COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
(March 2005 to February 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
March 2005	11,293	2,477	6,173	178	1,985	49	22,155	150	1,237	2,621	26,163
April 2005	11,387	2,410	6,231	181	1,974	46	22,229	155	1,309	2,616	26,309
May 2005	11,464	2,384	6,188	176	1,960	43	22,215	159	1,260	2,594	26,228
June 2005	11,501	2,340	6,257	177	1,937	35	22,247	164	1,310	2,586	26,307
July 2005	11,312	2,299	6,134	170	1,931	37	21,883	167	1,316	2,818	26,184
August 2005	11,175	2,220	6,122	160	1,866	37	21,580	175	1,187	3,059	26,001
September 2005	11,184	2,173	6,163	151	1,850	41	21,562	178	1,183	3,152	26,075
October 2005	11,207	2,161	6,172	151	1,849	42	21,582	179	1,117	3,150	26,028
November 2005	11,221	2,116	6,177	158	1,832	49	21,553	174	1,201	3,133	26,061
December 2005	11,219	2,054	5,971	156	1,799	49	21,248	164	1,182	3,095	25,689
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
Average	11,270	2,214	6,116	163	1,873	42	21,678	167	1,212	2,936	25,993
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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