COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  CALENDAR YEAR 2007  
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         16,652  
In-Person Response           150,673  
Total Referral Children Received during Month             167,325  
               
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   10,957 6.5%   Exploitation   100 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   31,046 18.6%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   5,543 3.3%  
Severe Neglect   1,899 1.1%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   30,898 18.5%    
General Neglect   45,064 26.9%   Substantial Risk   28,955 17.3%  
Emotional Abuse   12,863 7.7%   Total     167,325 100.0%      
               
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   769      
  Family Maintenance         10,656        
      Under 12 Months       9,561            
      Over 12 Months       1,095            
  Family Reunification         9,853        
      Under 18 Months       9193            
      Over 18 Months       660            
  Permanent Placement         13,835        
  Adoptions           1,519        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     36,632        
               
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home 10,184  
Birth - 2 Years   6,487 17.7%   Foster Family Home   1,548  
3 - 4 Years     3,757 10.3%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   5,950  
5 - 9 Years   8,547 23.3%   Small Family Home   126      
10 - 13 Years     7,170 19.6%   Group Home     1,333      
14 - 15 Years     4,278 11.7%   Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) 41    
16 - 17 Years   4,425 12.1%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 19,182  
18 Years & Older   1,968 5.4%   Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 187      
Age Total   36,632 100.0%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,289    
Gender   Guardian Home 3,053  
Male   18,264 49.9%   Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive 23,711  
Female   18,368 50.1%   Home, and Guardian Home)    
Gender Total   36,632 100.0%   NOTE:  In the above, 2,022 children received D Rate and 806 received F Rate care.  
Ethnicity      
White   4,719 12.9%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES    
Hispanic   19,319 52.7%   Homes Beds  
African American     11,203 30.6%   Foster Homes **   1,880 4,554  
Asian/Pacific Islander     804 2.2%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,577 13,251    
American Indian/Alaskan Native   192 0.5%       In Los Angeles County     3,089 8,740    
Filipino     217 0.6%       Out-of-County   1,488 4,511  
Other   178 0.5%   Small Family Homes **     104 242  
Ethnicity Total   36,632 100.0%   Group Homes*     315 3,854  
      In Los Angeles County   219 2,686  
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN     Out-of-County     96 1,168  
Children Who Ran Away During the Month   747    
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   48   * 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