COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES |
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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES |
FACT SHEET |
CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - CALENDAR YEAR 2008 |
(Click on web
links to view 12-month data for each category) |
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES |
Evaluated Out |
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17,820 |
In-Person Response |
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148,925 |
Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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166,745 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
Sexual Abuse |
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14,880 |
8.9% |
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Exploitation |
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94 |
0.1% |
Physical Abuse |
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35,319 |
21.2% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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4,938 |
3.0% |
Severe Neglect |
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2,043 |
1.2% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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36,814 |
22.1% |
General Neglect |
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50,094 |
30.0% |
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Substantial Risk |
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7,727 |
4.6% |
Emotional Abuse |
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14,836 |
8.9% |
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Total |
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166,745 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2008 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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636 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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10,678 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,694 |
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Over 12
Months |
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984 |
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Family Reunification |
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8,543 |
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Under 18
Months |
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7,959 |
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Over 18
Months |
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584 |
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Permanent Placement |
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12,270 |
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Adoption Services Cases |
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1,351 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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33,478 |
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CHILD
CHARACTERISTICS |
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CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT |
Age |
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Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home |
8,388 |
Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,042 |
18.0% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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1,362 |
3 -
4 Years |
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3,570 |
10.7% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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5,795 |
5 -
9 Years |
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7,841 |
23.4% |
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Small
Family Home |
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121 |
10 -
13 Years |
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6,357 |
19.0% |
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Group Home |
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990 |
14 -
15 Years |
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3,834 |
11.5% |
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Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) |
54 |
16 -
17 Years |
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4,051 |
12.1% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
16,710 |
18
Years & Older |
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1,783 |
5.3% |
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Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement |
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193 |
Age Total |
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33,478 |
100.0% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,217 |
Gender |
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Guardian
Home |
2,925 |
Male |
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16,610 |
49.6% |
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Total Placement (Includes
NFC Placement, Adoptive |
21,045 |
Female |
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16,868 |
50.4% |
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Home, and Guardian Home) |
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Gender Total |
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33,478 |
100.0% |
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NOTE: In the
above, 1,735 children received D Rate and 542 received F Rate care. |
Ethnicity |
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White |
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4,012 |
12.0% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
Hispanic |
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18,369 |
54.9% |
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African American |
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10,036 |
30.0% |
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Homes |
Beds |
Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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638 |
1.9% |
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Foster Homes ** |
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1,391 |
3,430 |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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154 |
0.5% |
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Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report) |
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4,901 |
14,110 |
Filipino |
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193 |
0.6% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,031 |
8,768 |
Other |
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76 |
0.2% |
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Out-of-County |
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1,870 |
5,342 |
Ethnicity Total |
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33,478 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes ** |
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96 |
210 |
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Group Homes * |
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221 |
2,913 |
RUNAWAY AND
ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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177 |
2,254 |
Children Who Ran Away During the Month |
Not Available |
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Out-of-County |
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44 |
659 |
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month |
Not Available |
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NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and
Runaway Kids System (ARKS) |
* Data are being tracked
by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and |
on mm/dd/yy. Counts reflect data as of the date when
data were extracted. |
Support Section. |
A child is counted once during
the report month. |
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** Excluded licensed homes on hold. |
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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