COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  FEBRUARY 2006  
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,528  
In-Person Response           11,780  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,095    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,685    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             13,308  
               
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   933 7.0%   Exploitation   9 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,646 19.9%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   504 3.8%  
Severe Neglect   135 1.0%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,724 20.5%    
General Neglect   3,580 26.9%   Substantial Risk   1,809 13.6%  
Emotional Abuse   968 7.3%   Total     13,308 100.0%      
                     
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF FEBRUARY 28, 2006  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,185      
  Family Maintenance         10,656        
      Under 12 Months       9,400            
      Over 12 Months       1,256            
  Family Reunification         9,085        
      Under 18 Months       8,369            
      Over 18 Months       716            
  Permanent Placement         15,495        
  Adoptions           2,113        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     38,534        
   
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,169  
Birth - 2 Years   6,189 16.1%   Foster Family Home   1,943  
3 - 4 Years     3,668 9.5%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   5,864  
5 - 9 Years   9,002 23.4%   Small Family Home   148      
10 - 13 Years     8,288 21.5%   Group Home     1,740      
14 - 15 Years     4,867 12.6%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal and Court Specified Home) 36    
16 - 17 Years   4,658 12.1%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 20,900  
18 Years & Older   1,862 4.8%   Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 176      
Age Total   38,534 100.0%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,143    
Gender   Guardian Home 3,193  
Male   19,091 49.5%   Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive 25,412  
Female   19,443 50.5%   Home, and Guardian Home)    
Gender Total   38,534 100.0%   NOTE: (1) Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home Placement report methodology has been  
Ethnicity                   modified to exclude children in NFC Placement, Adoptive Home - Adoption Not  
White   5,352 13.9%                 Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of out-of-home care.  
Hispanic   18,885 49.0%               (2) In the above, 2,656 children received D Rate and 1,137 received F Rate care.  
African American     12,847 33.3%      
Asian/Pacific Islander     934 2.4%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES    
American Indian/Alaskan Native   189 0.5%       Homes Beds    
Filipino     202 0.5%   Foster Homes   3,291 7,852  
Other   125 0.3%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,526 12,333  
Ethnicity Total   38,534 100.0%       In Los Angeles County   3,106 8,153  
      Out-of-County   1,420 4,180  
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN Small Family Homes     151 429  
Children Who Ran Away During the Month 126 Group Homes*   357 4,201  
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   6       In Los Angeles County   259 3,043  
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)     Out-of-County 98 1,158  
            on 3/17/2006.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were generated. * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
            A child is counted once during the report month.        
           
 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