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Table 2-7     Child Protective Services Workforce, 2005
Child Maltreatment 2005

State Screening and
Intake Workers
Investigation Workers Screening, Intake,
Investigation Workers
Screened-In
Referrals
Screened-In
Referrals per
Investigation
Worker
Alabama 82 568 650 18,318 32
Alaska Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Arizona 68 827 895 37,088 45
Arkansas 33 424 457 23,120 55
California Blank Cell Blank Cell 4,254 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Colorado Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Connecticut Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Delaware 6 85 91 5,799 68
District of Columbia Blank Cell Blank Cell 122 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Florida 158 1,739 1,897 148,004 85
Georgia Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Hawaii 14 67 81 2,733 41
Idaho Blank Cell Blank Cell 325 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Illinois 119 820 939 66,305 81
Indiana Blank Cell Blank Cell 448 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Iowa Blank Cell Blank Cell 202 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Kansas 15 429 444 14,146 33
Kentucky Blank Cell Blank Cell 1,485 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Louisiana 13 243 256 26,901 111
Maine 28 129 157 5,396 42
Maryland Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Massachusetts 76 250 326 38,669 155
Michigan Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Minnesota 131 257 388 18,843 73
Mississippi 2 280 282 15,745 56
Missouri 52 386 438 55,217 143
Montana 14 134 148 8,181 61
Nebraska 36 130 166 15,501 119
Nevada 25 116 141 14,291 123
New Hampshire 10 61 71 6,583 108
New Jersey Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
New Mexico 39 169 208 20,225 120
New York Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
North Carolina 153 921 1,074 66,698 72
North Dakota Blank Cell Blank Cell 105 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Ohio Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Oklahoma 37 297 334 36,952 124
Oregon Blank Cell Blank Cell 341 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Pennsylvania Blank Cell Blank Cell 3,133 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Puerto Rico Blank Cell Blank Cell 217 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Rhode Island 31 42 73 7,101 169
South Carolina Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
South Dakota 48 56 104 3,968 71
Tennessee 58 484 542 59,998 124
Texas 345 4,009 4,354 161,895 40
Utah 33 97 130 21,052 217
Vermont 26 36 62 2,504 70
Virginia 84 846 930 27,937 33
Washington 119 366 485 34,293 94
West Virginia Blank Cell Blank Cell 395 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wisconsin Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell
Wyoming Blank Cell Blank Cell 129 Blank Cell Blank Cell
Total 1,855 14,268 27,279 963,463 Blank Cell
Weighted Average Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 67.5
Average Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell Blank Cell 88.4
Number Reporting 29 29 41 29 29

 

Child Protective Services Workforce, 2005

This table breaks down the CPS workers and the number of investigations that each must handle. The first column lists the States. The second column lists the number of screening and intake workers. The third column lists the number of investigation workers. The next column lists screening, intake, and investigation workers. Next are listed the screened-in referrals and the final column lists the screened-in referrals per investigation worker. Only States that were able to report workforce data by screening and intake workers and investigation workers and provided data for screened-in investigations were included in calculations for screened-in investigations per investigation worker. The weighted average number of screened-in investigations or assessments per investigation worker was 67.5.

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