COUNTY OF
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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES |
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES |
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FACT SHEET |
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CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - DECEMBER 2005 (Updated) |
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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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1,065 |
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In-Person Response |
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9,414 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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3,877 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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5,537 |
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Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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10,479 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
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Sexual Abuse |
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663 |
6.3% |
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Exploitation |
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10 |
0.1% |
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Physical Abuse |
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2,030 |
19.4% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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470 |
4.5% |
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Severe Neglect |
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124 |
1.2% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,037 |
19.4% |
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General Neglect |
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2,791 |
26.6% |
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Substantial Risk |
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1,500 |
14.3% |
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Emotional Abuse |
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854 |
8.1% |
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Total |
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10,479 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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1,148 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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10,983 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,760 |
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Over 12
Months |
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1,223 |
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Family Reunification |
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8,876 |
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Under 18
Months |
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8,154 |
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Over 18
Months |
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722 |
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Permanent Placement |
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15,852 |
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Adoptions |
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2,505 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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39,364 |
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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
Home |
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11,219 |
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Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,165 |
15.7% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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2,054 |
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3 -
4 Years |
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3,675 |
9.3% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,971 |
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5 -
9 Years |
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9,169 |
23.3% |
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Small
Family Home |
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156 |
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10 -
13 Years |
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8,519 |
21.6% |
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Group Home |
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1,799 |
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14 -
15 Years |
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5,050 |
12.8% |
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Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) |
49 |
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16 -
17 Years |
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4,832 |
12.3% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
21,248 |
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18
Years & Older |
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1,954 |
5.0% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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164 |
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Age Total |
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39,364 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,182 |
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Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
3,095 |
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Male |
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19,503 |
49.5% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
25,689 |
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Female |
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19,861 |
50.5% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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Gender Total |
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39,364 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: (1) Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home
Placement report methodology has been |
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Ethnicity |
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modified to exclude children in NFC Placement, Adoptive Home -
Adoption Not |
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White |
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5,504 |
14.0% |
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Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of
out-of-home care. |
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Hispanic |
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19,111 |
48.5% |
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(2) In the above, 2,649 children received D Rate and 1,162 received F
Rate care. |
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African American |
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13,218 |
33.6% |
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Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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943 |
2.4% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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196 |
0.5% |
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Homes |
Beds |
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Filipino |
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205 |
0.5% |
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Foster Homes |
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3,305 |
7,908 |
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Other |
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187 |
0.5% |
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Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report) |
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4,656 |
12,526 |
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Ethnicity Total |
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39,364 |
100.0% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,182 |
8,228 |
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Out-of-County |
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1,474 |
4,298 |
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RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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Small Family Homes |
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154 |
440 |
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Children Who Ran Away During the Month |
112 |
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Group Homes* |
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362 |
4,182 |
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Children Who Were Abducted During the Month |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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263 |
3,108 |
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NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and
Runaway Kids System (ARKS) |
Out-of-County |
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99 |
1,074 |
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on 2/15/2006. Counts reflect data as of the date when
data were generated. |
* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support Section. |
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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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