COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES							DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES - JANUARY 2006 (Updated)
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,560
In-Person Response												11,387
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,141
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											7,246
Total Referral Children Received during Month												12,947

REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			909	7.0%		Exploitation					16	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,404	18.6%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					526	4.1%
Severe Neglect			182	1.4%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,518	19.4%
General Neglect			3,617	27.9%		Substantial Risk					1,758	13.6%
Emotional Abuse			1,017	7.9%		Total					12,947	100.0%

IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JANUARY 31, 2006
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								1,149
	Family Maintenance								10,827
	Under 12 Months						9,620
	Over 12 Months						1,207
	Family Reunification								8,948
	Under 18 Months						8,228
	Over 18 Months						720
	Permanent Placement								15,769
	Adoptions								2,690	*
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								39,383
	* Adoptions caseload at the end of January 2006 is overstated by approximately 800 cases due to the AD 42R Project.
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative Home						11,112
Birth - 2 Years			6,170	15.7%		Foster Family Home						1,987
3 - 4 Years			3,663	9.3%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,944
5 - 9 Years			9,080	23.1%		Small Family Home						147
10 - 13 Years			8,452	21.5%		Group Home						1,755
14 - 15 Years			5,118	13.0%		Other (Medical Facility, Tribal and Court Specified Home)						42
16 - 17 Years			4,934	12.5%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,987
18 Years & Older			1,966	5.0%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						168
Age Total			39,383	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,100
Gender						Guardian Home						3,209
Male			19,522	49.6%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,464
Female			19,861	50.4%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			39,383	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			5,564	14.1%		Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of out-of-home care.
Hispanic			19,105	48.5%		(2) In the above, 2,650 children received D Rate and 1,153 received F Rate care.
African American			13,187	33.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander			951	2.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
American Indian/Alaskan Native			194	0.5%							Homes	Beds
Filipino			207	0.5%		Foster Homes					3,293	7,867
Other			175	0.4%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,587	12,459
Ethnicity Total			39,383	100.0%		In Los Angeles County					3,124	8,170
						Out-of-County					1,463	4,289
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						Small Family Homes					154	440
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			110			Group Homes*					366	4,231
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				12		In Los Angeles County					263	3,043
NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						Out-of-County					103	1,188
on 3/17/2006. Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						* 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