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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
| FACT SHEET |
| CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - AUGUST 2011 |
| (Click on web
links to view 12-month data for each category) |
| EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRALS |
| Evaluated Out |
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1,904 |
| In-Person
Response |
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11,237 |
| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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2,899 |
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| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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8,338 |
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| Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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13,141 |
| REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
| Sexual Abuse |
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1,248 |
9.5% |
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Exploitation |
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3 |
0.0% |
| Physical
Abuse |
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2,538 |
19.3% |
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Caretaker Absence/Incapacity |
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224 |
1.7% |
| Severe
Neglect |
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317 |
2.4% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,608 |
19.8% |
| General
Neglect |
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4,589 |
34.9% |
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Total |
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13,141 |
100.0% |
| Emotional
Abuse |
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1,614 |
12.3% |
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| IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF AUGUST 31, 2011 |
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In-Home and Out-of-Home Services Caseload |
* Adoption Services Caseload |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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990 |
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3 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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14,998 |
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25 |
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Under 12
Months |
13,439 |
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Over 12
Months |
1,559 |
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Family
Reunification |
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9,121 |
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1,183 |
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Under 18
Months |
8,387 |
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Over 18
Months |
734 |
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Permanent
Placement |
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10,541 |
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3,718 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
35,650 |
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4,929 |
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* Adoption services caseload represents children in
in-home and out-of-home services caseload receiving adoption services. |
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| CHILD
CHARACTERISTICS |
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CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT |
| Age |
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Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home |
7,807 |
| Birth - 2 Years |
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6,824 |
19.1% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,220 |
| 3 - 4 Years |
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4,414 |
12.4% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,284 |
| 5 - 9 Years |
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8,860 |
24.9% |
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Small
Family Home |
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59 |
| 10 - 13 Years |
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6,414 |
18.0% |
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Group
Home |
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1,035 |
| 14 - 15 Years |
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3,562 |
10.0% |
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Other (County Shelter, Tribal, and Court Specified Homes) |
27 |
| 16 - 17 Years |
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3,906 |
11.0% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
15,432 |
| 18 Years & Older |
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1,670 |
4.7% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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175 |
| Age Total |
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35,650 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
832 |
| Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
2,174 |
| Male |
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17,617 |
49.4% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
18,613 |
| Female |
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18,033 |
50.6% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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| Gender Total |
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35,650 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: In the
above, 1,333children received D Rate and 424 received F Rate care. |
| Ethnicity |
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| White |
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4,208 |
11.8% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
| Hispanic |
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20,477 |
57.4% |
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| African
American |
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9,808 |
27.5% |
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Homes |
Beds |
| Asian/Pacific Islander |
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579 |
1.6% |
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Foster Homes ** |
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930 |
2,357 |
| American
Indian/Alaskan Native |
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195 |
0.5% |
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Foster Family Agency
Homes (self-report) |
3,154 |
8,594 |
| Filipino |
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189 |
0.5% |
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In Los Angeles County |
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2,470 |
6,780 |
| Other |
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194 |
0.5% |
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Out-of-County |
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684 |
1,814 |
| Ethnicity Total |
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35,650 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes ** |
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71 |
104 |
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Group Homes * |
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177 |
2,492 |
| RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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In Los Angeles County |
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140 |
1,855 |
| Children Who Ran
Away During the Month |
Not Available |
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Out-of-County |
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37 |
637 |
| Children Who Were
Abducted During the Month |
Not Available |
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| NOTE: Data from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids
System - As of mm/dd/yyyy. |
* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support |
| A child is counted once during
the report month. |
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** Excluded licensed homes on hold. |
| Source: Data are from the Child Welfare
Services/Case Management |
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| System (CWS/CMS) Datamart
History Table, unless stated otherwise. |
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Prepared by: BIS
Information Technology Services Division - Statistics Section |
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