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Cherokee County Factsheet SFY 2013

Category Number
Families, All Income Levels 11,957
Families, Below Poverty Level 1,914
Population, Total 48,150
Population, Under 18 11,392
Population, 18 to 64 29,846
Population, 65 and over 6,912
OKDHS Payments and Benefits $31,711,961
Per Capita Expenditures $659
Adult Protective Services, Investigations 289
Adult Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 155
Child Care Payments by Vendor $513,822
Child Care Children, Unduplicated 366
Child Care Licensed Facilities, Total 47
Child Care Licensed Facilities, OKDHS Contracted 29
Child Care Licensed Capacity, Total 1,329
Child Care Licensed Capacity, OKDHS Contracted 733
Child Protective Services, Investigations 777
Child Protective Services, Assessments 108
Child Protective Services, Substantiated Reports 138
Children in Out-of-Home Care, Monthly Average 105
Children with Adoption Payment 6
Children with Finalized Adoption 6
Developmental Disabilities Services, Persons Served 146
Developmental Disabilities Services, Waiting List 66
Foster Care Homes at End of Year 71
Senior Nutrition, Meals 28,633
Senior Nutrition, Congregate Meals 15,917
Senior Nutrition, Home Delivered Meals 12,716
State Supplemental, Payments $963,422
State Supplemental Persons, Monthly Average 2,296
State Supplemental Cases Opened During Year 724
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp), Payments $14,940,446
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Unduplicated 6,132
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Cases, Monthly Average 4,588
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Unduplicated 13,902
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance (Food Stamp) Persons, Monthly Average 9,906
TANF, Payments $274,538
TANF Cases, Unduplicated 159
TANF Children Only Cases, Unduplicated 76
TANF Cases, Monthly Average 105
TANF Persons, Unduplicated 359
TANF Persons, Monthly Average 225
TANF Cases Opened During Year 93
TANF Hardship Extensions 2

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

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