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OKDHS Home > Library > County Profiles > September > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - September 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 30
Total 99
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 11
Confirmed Services Recommended 4
Services Not Needed 36
Services Recommended 48
Failed to Cooperate 0
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 9
Total 10
Services Provided 1
Services Recommended 5
Both 1
None 3
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 15
Abuse 5
Neglect 9
Both 1

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 136
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $22,657
Children by Age
Total 136
Under 1 year old 12
1 year old 25
2 years old 38
3 years old 19
4 years old 17
5 years old 6
6-12 years old 19
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 136
White 73
Black 10
American Indian 46
Hispanic 7
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 55
All Capacity 1,299
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 34
All Capacity 298
DHS Contract Homes 30
DHS Contract Capacity 265

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 185
1-5 years old 17
6-17 years old 37
18-21 years old 15
22-59 years old 102
60+ years old 14
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 185
White 119
Black 6
American Indian 55
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 29

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 4,504
Congregate Meals 1,961
Meals At Home 2,543
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,088
Recipients 5,484
Value of Stamps $493,807
Average Payment
Per Case $236.50
Per Person $90.05
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,0885,484
White 1,1582,704
Black 51117
American Indian 8182,484
Hispanic 57173
Asian 46

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 80
Foster Family Care 19
Relative 24
Tribal 29
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 8
Children by Age
Total 80
Under 1 year old 9
1-2 years old 21
3-4 years old 15
5-6 years old 12
7-8 years old 5
9-10 years old 3
11-12 years old 3
13-14 years old 5
15-16 years old 3
17 years old 3
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 80
White 28
Black 4
American Indian 39
Hispanic 9
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 63
Foster Family Care 13
Relative 13
Tribal 32
Kinship Non-Relative 5
DDSD 0
Homes by Race
Total 63
White 28
Black 0
American Indian 35
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 0

SoonerCare (Medicaid)

Cases 5,365
Persons 8,857
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 553
1 year old 388
2 years old 400
3 years old 351
4 years old 339
5 years old 336
6 years old 326
7 years old 347
8 years old 284
9 years old 319
10 years old 272
11 years old 266
12 years old 253
13 years old 267
14 years old 234
15 years old 257
16 years old 232
17 years old 230
18-64 years old 2,417
65+ years old 786

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3601,360 $47,176
Aged 298298 $1,313
Blind 66 $22
Disabled 1,0561,056 $45,841
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 332812
Aged 651
Blind 000
Disabled 272311
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 29880218
White 17542133
Black 853
American Indian 1133281
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 1,056505551
White 646306340
Black 322111
American Indian 360167193
Hispanic 1587
Asian 330

TANF

Cases 107
Child Only Cases 61
Cases with Adults 46
Diversion Assistance Cases 1
Flex Fund Cases 7
Support Service Cases 2
Payments $6,358
Average Payment Per Case $59.42
Diversion Assistance Payments $444
Flex Funds Payments $859
Support Service Payments $453
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 247
Adults 47
Children 200
Cases Opened 10
Cases Closed 8
Applications Denied 19
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 24747200
White 791762
Black 808
American Indian 13629107
Hispanic 24123
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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