COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  APRIL 2007
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,323
In-Person Response												12,470
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											3,809
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											8,661
Total Referral Children Received during Month												13,793
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			963	7.0%		Exploitation					7	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,491	18.1%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					472	3.4%
Severe Neglect			133	1.0%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,468	17.9%
General Neglect			3,680	26.7%		Substantial Risk					2,403	17.4%
Emotional Abuse			1,176	8.5%		Total					13,793	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF APRIL 30, 2007
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								928
	Family Maintenance								10,856
	Under 12 Months						9,654
	Over 12 Months						1,202
	Family Reunification								9,798
	Under 18 Months						9,094
	Over 18 Months						704
	Permanent Placement								1,818
	Adoption Services Cases								14,708
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,108
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						10,761
Birth - 2 Years			6,543	17.2%		Foster Family Home						1,705
3 - 4 Years			3,701	9.7%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,228
5 - 9 Years			8,927	23.4%		Small Family Home						135
10 - 13 Years			7,710	20.2%		Group Home						1,465
14 - 15 Years			4,684	12.3%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						45
16 - 17 Years			4,578	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,339
18 Years & Older			1,965	5.2%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						183
Age Total			38,108	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,372
Gender						Guardian Home						3,138
Male			18,923	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,032
Female			19,185	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,108	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,292 children received D Rate and 913 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,105	13.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,509	51.2%
African American			12,014	31.5%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			916	2.4%		Foster Homes **					2,244	5,444
American Indian/Alaskan Native			183	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,615	12,983
Filipino			215	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,096	8,537
Other			166	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,519	4,446
Ethnicity Total			38,108	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					111	270
						Group Homes *					331	4,049
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					230	2,850
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			76			Out-of-County					101	1,199
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				2
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 06/18/07.  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