COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
(January 2006 to December 2006)
	Relative Home	Foster Family Home	Foster Family Agency Certified Home	Small Family Home	Group Home	Other	Total Out-of-Home Placement	Medical Placement	Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized	Guardian Home	* Total Placement
January 2006	11,112	1,987	5,944	147	1,755	42	20,987	168	1,100	3,209	25,464
February 2006	11,169	1,943	5,864	148	1,740	36	20,900	176	1,143	3,193	25,412
March 2006	11,084	1,895	5,914	146	1,713	41	20,793	168	1,181	3,236	25,378
April 2006	11,038	1,873	5,899	154	1,705	44	20,713	176	1,235	3,210	25,334
May 2006	10,985	1,881	5,960	156	1,691	48	20,721	182	1,235	3,178	25,316
June 2006	10,960	1,876	6,008	158	1,652	54	20,708	198	1,270	3,278	25,454
July 2006	11,065	1,825	6,054	150	1,595	54	20,743	196	1,277	3,223	25,439
August 2006	11,147	1,834	6,035	145	1,579	57	20,797	195	1,230	3,208	25,430
September 2006	11,005	1,825	6,070	148	1,581	59	20,688	190	1,231	3,274	25,383
October 2006	10,853	1,823	6,103	145	1,575	57	20,556	185	1,260	3,281	25,282
November 2006	10,904	1,816	6,090	144	1,557	56	20,567	200	1,276	3,247	25,290
December 2006	10,868	1,807	6,029	138	1,557	55	20,454	203	1,188	3,301	25,146
Average	11,016	1,865	5,998	148	1,642	50	20,719	186	1,219	3,237	25,361
NOTE:  Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home Placement report methodology has been modified to exclude children in Non Foster Care Placement,
Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of out-of-home care.
* Total Placement includes children in Non Foster Care Placement, Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized, and Guardian Home.
Source: Data are from the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Datamart History Table - A snapshot of active cases in the caseload
at the end of each report month.
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