Department of Health and Human Services

Office of Analytics

Prepared: April 6, 2020

Statewide Child Protective Services (CPS) Referrals Received
Period Under Review: the month of March over the last four years
Source: UNITY database, SQL query
Prepared by: Office of Analytics - DCFS Branch

Comparison of Statewide CPS Referrals Received during March over the last Four Years by Referral Source

March March March March

Referral Source 2017 2018 2019 2020 Trendline Count of Statewide CPS Referrals Received during
Educational Personnel 1,241 1,224 1,156 632 the Month of March over the last Four Years
Friend, Neighbor, Relative1 713 722 698 730
Law Enforcement 634 683 716 736 3,958
3,758 3,756
Medical Personnel 396 519 404 422 3,230
Other - Nonprofessional2 296 242 271 224
Other - Professional3 510 626 595 567
None (Blank)4 1 13 8 5
Total Referrals Received (unique count)* 3,758 3,958 3,756 3,230

% change in total referrals received from

previous year 5.3% -5.1% -14.0% March 2017 March 2018 March 2019 March 2020

Comparison of Statewide CPS Referrals Received in March 2019 and March 2020 by Referral Source and Week #

March 2019 March 2020

Referral Source Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5^ Total Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5^ Total
Educational Personnel 277 310 285 231 53 1,156 327 256 12 29 8 632
Friend, Neighbor, Relative1 157 185 143 173 40 698 159 197 150 153 71 730
Law Enforcement 157 155 160 184 60 716 202 217 127 128 62 736
Medical Personnel 94 88 98 97 27 404 108 104 90 88 32 422
Other - Nonprofessional2 71 73 67 71 17 299 68 69 42 44 21 244
Other - Professional3 170 113 129 125 30 567 160 148 112 93 34 547
None (Blank)4 0 3 4 1 0 8 3 1 0 0 1 5
Total Referrals Received (unique count)* 903 902 865 867 219 3,756 1,000 969 516 525 220 3,230

% change in total referrals received by week

from previous year 10.7% 7.4% -40.3% -39.4% 0.5% -14.0%

Notes:
* The sum of each column may be different than the unique count of referrals received in the month because a referral can have more than one source.
1
This category includes sources of Friend, Neighbor, Parent, Other Relative, and Caretaker/Guardian.
2
This category includes sources of Other, Anonymous, and Alleged Victim.
3
This category includes other mandated reporters such as Social Services Personnel, Mental Health Personnel, Clergy, Coroner, Child Care Provider, and Court/Legal Personnel.
4
This category indicates the referral source was left blank.
# Week 1 is 3/1 to 3/7; Week 2 is 3/8 to 3/14; Week 3 is 3/15 to 3/21; Week 4 is 3/22 - 3/28. Week 5 is 3/29 to 3/31.
^ Week 5 of March is a partial week only containing three days.

Source: UNITY database, SQL query

Prepared 4-6-2020 by AB, SD