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Home > Statistics & Research > Child Maltreatment Report 2000 > Chapter Two Tables and Figures > Table 2-7

 

Child Maltreatment 2000
Table 2-7 Child Protective Services Workforce, 2000

The word bold before a number indicates an estimate or a total.

State Screening,
Intake,
Investigation,
and
Assessment
Workers		 Screening
and Intake
Workers		 Investigation
and
Assessment
Workers		 Screened-In
Investigations		 Screened-In
Investigations
per
Investigation
Worker		 Children
Subjects
of an
Investigation		 Children
per
Investigation
Worker
Alabama 224 82 142 21,965 155 32,655 230
Alaska 99 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 739 24 715 32,321 45 51,811 73
Arkansas 242 33 209 16,822 81 23,335 112
California 3,372 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut 316 32 285 29,850 105 45,111 159
Delaware Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
District of Columbia 99 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Florida 1,599 154 1,445 117,523 81 205,179 142
Georgia 368 60 308 52,176 169 92,254 299
Hawaii 71 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Idaho 277 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Illinois 571 70 501 60,547 121 146,791 293
Indiana 448 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Iowa 363 170 193 21,276 110 31,317 162
Kansas 575 15 560 19,736 35 30,627 55
Kentucky 879 422 457 41,731 91 63,967 140
Louisiana 288 18 270 22,291 83 36,355 135
Maine 137 26 111 5,226 47 9,687 87
Maryland 540 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 328 68 260 36,804 142 61,226 236
Michigan 740 154 587 64,794 111 164,369 280
Minnesota 379 134 245 16,565 68 24,840 102
Mississippi 445 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Missouri Blank Cell 39 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Montana 188 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Nebraska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Nevada 131 18 113 12,797 113 20,437 181
New Hampshire 169 15 154 5,736 37 8,138 53
New Jersey 1,188 42 1,146 38,330 33 69,305 61
New Mexico 181 37 144 12,485 87 20,956 146
New York Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Carolina 826 135 691 61,167 89 123,043 178
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Oklahoma 386 30 356 34,791 98 59,955 168
Oregon 239 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania 2,414 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 96 25 71 7,573 107 11,531 162
South Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
South Dakota 195 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Tennessee 288 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Texas 2,735 159 2,576 119,013 46 193,966 75
Utah 142 10 132 15,680 119 25,102 190
Vermont 165 25 140 2,948 21 3,609 26
Virginia 471 38 433 22,511 52 40,799 94
Washington 470 136 334 24,406 73 38,070 114
West Virginia 279 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming 134 Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Total bold23,796 bold2,171 bold12,578 bold917,064 bold73 bold1,634,435 bold130
Number Reporting bold42 bold28 bold27 bold27 bold27 bold27 bold27

This table breaks down the CPS workers and the number of investigations that each must handle. It first lists the name of each State. The second column lists the number of combined Screening, Intake, Investigation, and Assessment Workers. The third and fourth columns break this down further into Screening and Intake Workers followed by Investigation and Assessment Workers. The fifth columns lists the numbers of screened-in investigations and the sixth lists the number of Screened-in Investigations per Investigation Worker. The seventh column lists the total number of Children that are Subjects of an Investigation and the final column lists the number of children per investigation worker.

 

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