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OKDHS Home > Library > County Profiles > December > Cherokee County
Library: Statistics: County Profiles - December 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 26
Total 76
Confirmed Court Intervention Requested 2
Confirmed Services Recommended 13
Services Not Needed 33
Services Recommended 28
Failed to Cooperate 0
Assessments
Referrals Accepted for Assessment 5
Total 3
Services Provided 0
Services Recommended 1
Both 0
None 2
Failed to Cooperate 0
Confirmed Investigations and Assessments by Type and Children
Total 15
Abuse 2
Neglect 13
Both 0

Child Care

Recipients by Recipient County
Persons 142
Expenditures by Vendor County
Expenditures $27,557
Children by Age
Total 142
Under 1 year old 10
1 year old 28
2 years old 38
3 years old 20
4 years old 14
5 years old 10
6-12 years old 22
Over 12 years old 0
Children by Race/Ethnicity
Total 142
White 70
Black 17
American Indian 49
Hispanic 6
Asian 0
Licensed Facilities and Capacity
Total
All Facilities 55
All Capacity 1,350
DHS Contract Facilities 38
DHS Contract Capacity 760
Centers
All Centers 22
All Capacity 1,054
DHS Contract Centers 9
DHS Contract Capacity 497
Homes
All Homes 33
All Capacity 296
DHS Contract Homes 29
DHS Contract Capacity 263

Developmental Disabilities Services

Recipients by Age
Total 194
1-5 years old 18
6-17 years old 40
18-21 years old 17
22-59 years old 103
60+ years old 16
Recipients by Race/Ethnicity
Total 194
White 123
Black 6
American Indian 60
Hispanic 4
Asian 1
Waiver Applications 29

Elderly Support Services

Total Meals Served 4,565
Congregate Meals 1,886
Meals At Home 2,679
Geriatric Day Care Recipients
New Referrals 0
Total New FYTD Referrals 0
Total Served 0
Served FYTD 0

Food Stamps

Cases 2,157
Recipients 5,589
Value of Stamps $550,636
Average Payment
Per Case $255.28
Per Person $98.52
Cases and Persons by Race/Ethnicity Cases Persons
All 2,1575,589
White 1,1842,721
Black 56125
American Indian 8612,583
Hispanic 52155
Asian 45

Foster Care

Children by Type
Total 77
Foster Family Care 25
Relative 20
Tribal 25
DDSD 0
Kinship Non-Relative 7
Children by Age
Total 77
Under 1 year old 13
1-2 years old 19
3-4 years old 14
5-6 years old 8
7-8 years old 10
9-10 years old 1
11-12 years old 1
13-14 years old 3
15-16 years old 3
17 years old 4
18 years old and older 1
Children by Race
Total 77
White 25
Black 6
American Indian 36
Hispanic 10
Asian 0
Homes by Type
Total 60
Foster Family Care 13
Relative 14
Tribal 29
Kinship Non-Relative 4
DDSD 0
Homes by Race
Total 60
White 29
Black 0
American Indian 31
Asian 0
Hispanic 0
Unknown 0

SoonerCare (Medicaid)

Cases 5,435
Persons 8,920
Persons by Age
Under 1 year old 504
1 year old 414
2 years old 412
3 years old 342
4 years old 363
5 years old 309
6 years old 327
7 years old 334
8 years old 303
9 years old 319
10 years old 279
11 years old 281
12 years old 268
13 years old 257
14 years old 262
15 years old 258
16 years old 245
17 years old 240
18-64 years old 2,400
65+ years old 803

State Supplemental

Cases Persons Payments
All 1,3761,376 $53,934
Aged 298298 $9,753
Blind 55 $203
Disabled 1,0731,073 $43,978
Cases Opened Cases Closed Appls. Denied
All 29459
Aged 463
Blind 000
Disabled 25396
Aged by Race/Ethnicity Total Male Female
All 29877221
White 17238134
Black 853
American Indian 1163383
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 1,073518555
White 648304344
Black 322111
American Indian 379185194
Hispanic 1156
Asian 330

TANF

Cases 113
Child Only Cases 58
Cases with Adults 55
Diversion Assistance Cases 2
Flex Fund Cases 6
Support Service Cases 1
Payments $24,310
Average Payment Per Case $215.13
Diversion Assistance Payments $1,506
Flex Funds Payments $1,601
Support Service Payments $100
Voucher Payments $0
Persons 261
Adults 55
Children 206
Cases Opened 13
Cases Closed 5
Applications Denied 10
TANF by Race/Ethnicity Total Adults Children
All 26155206
White 782058
Black 716
American Indian 15333120
Hispanic 23122
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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