COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  DECEMBER 2004  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,208  
In-Person Response           10,162  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,493    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       5,669    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             11,370  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   951 8.4%   Exploitation   14 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,201 19.4%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   527 4.6%  
Severe Neglect   113 1.0%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,340 20.6%    
General Neglect   2,938 25.8%   Substantial Risk   1,299 11.4%  
Emotional Abuse   987 8.7%   Total     11,370 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2004 (CHILDREN)  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,150      
  Family Maintenance         9,622        
      Under 12 Months       8,469            
      Over 12 Months       1,153            
  Family Reunification         7,942        
      Under 18 Months       7,163            
      Over 18 Months       779            
  Permanent Placement         16,332        
  Adoptions           2,839        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     37,885        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 5,669 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,238  
Birth - 2 Years   5,538 14.6%   Foster Family Home   2,553  
3 - 4 Years     3,599 9.5%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,142  
5 - 9 Years   9,036 23.9%   Small Family Home   180      
10 - 13 Years     8,685 22.9%   Group Home     1,989      
14 - 15 Years     4,854 12.8%   Guardian Home     2,530  
16 - 17 Years   4,424 11.7%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized   1,323  
18 Years & Older   1,749 4.6%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 212      
Age Total   37,885 100.0%   Total     26,167  
  NOTE:   In the data above, 2,778 children receive D Rate and 1,374 receive F Rate care.  
Gender            
Male   18,851 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,034 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month   16  
Gender Total   37,885 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   2  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 1/7/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,402 14.3%  
Hispanic     17,073 45.1%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,892 36.7%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     941 2.5%   Foster Homes     3,319 7,888  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   201 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,775 12,705  
Filipino   180 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,311 8,485  
Other   196 0.5%       Out-of-County   1,464 4,220  
Ethnicity Total   37,885 100.0%   Small Family Homes   166 504  
          Group Homes*   341 4,127  
              In Los Angeles County   260 3,116  
              Out-of-County   81 1,011  
   
          * 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, unless stated otherwise.                          Prepared by: BIS Information Technology Services Division - Statistics Section