DCS Fact Sheet.xls

							                                Department of Child Services
                                        DCS Facts
                                       For May 2009


                                   Who We Are
Number of DCS employees as of the end of month
                                                           Family Case Managers          1574
                                                                FCM Supervisors           245
                                      Total Number of DCS Employees                      2921
Number of Counties meeting 12:17 staffing levels as of the end of the
month                                                                                     87
                                      Who We Serve
Number of reports of alleged child abuse or neglect entered into ICWIS
during the month                                                                          9,776
Prevention Referral to Community Partners during SFY 2008                                 9,230
Prevention Referral to Healthy Families during FFY 2008                               38,704 (FFY)
Children directly served as of end of the month
                                                Children receiving CHINS services        14,776
                                                     Children receiving IA services      3,152
                                                 Children receiving other services       9,553
                                                 Children with open assessments          8,500
                                            Total Children directly served              35,981
                             Who We Serve with Partners
Families or Children Receiving Prevention Services
                                   Families with Community Partners for SFY 2008         5,683
                                       Families with Healthy Families for FFY 2008       26,297
                                  Children with Youth Service Bureau for SFY 2008        45,011

                               How We are Performing
Number of children with cases opened during the month
                                                                           CHINS          555
                                                                               IA         271
                            Total Number of Children with cases opened                    826
Number of children in Out of Home placements as of the end of the
month                                                                                   10,652
Average number of days in Out of Home placements for children as of
end of the month                                                                        609.89
Percent of Absences of Repeat Maltreatment for the Quarter Ending
March 2008                                                                              87.34%
Number of CHINS and IA children closed during the month resulting in
permanency                                                                                800