Children's Services in Hamilton County
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Children Served	18,608	17,758	18,584	16,108	15,679	17,460	17,717
Proportion of child population	1 in 12	1 in 12	1 in 12	1 in 13	1 in 13	1 in 12	1 in 12
Investigations of alleged abuse & neglect initiated	5,822	5,580	5,496	5,578	5,661	6,141	6,437
Children in HCJFS custody and in substitute care at some point during the year (unduplicated)	2,278	2,326	2,233	2,155	2,057	1,920	1,979
Number of youth trained in Independent Living skills	96	148	92	124	129	121	129
Finalized adoptions	92	95	89	94	77	85	135