non-Relative 3
DDSD 1
Homes by Race
Total 57
White 24
Black 0
American Indian 30
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 3

Medicaid

Cases 4,925
Persons 8,212
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 328
1 year old 322
2 years old 317
3 years old 351
4 years old 332
5 years old 337
6 years old 303
7 years old 296
8 years old 269
9 years old 253
10 years old 248
11 years old 224
12 years old 223
13 years old 275
14 years old 250
15 years old 239
16 years old 238
17 years old 202
18-64 years old 2,472
65+ years old 733

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,304 1,305 $48,478
Aged 312 312 $10,106
Blind 6 6 $227
Disabled 986 987 $38,145
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 31 24 15
Aged 5 5 1
Blind 0 0 0
Disabled 26 19 14
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 312 78 234
White 177 45 132
Black 5 2 3
American Indian 129 31 98
Hispanic 1 0 1
Asian 0 0 0
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 6 3 3
White 2 1 1
Black 1 0 1
American Indian 3 2 1
Hispanic 0 0 0
Asian 0 0 0
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 987 483 504
White 629 300 329
Black 32 22 10
American Indian 314 153 161
Hispanic 9 6 3
Asian 3 2 1

TANF

Cases 86
Child Only Cases 64
Cases with Adults 22
Diversion Assistance Cases 2
Flex Fund Cases 3
Support Service Cases 10
Payments $16,829
Average Payment Per Case $195.69
Diversion Assistance Payments $1,382
Flex Funds Payments $319
Support Service Payments $2,338
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 182
Adults 23
Children 159
Cases Opened 10
Cases Closed 11
Applications Denied 17
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 182 23 159
White 54 5 49
Black 13 1 12
American Indian 106 17 89
Hispanic 7 0 7
Asian 2 0 2
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
P.O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3646