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Cherokee County Factsheet SFY 2012

Category Number
Families, All Income Levels11,957
Families, Below Poverty Level1,914
Population, Total47,845
Population, Under 1811,411
Population, 18 to 6429,841
Population, 65 and over6,593
OKDHS Payments and Benefits$31,386,612
Per Capita Expenditures$656
Adult Protective Services, Investigations357
Adult Protective Services, Substantiated Reports218
Child Care Payments by Vendor$508,499
Child Care Children, Unduplicated323
Child Care Licensed Facilities, Total52
Child Care Licensed Facilities, OKDHS Contracted31
Child Care Licensed Capacity, Total1,465
Child Care Licensed Capacity, OKDHS Contracted803
Child Protective Services, Investigations397
Child Protective Services, Assessments244
Child Protective Services, Substantiated Reports73
Children in Out-of-Home Care, Monthly Average62
Children with Adoption Payment7
Children with Finalized Adoption10
Developmental Disabilities Services, Persons Served176
Developmental Disabilities Services, Waiting List57
Foster Care Homes at End of Year51
Senior Nutrition, Meals36,989
Senior Nutrition, Congregate Meals23,021
Senior Nutrition, Home Delivered Meals13,968
State Supplemental, Payments$1,695,981
State Supplemental Persons, Monthly Average4,033
State Supplemental Cases Opened During Year1,008
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp), Payments$16,063,861
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Unduplicated6,075
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Monthly Average5,469
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Unduplicated13,239
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Monthly Average10,995
TANF, Payments$287,968
TANF Cases, Unduplicated179
TANF Children Only Cases, Unduplicated87
TANF Cases, Monthly Average115
TANF Persons, Unduplicated413
TANF Persons, Monthly Average244
TANF Cases Opened During Year124
TANF Hardship Extensions1

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

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