COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JULY 2006
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,338
In-Person Response												11,119
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,106
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											7,013
Total Referral Children Received during Month												12,457
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			868	7.0%		Exploitation					15	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,161	17.3%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					493	4.0%
Severe Neglect			183	1.5%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,117	17.0%
General Neglect			3,753	30.1%		Substantial Risk					1,869	15.0%
Emotional Abuse			998	8.0%		Total					12,457	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JULY 31, 2006
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								1,029
	Family Maintenance								10,578
	Under 12 Months						9,241
	Over 12 Months						1,337
	Family Reunification								9,326
	Under 18 Months						8,652
	Over 18 Months						674
	Permanent Placement								15,224
	Adoptions								2,098
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,255
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						11,065
Birth - 2 Years			6,355	16.6%		Foster Family Home						1,825
3 - 4 Years			3,658	9.6%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,054
5 - 9 Years			8,891	23.2%		Small Family Home						150
10 - 13 Years			8,107	21.2%		Group Home						1,595
14 - 15 Years			4,772	12.5%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						54
16 - 17 Years			4,560	11.9%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,743
18 Years & Older			1,912	5.0%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						196
Age Total			38,255	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,277
Gender						Guardian Home						3,223
Male			19,048	49.8%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,439
Female			19,207	50.2%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,255	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,540 children received D Rate and 1,030 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,101	13.3%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,263	50.4%
African American			12,451	32.5%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			925	2.4%		Foster Homes					3,270	7,759
American Indian/Alaskan Native			192	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,538	12,587
Filipino			194	0.5%		In Los Angeles County					3,103	8,348
Other			129	0.3%		Out-of-County					1,435	4,239
Ethnicity Total			38,255	100.0%		Small Family Homes					152	436
						Group Homes*					319	3,715
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					238	2,752
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			Not Available			Out-of-County					81	963
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month			7
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.
on 9/18/06.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.
A child is counted once during the report month.
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