COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  CALENDAR YEAR 2010
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Evaluated Out												25,714
In-Person Response												144,757
Total Referral Children Received during Year												170,471
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			17,371	10.2%		Exploitation					100	0.1%
Physical Abuse			37,474	22.0%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					2,922	1.7%
Severe Neglect			2,837	1.7%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					41,596	24.4%
General Neglect			49,399	29.0%		Total					170,471	100.0%
Emotional Abuse			18,772	11.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010
	In-Home and Out-of-Home Services Caseload						* Adoption Services Caseload
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)					906			8
	Family Maintenance					12,933			29
	Under 12 Months			11,696
	Over 12 Months			1,237
	Family Reunification					9,441			1,424
	Under 18 Months			8,672
	Over 18 Months			769
	Permanent Placement					10,515			3,525
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services					33,795			4,986
	* 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						7,664
Birth - 2 Years			6,484	19.2%		Foster Family Home						1,225
3 - 4 Years			4,074	12.1%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,632
5 - 9 Years			8,174	24.2%		Small Family Home						75
10 - 13 Years			6,005	17.8%		Group Home						1,011
14 - 15 Years			3,569	10.6%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						29
16 - 17 Years			3,858	11.4%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						15,636
18 Years & Older			1,631	4.8%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						180
Age Total			33,795	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						744
Gender						Guardian Home						2,336
Male			16,785	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						18,896
Female			17,010	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			33,795	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 1,385 children received D Rate and 431 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			3,900	11.5%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,041	56.3%
African American			9,732	28.8%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			606	1.8%		Foster Homes **					998	2,468
American Indian/Alaskan Native			143	0.4%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					3,917	11,120
Filipino			200	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					2,699	7,474
Other			173	0.5%		Out-of-County					1,218	3,646
Ethnicity Total			33,795	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					72	109
						Group Homes *					177	2,460
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					140	1,823
Children Who Ran Away During the Month				735		Out-of-County					37	637
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				61
NOTE:  Data from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) as of 5/18/2011						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and
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