Child Protective Services, Service Indicators


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Child Protective Services, Service Indicators - New York City

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002¹
Reports of abuse / neglect	55,158	52,985	52,504	52,458	49,129	47,571	52,994	53,567	57,732	54,673	53,540	57,224	55,925
Children mentioned in reports of abuse / neglect	88,334	84,540	83,295	86,651	77,238	75,017	85,432	86,852	88,444	83,447	81,673	88,312	87,315
Percentage of reports founded	40.70%	45.30%	34.50%	30.40%	NA	NA	NA	35.60%	35.60%	36.90%	36.40%	34.10%	33.60%
Reports responded to within one day following report	99.40%	99.60%	99.70%	99.40%	99.40%	98.80%	99.10%	98.60%	97.00%	97.10%	97.80%	97.00%	94.80%

High-risk reports of abuse / neglect	22,402	22,339	22,160	22,141	18,066	17,487	17,276	17,460	17,435	18,753	17,500	27,696	30,590
High-risk reports as a percentage of total reports	40.60%	42.20%	42.20%	42.20%	36.80%	36.80%	32.60%	32.60%	30.20%	34.30%	32.70%	48.40%	54.70%
Compliance with high-risk response protocol	98.80%	97.90%	99.60%	98.10%	96.70%	95.00%	95.00%	95.00%	94.30%	95.20%	95.70%	94.30%	95.00%

Assigned caseworkers as of Jun 30	917	927	728	805	773	710	657	909	862	979	837	848	1,025
Average new cases per worker per month (pending rate)	4.5	4.5	6.8	6	6.1	6	7	7.3	7.3	7.8	6.7	6.9	5.4
Average protective worker caseload	12.3	13.8	22.3	21.5	21.7	19.6	24.1	16.8	13.7	12.8	13.3	13.2	11.6
Article X cases filed in family court ²	11,010	8,288	6,873	5,674	5,107	4,510	4,750	11,154	12,007	11,703	11,456	10,382	9,927

¹Data beyond 2002 is not available
² Article X governs child protection procedures in family court.


Source:
Citizen Budget Commission. Agency Indicators. Social Services. Department of Social Service. Child Protective Services, Service Indicators.

Table 15.III

Child Protective Services, Service Indicators - New York City