COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  MAY 2007
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,601
In-Person Response												14,833
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,923
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											9,910
Total Referral Children Received during Month												16,434
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			1,037	6.3%		Exploitation					6	0.0%
Physical Abuse			3,221	19.6%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					452	2.8%
Severe Neglect			171	1.0%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					3,417	20.8%
General Neglect			4,344	26.4%		Substantial Risk					2,603	15.8%
Emotional Abuse			1,183	7.2%		Total					16,434	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MAY 31, 2007
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								911
	Family Maintenance								10,943
	Under 12 Months						9,734
	Over 12 Months						1,209
	Family Reunification								9,944
	Under 18 Months						9178
	Over 18 Months						766
	Permanent Placement								14,738
	Adoption Services Cases								1,732
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,268
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						10,817
Birth - 2 Years			6,624	17.3%		Foster Family Home						1,683
3 - 4 Years			3,751	9.8%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,316
5 - 9 Years			8,956	23.4%		Small Family Home						135
10 - 13 Years			7,720	20.2%		Group Home						1,478
14 - 15 Years			4,684	12.2%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						44
16 - 17 Years			4,534	11.8%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,473
18 Years & Older			1,999	5.2%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						189
Age Total			38,268	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,337
Gender						Guardian Home						3,125
Male			19,000	49.6%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,124
Female			19,268	50.4%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,268	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,267 children received D Rate and 894 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,115	13.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,693	51.5%
African American			11,999	31.4%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			916	2.4%		Foster Homes **					2,156	5,220
American Indian/Alaskan Native			178	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,602	13,036
Filipino			219	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,068	8,543
Other			148	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,534	4,493
Ethnicity Total			38,268	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					111	270
						Group Homes *					326	4,018
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					231	2,826
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			66			Out-of-County					95	1,192
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				0
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 7/17/07.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						** Excluded licensed homes on hold.
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