COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES |
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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
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FACT SHEET |
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CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - AUGUST 2007 |
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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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1,503 |
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In-Person Response |
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11,957 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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4,629 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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7,328 |
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Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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13,460 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
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Sexual Abuse |
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938 |
7.0% |
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Exploitation |
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11 |
0.1% |
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Physical Abuse |
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2,301 |
17.1% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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481 |
3.6% |
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Severe Neglect |
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206 |
1.5% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,207 |
16.4% |
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General Neglect |
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3,945 |
29.3% |
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Substantial Risk |
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2,273 |
16.9% |
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Emotional Abuse |
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1,098 |
8.2% |
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Total |
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13,460 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF AUGUST 31, 2007 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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764 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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10,654 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,481 |
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Over 12
Months |
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1,173 |
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Family Reunification |
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10,032 |
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Under 18
Months |
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9316 |
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Over 18
Months |
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716 |
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Permanent Placement |
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14,405 |
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Adoption Services Cases |
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1,554 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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37,409 |
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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/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home |
10,521 |
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Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,558 |
17.5% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,660 |
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3 -
4 Years |
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3,747 |
10.0% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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6,236 |
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5 -
9 Years |
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8,689 |
23.2% |
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Small
Family Home |
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131 |
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10 -
13 Years |
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7,472 |
20.0% |
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Group Home |
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1,403 |
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14 -
15 Years |
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4,457 |
11.9% |
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Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) |
33 |
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16 -
17 Years |
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4,487 |
12.0% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
19,984 |
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18
Years & Older |
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1,999 |
5.3% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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177 |
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Age Total |
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37,409 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,244 |
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Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
3,071 |
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Male |
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18,657 |
49.9% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
24,476 |
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Female |
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18,752 |
50.1% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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Gender Total |
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37,409 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: In the
above, 2,153 children received D Rate and 843 received F Rate care. |
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Ethnicity |
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White |
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4,953 |
13.2% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
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Hispanic |
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19,524 |
52.2% |
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African American |
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11,559 |
30.9% |
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Homes |
Beds |
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Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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816 |
2.2% |
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Foster Homes ** |
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2,053 |
5,011 |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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200 |
0.5% |
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Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report) |
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4,557 |
12,959 |
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Filipino |
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213 |
0.6% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,102 |
8,587 |
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Other |
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144 |
0.4% |
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Out-of-County |
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1,455 |
4,372 |
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Ethnicity Total |
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37,409 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes ** |
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248 |
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Group Homes * |
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325 |
3,924 |
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RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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226 |
2,738 |
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Children Who Ran Away During the Month |
Not Available |
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Out-of-County |
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99 |
1,186 |
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Children Who Were Abducted During the Month |
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NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and
Runaway Kids System (ARKS) |
* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support Section. |
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on 9/17/07. Counts reflect data as of the date when
data were extracted. |
** Excluded licensed homes on hold. |
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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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