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

Cherokee County

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Adult Protective Services

Referrals (Data not available)
Total 0
Self Neglect 0
Caretaker Neglect 0
Caretaker Abuse 0
Other 0
Completed Investigations 0
Confirmed Reports 0

Child Abuse and Neglect

Investigations by Category
Referrals Accepted for Investigation 41
Total 66
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 7
Confirmed Services Recommended 2
Services Not Needed 21
Services Recommended 36
Failed to Cooperate 0
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 7
Total 12
Services Provided 1
Services Recommended 8
Both 0
None 3
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 9
Abuse 1
Neglect 5
Both 3

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 149
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $34,547
Children by Age
Total 149
Under 1 year old 8
1 year old 22
2 years old 33
3 years old 25
4 years old 23
5 years old 9
6-12 years old 29
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 149
White 70
Black 11
American Indian 61
Hispanic 7
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 56
All Capacity 1,306
DHS Contract Facilities 39
DHS Contract Capacity 742
Centers
All Centers 21
All Capacity 1,001
DHS Contract Centers 9
DHS Contract Capacity 477
Homes
All Homes 35
All Capacity 305
DHS Contract Homes 30
DHS Contract Capacity 265

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 185
1-5 years old 16
6-17 years old 37
18-21 years old 16
22-59 years old 102
60+ years old 14
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 185
White 120
Black 6
American Indian 54
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 28

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 5,386
Congregate Meals 2,386
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 2,114
Recipients 5,526
Value of Stamps $500,768
Average Payment
Per Case $236.88
Per Person $90.62
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,1145,526
White 1,1642,720
Black 54121
American Indian 8412,527
Hispanic 52153
Asian 35

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 79
Foster Family Care 20
Relative 19
Tribal 32
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 8
Children by Age
Total 79
Under 1 year old 6
1-2 years old 21
3-4 years old 17
5-6 years old 13
7-8 years old 6
9-10 years old 3
11-12 years old 2
13-14 years old 3
15-16 years old 6
17 years old 1
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 79
White 21
Black 4
American Indian 43
Hispanic 11
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 61
Foster Family Care 12
Relative 12
Tribal 32
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 5,367
Persons 8,846
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 516
1 year old 398
2 years old 382
3 years old 364
4 years old 342
5 years old 331
6 years old 331
7 years old 346
8 years old 279
9 years old 321
10 years old 282
11 years old 258
12 years old 268
13 years old 262
14 years old 241
15 years old 258
16 years old 243
17 years old 227
18-64 years old 2,409
65+ years old 788

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3511,351 $117,084
Aged 296296 $21,854
Blind 66 $481
Disabled 1,0491,049 $94,749
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 37339
Aged 571
Blind 000
Disabled 32268
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 29676220
White 17139132
Black 743
American Indian 1163284
Hispanic 101
Asian 110
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 633
White 422
Black 101
American Indian 110
Hispanic 000
Asian 000
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 1,049507542
White 641311330
Black 312011
American Indian 359165194
Hispanic 1587
Asian 330

TANF

Cases 101
Child Only Cases 57
Cases with Adults 44
Diversion Assistance Cases 2
Flex Fund Cases 9
Support Service Cases 10
Payments $40,675
Average Payment Per Case $402.72
Diversion Assistance Payments $1,267
Flex Funds Payments $1,393
Support Service Payments $2,644
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 235
Adults 45
Children 190
Cases Opened 18
Cases Closed 9
Applications Denied 27
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 23545190
White 691356
Black 12111
American Indian 13330103
Hispanic 21120
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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