COUNTY OF
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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES |
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FACT SHEET |
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CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - APRIL 2006 |
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(Click on web links
to view 12-month data for each category) |
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES |
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Emergency Response
Referral Children Received |
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Evaluated Out |
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1,436 |
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In-Person Response |
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11,128 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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3,878 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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7,250 |
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Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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12,564 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
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Sexual Abuse |
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838 |
6.7% |
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Exploitation |
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7 |
0.1% |
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Physical Abuse |
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2,348 |
18.7% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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491 |
3.9% |
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Severe Neglect |
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159 |
1.3% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,513 |
20.0% |
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General Neglect |
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3,411 |
27.1% |
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Substantial Risk |
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1,882 |
15.0% |
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Emotional Abuse |
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915 |
7.3% |
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Total |
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12,564 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF APRIL 30, 2006 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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988 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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10,703 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,427 |
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Over 12
Months |
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1,276 |
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Family Reunification |
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8,991 |
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Under 18
Months |
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8,346 |
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Over 18
Months |
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645 |
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Permanent Placement |
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15,394 |
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Adoptions |
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2,199 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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38,275 |
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CHILD
CHARACTERISTICS |
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CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT |
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Age |
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Relative
Home |
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11,038 |
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Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,211 |
16.2% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,873 |
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3 -
4 Years |
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3,639 |
9.5% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,899 |
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5 -
9 Years |
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8,924 |
23.3% |
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Small
Family Home |
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154 |
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10 -
13 Years |
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8,200 |
21.4% |
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Group Home |
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1,705 |
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14 -
15 Years |
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4,819 |
12.6% |
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Other (Medical Facility, Tribal and Court Specified Home) |
44 |
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16 -
17 Years |
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4,607 |
12.0% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
20,713 |
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18
Years & Older |
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1,875 |
4.9% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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176 |
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Age Total |
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38,275 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,235 |
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Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
3,210 |
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Male |
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19,085 |
49.9% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
25,334 |
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Female |
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19,190 |
50.1% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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Gender Total |
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38,275 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: (1) Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home
Placement report methodology has been |
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Ethnicity |
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modified to exclude children in NFC Placement, Adoptive Home -
Adoption Not |
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White |
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5,250 |
13.7% |
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Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of
out-of-home care. |
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Hispanic |
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18,915 |
49.4% |
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(2) In the above, 2,609 children received D Rate and 1,109 received F
Rate care. |
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African American |
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12,679 |
33.1% |
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Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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927 |
2.4% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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188 |
0.5% |
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Homes |
Beds |
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Filipino |
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194 |
0.5% |
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Foster Homes |
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3,284 |
7,825 |
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Other |
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122 |
0.3% |
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Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report) |
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4,483 |
12,515 |
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Ethnicity Total |
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38,275 |
100.0% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,084 |
8,401 |
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Out-of-County |
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1,399 |
4,114 |
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RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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Small Family Homes |
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150 |
423 |
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Children Who Ran Away During the Month |
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130 |
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Group Homes* |
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337 |
3,981 |
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Children Who Were Abducted During the Month |
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11 |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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248 |
2,957 |
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NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and
Runaway Kids System (ARKS) |
Out-of-County |
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89 |
1,024 |
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on 5/16/2006. Counts reflect data as of the date when
data were extracted. |
* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support Section. |
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A child is counted once during
the report month. |
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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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