COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  AUGUST 2006
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,395
In-Person Response												11,531
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											5,076
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											6,455
Total Referral Children Received during Month												12,926
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			944	7.3%		Exploitation					19	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,265	17.5%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					494	3.8%
Severe Neglect			146	1.1%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,040	15.8%
General Neglect			4,021	31.1%		Substantial Risk					1,923	14.9%
Emotional Abuse			1,074	8.3%		Total					12,926	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF AUGUST 31, 2006
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								966
	Family Maintenance								10,631
	Under 12 Months						9,344
	Over 12 Months						1,287
	Family Reunification								9,360
	Under 18 Months						8,711
	Over 18 Months						649
	Permanent Placement								15,262
	Adoptions								2,019
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,238
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						11,147
Birth - 2 Years			6,370	16.7%		Foster Family Home						1,834
3 - 4 Years			3,655	9.6%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,035
5 - 9 Years			8,881	23.2%		Small Family Home						145
10 - 13 Years			8,052	21.1%		Group Home						1,579
14 - 15 Years			4,771	12.5%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						57
16 - 17 Years			4,587	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,797
18 Years & Older			1,922	5.0%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						195
Age Total			38,238	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,230
Gender						Guardian Home						3,208
Male			19,005	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,430
Female			19,233	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,238	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,507 children received D Rate and 994 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,122	13.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,245	50.3%
African American			12,409	32.5%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			936	2.4%		Foster Homes					3,273	7,760
American Indian/Alaskan Native			194	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,486	12,508
Filipino			192	0.5%		In Los Angeles County					3,056	8,275
Other			140	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,430	4,233
Ethnicity Total			38,238	100.0%		Small Family Homes					150	426
						Group Homes*					353	4,149
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					259	2,995
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			67			Out-of-County					94	1,154
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				15
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 12/19/06.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.
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