COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                      DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  FEBRUARY 2005  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,282  
In-Person Response           11,424  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             3,649    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,775    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             12,706  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   856 6.7%   Exploitation   11 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,632 20.7%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   604 4.8%  
Severe Neglect   92 0.7%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,640 20.8%    
General Neglect   3,368 26.5%   Substantial Risk   1,474 11.6%  
Emotional Abuse   1,029 8.1%   Total     12,706 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,382      
  Family Maintenance         9,894        
      Under 12 Months       8,688            
      Over 12 Months       1,206            
  Family Reunification         8,317        
      Under 18 Months       7,437            
      Over 18 Months       880            
  Permanent Placement         16,307        
  Adoptions           2,650        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     38,550        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 7,775 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,309  
Birth - 2 Years   5,690 14.8%   Foster Family Home   2,562  
3 - 4 Years   3,672 9.5%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,261  
5 - 9 Years   9,142 23.7%   Small Family Home   181      
10 - 13 Years   8,748 22.7%   Group Home     1,976      
14 - 15 Years   4,897 12.7%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,191  
16 - 17 Years   4,532 11.8%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 213  
18 Years & Older   1,869 4.8%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 23,693      
Age Total   38,550 100.0%   Guardian Home 2,543  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,236  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,765 children receive D Rate and 1,342 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,318 50.1%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,232 49.9%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month   24  
Gender Total   38,550 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   4  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 3/7/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White   5,470 14.2%  
Hispanic   17,660 45.8%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American   13,911 36.1%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander   940 2.4%   Foster Homes     3,347 7,955  
American Indian/Alaskan Native 205 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,713 12,442  
Filipino   200 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,258 8,473  
Other   164 0.4%       Out-of-County   1,455 3,969  
Ethnicity Total   38,550 100.0%   Small Family Homes   162 481  
          Group Homes*   361 4,262  
              In Los Angeles County   261 3,080  
              Out-of-County   100 1,182  
   
          * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
 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