COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JANUARY 2009
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRALS
Evaluated Out												1,456
In-Person Response												11,103
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											3,767
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											7,336
Total Referral Children Received during Month												12,559
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			1,238	9.9%		Exploitation					13	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,726	21.7%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					243	1.9%
Severe Neglect			146	1.2%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,850	22.7%
General Neglect			3,879	30.9%		Substantial Risk					311	2.5%
Emotional Abuse			1,153	9.2%		Total					12,559	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JANUARY 31, 2009
	In-Home and Out-of-Home Services Caseload						* Adoption Services Caseload
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)					596			7
	Family Maintenance					10,722			102
	Under 12 Months			9,750
	Over 12 Months			972
	Family Reunification					8,409			1,543
	Under 18 Months			7,841
	Over 18 Months			568
	Permanent Placement					13,487			4,522
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services					33,214			6,174
	* 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						8,224
Birth - 2 Years			6,010	18.1%		Foster Family Home						1,340
3 - 4 Years			3,565	10.7%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,695
5 - 9 Years			7,743	23.3%		Small Family Home						121
10 - 13 Years			6,279	18.9%		Group Home						995
14 - 15 Years			3,831	11.5%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						54
16 - 17 Years			4,001	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						16,429
18 Years & Older			1,785	5.4%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						184
Age Total			33,214	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,210
Gender						Guardian Home						2,986
Male			16,509	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						20,809
Female			16,705	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			33,214	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 1,720 children received D Rate and 523 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			3,979	12.0%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			18,250	54.9%
African American			9,943	29.9%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			624	1.9%		Foster Homes **					1,372	3,371
American Indian/Alaskan Native			145	0.4%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					5,112	14,339
Filipino			194	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,054	8,812
Other			79	0.2%		Out-of-County					2,058	5,527
Ethnicity Total			33,214	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					93	196
						Group Homes *					218	2,884
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					174	2,225
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			61			Out-of-County					44	659
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month			10
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support
on 4/9/2009.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						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