COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  CALENDAR YEAR 2006  
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         17,019  
In-Person Response           145,692  
Total Referral Children Received during Month             162,711  
               
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   11,232 6.9%   Exploitation   136 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   30,722 18.9%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   5,959 3.7%  
Severe Neglect   1,898 1.2%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   30,918 19.0%    
General Neglect   44,554 27.4%   Substantial Risk   24,743 15.2%  
Emotional Abuse   12,549 7.7%   Total     162,711 100.0%      
               
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,002      
  Family Maintenance         10,932        
      Under 12 Months       9,502            
      Over 12 Months       1,430            
  Family Reunification         9,589        
      Under 18 Months       8,867            
      Over 18 Months       722            
  Permanent Placement         15,016        
  Adoptions           1,844        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     38,383        
               
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home 10,868  
Birth - 2 Years   6,443 16.8%   Foster Family Home   1,807  
3 - 4 Years     3,718 9.7%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,029  
5 - 9 Years   8,877 23.1%   Small Family Home   138      
10 - 13 Years     7,966 20.8%   Group Home     1,557      
14 - 15 Years     4,778 12.4%   Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) 55    
16 - 17 Years   4,665 12.2%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 20,454  
18 Years & Older   1,936 5.0%   Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 203      
Age Total   38,383 100.0%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,188    
Gender   Guardian Home 3,301  
Male   19,074 49.7%   Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive 25,146  
Female   19,309 50.3%   Home, and Guardian Home)    
Gender Total   38,383 100.0%   NOTE:  In the above, 2,424 children received D Rate and 935 received F Rate care.  
Ethnicity      
White   5,139 13.4%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES    
Hispanic   19,500 50.8%   Homes Beds  
African American     12,277 32.0%   Foster Homes **   2,429 5,956  
Asian/Pacific Islander     912 2.4%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,478 12,435    
American Indian/Alaskan Native   205 0.5%       In Los Angeles County     3,029 8,205    
Filipino     213 0.6%       Out-of-County   1,449 4,230  
Other   137 0.4%   Small Family Homes **     113 276  
Ethnicity Total   38,383 100.0%   Group Homes*     338 4,065  
      In Los Angeles County   237 2,863  
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN     Out-of-County     101 1,202  
Children Who Ran Away During the Month   1,185    
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   101   * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS). ** Excluded licensed homes on hold.  
            Counts reflect a summary of monthly data as of the date when data were    
            extracted.        
           
 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