COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  AUGUST 2005  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,321  
In-Person Response           10,866  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,784    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       6,082    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             12,187  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   881 7.2%   Exploitation   19 0.2%  
Physical Abuse   2,079 17.1%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   584 4.8%  
Severe Neglect   177 1.5%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   1,936 15.9%    
General Neglect   3,824 31.4%   Substantial Risk   1,645 13.5%  
Emotional Abuse   1,042 8.6%   Total     12,187 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF AUGUST 31, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,194      
  Family Maintenance         11,110        
      Under 12 Months       9,955            
      Over 12 Months       1,155            
  Family Reunification         8,598        
      Under 18 Months       7,928            
      Over 18 Months       670            
  Permanent Placement         16,013        
  Adoptions           2,233        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,148        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 6,082 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,161  
Birth - 2 Years   6,119 15.6%   Foster Family Home   2,219  
3 - 4 Years     3,666 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,120  
5 - 9 Years   9,319 23.8%   Small Family Home   159      
10 - 13 Years     8,625 22.0%   Group Home     1,864      
14 - 15 Years     4,939 12.6%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,187  
16 - 17 Years   4,671 11.9%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 212  
18 Years & Older   1,809 4.6%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 22,922      
Age Total   39,148 100.0%   Guardian Home 3,059  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 25,981  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,639 children receive D Rate and 1,215 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,512 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,636 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month 116  
Gender Total   39,148 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month 0  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 9/15/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,373 13.7%  
Hispanic     18,711 47.8%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,465 34.4%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     977 2.5%   Foster Homes     3,290 7,884  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   199 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,656 12,617  
Filipino   202 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,203 8,283  
Other   221 0.6%       Out-of-County   1,453 4,334  
Ethnicity Total   39,148 100.0%   Small Family Homes   160 468  
          Group Homes*   362 4,208  
              In Los Angeles County   265 3,155  
              Out-of-County   97 1,053  
   
          * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
 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