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OKDHS Home > Library > County Profiles > November > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - November 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 33
Total 67
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 8
Confirmed Services Recommended 5
Services Not Needed 23
Services Recommended 31
Failed to Cooperate 0
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 2
Total 4
Services Provided 1
Services Recommended 2
Both 0
None 1
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 13
Abuse 5
Neglect 8
Both 0

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 138
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $25,648
Children by Age
Total 138
Under 1 year old 9
1 year old 26
2 years old 37
3 years old 17
4 years old 19
5 years old 7
6-12 years old 23
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 138
White 67
Black 16
American Indian 47
Hispanic 8
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 55
All Capacity 1,330
DHS Contract Facilities 38
DHS Contract Capacity 740
Centers
All Centers 22
All Capacity 1,034
DHS Contract Centers 9
DHS Contract Capacity 477
Homes
All Homes 33
All Capacity 296
DHS Contract Homes 29
DHS Contract Capacity 263

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 192
1-5 years old 19
6-17 years old 38
18-21 years old 17
22-59 years old 103
60+ years old 15
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 192
White 122
Black 6
American Indian 59
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 30

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 4,988
Congregate Meals 1,821
Meals At Home 3,167
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,133
Recipients 5,565
Value of Stamps $549,334
Average Payment
Per Case $257.54
Per Person $98.71
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,1335,565
White 1,1692,736
Black 57123
American Indian 8512,553
Hispanic 52148
Asian 45

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 77
Foster Family Care 22
Relative 22
Tribal 26
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 7
Children by Age
Total 77
Under 1 year old 12
1-2 years old 17
3-4 years old 13
5-6 years old 9
7-8 years old 11
9-10 years old 2
11-12 years old 1
13-14 years old 3
15-16 years old 4
17 years old 4
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 77
White 24
Black 5
American Indian 39
Hispanic 9
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 58
Foster Family Care 13
Relative 13
Tribal 28
Kinship Non-Relative 4
DDSD 0
Homes by Race
Total 58
White 28
Black 0
American Indian 30
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 0

SoonerCare (Medicaid)

Cases 5,428
Persons 8,957
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 508
1 year old 402
2 years old 411
3 years old 349
4 years old 363
5 years old 317
6 years old 338
7 years old 348
8 years old 289
9 years old 336
10 years old 275
11 years old 268
12 years old 280
13 years old 264
14 years old 246
15 years old 255
16 years old 243
17 years old 237
18-64 years old 2,429
65+ years old 799

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3811,381 $54,225
Aged 299299 $9,970
Blind 55 $207
Disabled 1,0771,077 $44,048
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 231712
Aged 721
Blind 010
Disabled 161411
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 29976223
White 17438136
Black 954
American Indian 1143282
Hispanic 101
Asian 110
Blind by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 523
White 312
Black 101
American Indian 110
Hispanic 000
Asian 000
Disabled by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 1,077517560
White 650308342
Black 312011
American Indian 379179200
Hispanic 1477
Asian 330

TANF

Cases 112
Child Only Cases 59
Cases with Adults 53
Diversion Assistance Cases 1
Flex Fund Cases 9
Support Service Cases 3
Payments $24,915
Average Payment Per Case $222.46
Diversion Assistance Payments $696
Flex Funds Payments $1,079
Support Service Payments $325
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 263
Adults 53
Children 210
Cases Opened 15
Cases Closed 8
Applications Denied 11
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 26353210
White 781860
Black 1019
American Indian 15133118
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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