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OKDHS Home > Library > County Profiles > May > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - May 2007

Cherokee County

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Adult Protective Services

Referrals
Total 26
Self Neglect 22
Caretaker Neglect 2
Caretaker Abuse 0
Other 2
Completed Investigations 25
Confirmed Reports 19

Child Abuse and Neglect

Investigations by Category
Referrals Accepted for Investigation 30
Total 48
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 3
Confirmed Services Recommended 4
Services Not Needed 10
Services Recommended 30
Failed to Cooperate 1
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 8
Total 15
Services Provided 1
Services Recommended 9
Both 4
None 0
Failed to Cooperate 1
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 7
Abuse 3
Neglect 3
Both 1

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 180
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $39,796
Children by Age
Total 180
Under 1 year old 18
1 year old 26
2 years old 33
3 years old 31
4 years old 31
5 years old 8
6-12 years old 33
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 180
White 89
Black 16
American Indian 70
Hispanic 5
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 58
All Capacity 1,313
DHS Contract Facilities 42
DHS Contract Capacity 746
Centers
All Centers 22
All Capacity 991
DHS Contract Centers 9
DHS Contract Capacity 450
Homes
All Homes 36
All Capacity 322
DHS Contract Homes 33
DHS Contract Capacity 296

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 185
1-5 years old 15
6-17 years old 37
18-21 years old 14
22-59 years old 104
60+ years old 15
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 185
White 118
Black 6
American Indian 56
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 29

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 5,734
Congregate Meals 2,138
Meals At Home 3,596
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,057
Recipients 5,369
Value of Stamps $491,204
Average Payment
Per Case $238.80
Per Person $91.49
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,0575,369
White 1,1332,665
Black 56127
American Indian 8092,429
Hispanic 56144
Asian 34

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 96
Foster Family Care 26
Relative 23
Tribal 39
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 8
Children by Age
Total 96
Under 1 year old 6
1-2 years old 25
3-4 years old 19
5-6 years old 12
7-8 years old 8
9-10 years old 4
11-12 years old 5
13-14 years old 7
15-16 years old 8
17 years old 1
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 96
White 25
Black 5
American Indian 52
Hispanic 14
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 55
Foster Family Care 12
Relative 11
Tribal 27
Kinship Non-Relative 5
DDSD 0
Homes by Race
Total 55
White 24
Black 0
American Indian 31
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 0

SoonerCare (Medicaid)

Cases 5,348
Persons 8,856
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 485
1 year old 412
2 years old 374
3 years old 363
4 years old 342
5 years old 345
6 years old 345
7 years old 342
8 years old 318
9 years old 303
10 years old 295
11 years old 257
12 years old 274
13 years old 267
14 years old 253
15 years old 282
16 years old 237
17 years old 227
18-64 years old 2,356
65+ years old 779

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,1901,190 $48,412
Aged 224224 $7,756
Blind 44 $166
Disabled 962962 $40,490
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 362415
Aged 672
Blind 000
Disabled 301713
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 22456168
White 1293198
Black 532
American Indian 872166
Hispanic 101
Asian 211
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 422
White 211
Black 101
American Indian 110
Hispanic 000
Asian 000
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 962465497
White 586288298
Black 281711
American Indian 335154181
Hispanic 1046
Asian 321

TANF

Cases 102
Child Only Cases 62
Cases with Adults 40
Diversion Assistance Cases 0
Flex Fund Cases 2
Support Service Cases 0
Payments $44,260
Average Payment Per Case $433.92
Diversion Assistance Payments $0
Flex Funds Payments $360
Support Service Payments $0
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 219
Adults 40
Children 179
Cases Opened 12
Cases Closed 9
Applications Denied 22
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 21940179
White 671453
Black 12111
American Indian 12925104
Hispanic 11011
Asian 000


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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