Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA
Bill D. Hindman
Assistant to the Division Administrator
Division of Children and Family Services
Oklahoma Department of Human Services
P.O. Box 25352
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
(405) 522-3755
(405) 521-4373 Fax
Item 1.1: These children were all known to CPS. The number of families was calculated by dividing the number of children by 1.7, the average number of children per case.
Item 3.2: Because more than one incident of abuse and/or neglect with a finding can be recorded for each child in a referral, the findings for a child in a referral are prioritized so that only one finding for a child is used to determine the counts in "A" through "G," which should total to the count in Item 3.1. The priority order is confirmed (A), ruled out (C), unable to locate (E), uncertain (F).
Item 4.1:One or more substantiated findings may be counted.
Item 4.2: The age of the victim is calculated using the referral date and the childs birth date. If the calculated age is 18 or older or is unreasonable, it is counted as "unknown."
Item 5.3: This does not include children from Item 5.2.
Item 6.1:Perpetrators are counted per child-victim/referral combination, and there can be more than one perpetrator per child-victim/referral.
Item 7.1: The number includes workers taking reports, screening, and doing investigations. It was calculated by dividing the number of referrals by the average number of workers assigned.
Item 7.2: There are 30 people statewide who only receive and screen referrals. All other workers do all tasks, including screening and intake, so this is an undercount.
Item 7.3: These response times appear to be high because a backlog of reports was cleared up, some of which were a year old. Also, law enforcement may have responded first to some referrals, with a subsequent response to CPS.
