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