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

Cherokee County

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Adult Protective Services

Referrals
Total 35
Self Neglect 20
Caretaker Neglect 6
Caretaker Abuse 2
Other 7
Completed Investigations 35
Confirmed Reports 22

Child Abuse and Neglect

Investigations by Category
Referrals Accepted for Investigation 24
Total 72
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 8
Confirmed Services Recommended 8
Services Not Needed 14
Services Recommended 42
Failed to Cooperate 0
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 3
Total 11
Services Provided 0
Services Recommended 9
Both 1
None 1
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 16
Abuse 0
Neglect 15
Both 1

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 154
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $29,866
Children by Age
Total 154
Under 1 year old 13
1 year old 22
2 years old 28
3 years old 24
4 years old 18
5 years old 16
6-12 years old 33
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 154
White 75
Black 16
American Indian 59
Hispanic 4
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 60
All Capacity 1,367
DHS Contract Facilities 42
DHS Contract Capacity 786
Centers
All Centers 22
All Capacity 1,031
DHS Contract Centers 9
DHS Contract Capacity 490
Homes
All Homes 38
All Capacity 336
DHS Contract Homes 33
DHS Contract Capacity 296

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 186
1-5 years old 16
6-17 years old 37
18-21 years old 15
22-59 years old 103
60+ years old 15
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 186
White 118
Black 6
American Indian 57
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 28

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 5,072
Congregate Meals 2,072
Meals At Home 3,000
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,100
Recipients 5,443
Value of Stamps $490,671
Average Payment
Per Case $233.65
Per Person $90.15
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,1005,443
White 1,1502,682
Black 58130
American Indian 8272,456
Hispanic 63172
Asian 23

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 94
Foster Family Care 24
Relative 22
Tribal 40
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 8
Children by Age
Total 94
Under 1 year old 3
1-2 years old 23
3-4 years old 21
5-6 years old 10
7-8 years old 11
9-10 years old 5
11-12 years old 3
13-14 years old 7
15-16 years old 9
17 years old 1
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 94
White 26
Black 5
American Indian 49
Hispanic 14
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 61
Foster Family Care 12
Relative 13
Tribal 31
Kinship Non-Relative 5
DDSD 0
Homes by Race
Total 61
White 25
Black 0
American Indian 36
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 0

SoonerCare (Medicaid)

Cases 5,350
Persons 8,837
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 478
1 year old 407
2 years old 383
3 years old 364
4 years old 335
5 years old 341
6 years old 337
7 years old 353
8 years old 313
9 years old 294
10 years old 304
11 years old 262
12 years old 276
13 years old 257
14 years old 249
15 years old 275
16 years old 243
17 years old 225
18-64 years old 2,362
65+ years old 779

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3311,331 $53,570
Aged 298298 $10,275
Blind 66 $242
Disabled 1,0271,027 $43,053
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 323218
Aged 974
Blind 000
Disabled 232514
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 29881217
White 17041129
Black 752
American Indian 1193485
Hispanic 101
Asian 110
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 642
White 431
Black 101
American Indian 110
Hispanic 000
Asian 000
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 1,027498529
White 617304313
Black 28199
American Indian 369168201
Hispanic 1156
Asian 220

TANF

Cases 102
Child Only Cases 62
Cases with Adults 40
Diversion Assistance Cases 0
Flex Fund Cases 2
Support Service Cases 0
Payments $20,586
Average Payment Per Case $201.82
Diversion Assistance Payments $0
Flex Funds Payments $445
Support Service Payments $0
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 219
Adults 41
Children 178
Cases Opened 10
Cases Closed 11
Applications Denied 13
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 21941178
White 691455
Black 14212
American Indian 1212497
Hispanic 15114
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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