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Cherokee County Factsheet SFY 2012

Category Number
Families, All Income Levels 11,957
Families, Below Poverty Level 1,914
Population, Total 47,845
Population, Under 18 11,411
Population, 18 to 64 29,841
Population, 65 and over 6,593
OKDHS Payments and Benefits $31,386,612
Per Capita Expenditures $656
Adult Protective Services, Investigations 357
Adult Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 218
Child Care Payments by Vendor $508,499
Child Care Children, Unduplicated 323
Child Care Licensed Facilities, Total 52
Child Care Licensed Facilities, OKDHS Contracted 31
Child Care Licensed Capacity, Total 1,465
Child Care Licensed Capacity, OKDHS Contracted 803
Child Protective Services, Investigations 397
Child Protective Services, Assessments 244
Child Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 73
Children in Out-of-Home Care, Monthly Average 62
Children with Adoption Payment 7
Children with Finalized Adoption 10
Developmental Disabilities Services, Persons Served 176
Developmental Disabilities Services, Waiting List 57
Foster Care Homes at End of Year 51
Senior Nutrition, Meals 36,989
Senior Nutrition, Congregate Meals 23,021
Senior Nutrition, Home Delivered Meals 13,968
State Supplemental, Payments $1,695,981
State Supplemental Persons, Monthly Average 4,033
State Supplemental Cases Opened During Year 1,008
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp), Payments $16,063,861
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Unduplicated 6,075
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Monthly Average 5,469
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Unduplicated 13,239
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Monthly Average 10,995
TANF, Payments $287,968
TANF Cases, Unduplicated 179
TANF Children Only Cases, Unduplicated 87
TANF Cases, Monthly Average 115
TANF Persons, Unduplicated 413
TANF Persons, Monthly Average 244
TANF Cases Opened During Year 124
TANF Hardship Extensions 1

Sources:  U.S. Census and Oklahoma Department of Human Services.

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