COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  CALENDAR YEAR 2009
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Evaluated Out												23,740
In-Person Response												134,220
Total Referral Children Received during Year												157,960
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			15,126	9.6%		Exploitation					124	0.1%
Physical Abuse			34,379	21.8%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					3,108	2.0%
Severe Neglect			2,176	1.4%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					38,083	24.1%
General Neglect			46,416	29.4%		Substantial Risk					2,414	1.5%
Emotional Abuse			16,134	10.2%		Total					157,960	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009
	In-Home and Out-of-Home Services Caseload						* Adoption Services Caseload
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)					882			7
	Family Maintenance					10,847			104
	Under 12 Months			9,876
	Over 12 Months			971
	Family Reunification					8,883			1,855
	Under 18 Months			8,186
	Over 18 Months			697
	Permanent Placement					11,705			3,838
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services					32,317			5,804
	* Adoption services caseload represents children in in-home and out-of-home services caseload receiving adoption services.
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						7,525
Birth - 2 Years			5,948	18.4%		Foster Family Home						1,228
3 - 4 Years			3,630	11.2%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,022
5 - 9 Years			7,546	23.3%		Small Family Home						96
10 - 13 Years			5,966	18.5%		Group Home						908
14 - 15 Years			3,595	11.1%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						37
16 - 17 Years			3,841	11.9%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						15,816
18 Years & Older			1,791	5.5%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						161
Age Total			32,317	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,008
Gender						Guardian Home						2,650
Male			15,995	49.5%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						19,635
Female			16,322	50.5%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			32,317	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 1,735 children received D Rate and 542 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			3,758	11.6%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			17,947	55.5%
African American			9,533	29.5%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			619	1.9%		Foster Homes **					1,143	2,848
American Indian/Alaskan Native			145	0.4%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,290	13,033
Filipino			202	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					2,988	9,028
Other			113	0.3%		Out-of-County					1,302	4,005
Ethnicity Total			32,317	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					85	162
						Group Homes *					190	2,542
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					148	1,904
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			Not Available			Out-of-County					42	638
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month			Not Available
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and
on mm/dd/yy.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						Support Section.
A child is counted once during the report month.						** Excluded licensed homes on hold.
Source: Data are from the Child Welfare Services/Case Management
System (CWS/CMS) Datamart History Table, unless stated otherwise.						Prepared by: BIS Information Technology Services Division - Statistics Section