COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED
BY ALLEGATION TYPE
(March 2007 to February 2008)
	Sexual Abuse	Physical Abuse	Severe Neglect	General Neglect	Emotional Abuse	Exploitation	Caretaker Absence/ Incapacity	At Risk, Sibling Abuse	Substantial Risk	Total Referrals Received
March 2007	950	2,902	156	3,888	1,216	14	499	3,016	2,784	15,425
April 2007	963	2,491	133	3,680	1,176	7	472	2,468	2,403	13,793
May 2007	1,037	3,221	171	4,344	1,183	6	452	3,417	2,603	16,434
June 2007	891	2,479	161	3,867	976	4	519	2,637	2,480	14,014
July 2007	950	2,182	145	3,921	1,026	9	467	2,031	2,140	12,871
August 2007	938	2,301	206	3,945	1,098	11	481	2,207	2,273	13,460
September 2007	891	2,642	150	3,990	1,071	8	454	2,460	2,280	13,946
October 2007	953	3,227	165	4,377	1,295	9	490	3,159	2,878	16,553
November 2007	889	2,671	156	3,614	1,086	13	458	2,667	2,516	14,070
December 2007	767	2,051	152	2,871	864	9	369	1,986	2,160	11,229
January 2008	881	2,446	151	3,508	1,140	8	489	2,546	2,522	13,691
February 2008	1,014	2,665	161	3,790	1,171	9	410	2,847	1,793	13,860
Total	11,124	31,278	1,907	45,795	13,302	107	5,560	31,441	28,832	169,346
Source: Data are from the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Datamart History Database - A snapshot of children referred
to DCFS during the month for each report month.
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