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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
| FACT SHEET |
| CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - JULY 2011 |
| (Click on web
links to view 12-month data for each category) |
| EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRALS |
| Evaluated Out |
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1,735 |
| In-Person
Response |
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9,913 |
| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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2,088 |
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| Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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7,825 |
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| Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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11,648 |
| REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
| Sexual Abuse |
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1,114 |
9.6% |
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Exploitation |
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6 |
0.1% |
| Physical
Abuse |
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2,368 |
20.3% |
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Caretaker Absence/Incapacity |
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199 |
1.7% |
| Severe
Neglect |
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291 |
2.5% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,288 |
19.6% |
| General
Neglect |
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3,800 |
32.6% |
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Total |
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11,648 |
100.0% |
| Emotional
Abuse |
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1,582 |
13.6% |
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| IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF JULY 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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941 |
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5 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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14,960 |
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28 |
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Under 12
Months |
13,518 |
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Over 12
Months |
1,442 |
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Family
Reunification |
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9,151 |
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1,167 |
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Under 18
Months |
8,400 |
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Over 18
Months |
751 |
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Permanent
Placement |
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10,586 |
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3,592 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
35,638 |
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4,792 |
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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 |
7,708 |
| Birth - 2 Years |
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6,824 |
19.1% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,217 |
| 3 - 4 Years |
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4,398 |
12.3% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,363 |
| 5 - 9 Years |
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8,794 |
24.7% |
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Small
Family Home |
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61 |
| 10 - 13 Years |
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6,422 |
18.0% |
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Group
Home |
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1,041 |
| 14 - 15 Years |
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3,603 |
10.1% |
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Other (County Shelter, Tribal, and Court Specified Homes) |
23 |
| 16 - 17 Years |
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3,941 |
11.1% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
15,413 |
| 18 Years & Older |
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1,656 |
4.6% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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172 |
| Age Total |
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35,638 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
898 |
| Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
2,211 |
| Male |
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17,615 |
49.4% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
18,694 |
| Female |
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18,023 |
50.6% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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| Gender Total |
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35,638 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: In the
above, 1,347children received D Rate and 423 received F Rate care. |
| Ethnicity |
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| White |
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4,213 |
11.8% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
| Hispanic |
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20,418 |
57.3% |
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| African
American |
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9,878 |
27.7% |
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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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935 |
2,371 |
| American
Indian/Alaskan Native |
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149 |
0.4% |
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Foster Family Agency
Homes (self-report) |
0 |
0 |
| Filipino |
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196 |
0.5% |
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In Los Angeles County |
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| Other |
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205 |
0.6% |
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Out-of-County |
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| Ethnicity Total |
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35,638 |
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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