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OKDHS Home > Library > County Profiles > January > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - January 2006

Cherokee County



   

Adult Protective Services

Referrals
Total 24
Self Neglect 17
Caretaker Neglect 1
Caretaker Abuse 1
Other 5
Completed Investigations 24
Confirmed Reports 14

Child Abuse and Neglect

Investigations by Category
Referrals Accepted for Investigation 40
Total 61
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 7
Confirmed Services Recommended 15
Services Not Needed 6
Services Recommended 28
Failed to Cooperate 5
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 2
Total 6
Services Provided 3
Services Recommended 3
Both 0
None 0
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 22
Abuse 1
Neglect 21
Both 0

Child Care

Paid Claims by Recipient
Persons 170
Expenditures $30,885
Paid Claims by Vendor
Persons 175
Expenditures $32,185
Children by Age
Total 170
Under 1 year old 22
1 year old 29
2 years old 36
3 years old 32
4 years old 11
5 years old 13
6-12 years old 27
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 170
White 89
Black 13
American Indian 58
Hispanic 10
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 60
All Capacity 1,204
DHS Contract Facilities 37
DHS Contract Capacity 607
Centers
All Centers 20
All Capacity 884
DHS Contract Centers 7
DHS Contract Capacity 357
Homes
All Homes 40
All Capacity 320
DHS Contract Homes 30
DHS Contract Capacity 250

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 169
1-5 years old 14
6-17 years old 29
18-21 years old 15
22-59 years old 98
60+ years old 13
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 169
White 108
Black 6
American Indian 51
Hispanic 4
Asian 0
Waiver Applications 29

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 5,236
Congregate Meals 2,399
Meals At Home 2,837
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,288
Recipients 5,864
Value of Stamps $534,035
Average Payment
Per Case $233.41
Per Person $91.07
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,2885,864
White 1,3023,030
Black 58132
American Indian 8592,529
Hispanic 65168
Asian 45

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 76
Foster Family Care 24
Relative 11
Tribal 36
DDSD 1
Kinship Non-Relative 4
Children by Age
Total 76
Under 1 year old 3
1-2 years old 15
3-4 years old 11
5-6 years old 10
7-8 years old 7
9-10 years old 6
11-12 years old 5
13-14 years old 5
15-16 years old 7
17 years old 6
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 76
White 26
Black 0
American Indian 43
Hispanic 7
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 58
Foster Family Care 15
Relative 6
Tribal 33
Kinship Non-Relative 3
DDSD 1
Homes by Race
Total 58
White 22
Black 0
American Indian 34
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 2

Medicaid

Cases 4,939
Persons 8,196
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 355
1 year old 324
2 years old 351
3 years old 328
4 years old 337
5 years old 316
6 years old 300
7 years old 315
8 years old 282
9 years old 248
10 years old 242
11 years old 253
12 years old 235
13 years old 237
14 years old 261
15 years old 234
16 years old 224
17 years old 204
18-64 years old 2,377
65+ years old 773

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3071,307 $54,361
Aged 307307 $10,939
Blind 55 $218
Disabled 995995 $43,204
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 343117
Aged 563
Blind 000
Disabled 292514
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 30773234
White 17843135
Black 523
American Indian 1232895
Hispanic 101
Asian 000
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 523
White 211
Black 101
American Indian 211
Hispanic 000
Asian 000
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 995478517
White 617282335
Black 322210
American Indian 335167168
Hispanic 963
Asian 211

TANF

Cases 100
Child Only Cases 68
Cases with Adults 32
Diversion Assistance Cases 0
Flex Fund Cases 4
Support Service Cases 0
Payments $20,829
Average Payment Per Case $208.29
Diversion Assistance Payments $0
Flex Funds Payments $1,333
Support Service Payments $0
Voucher Payments $69
Persons 213
Adults 32
Children 181
Cases Opened 11
Cases Closed 13
Applications Denied 20
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 21332181
White 751362
Black 12012
American Indian 1131994
Hispanic 12012
Asian 101


Last Updated:  7/28/2011
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Street address: Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Mailing address: P.O. Box 25352, Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 521-3646
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