COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  CALENDAR YEAR 2005  
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         15,916  
In-Person Response           140,915  
Total Referral Children Received during Month             156,831  
               
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   10,647 6.8%   Exploitation   193 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   31,180 19.9%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   7,201 4.6%  
Severe Neglect   1,715 1.1%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   30,647 19.5%    
General Neglect   43,264 27.6%   Substantial Risk   19,265 12.3%  
Emotional Abuse   12,719 8.1%   Total     156,831 100.0%      
                     
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,148      
  Family Maintenance         10,983        
      Under 12 Months       9,760            
      Over 12 Months       1,223            
  Family Reunification         8,876        
      Under 18 Months       8,154            
      Over 18 Months       722            
  Permanent Placement         15,852        
  Adoptions           2,505        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,364        
               
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,219  
Birth - 2 Years   6,165 15.7%   Foster Family Home   2,054  
3 - 4 Years     3,675 9.3%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   5,971  
5 - 9 Years   9,169 23.3%   Small Family Home   156      
10 - 13 Years     8,519 21.6%   Group Home     1,799      
14 - 15 Years     5,050 12.8%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal and Court Specified Home) 49    
16 - 17 Years   4,832 12.3%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 21,248  
18 Years & Older   1,954 5.0%   Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 164      
Age Total   39,364 100.0%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,182    
Gender   Guardian Home 3,095  
Male   19,503 49.5%   Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive 25,689  
Female   19,861 50.5%   Home, and Guardian Home)    
Gender Total   39,364 100.0%   NOTE: (1) Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home Placement report methodology has been  
Ethnicity                   modified to exclude children in NFC Placement, Adoptive Home - Adoption Not  
White   5,504 14.0%                 Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of out-of-home care.  
Hispanic   19,111 48.5%               (2) In the above, 2,649 children received D Rate and 1,162 received F Rate care.  
African American     13,218 33.6%      
Asian/Pacific Islander     943 2.4%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES    
American Indian/Alaskan Native   196 0.5%       Homes Beds    
Filipino     205 0.5%   Foster Homes   3,305 7,908  
Other   187 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,656 12,526  
Ethnicity Total   39,364 100.0%       In Los Angeles County   3,182 8,228  
      Out-of-County   1,474 4,298  
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN Small Family Homes     154 440  
Children Who Ran Away During the Month 112 Group Homes*   362 4,182  
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   3       In Los Angeles County   263 3,108  
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)     Out-of-County 99 1,074  
            on 2/7/2006.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were generated. * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
            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