COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JULY 2007
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,330
In-Person Response												11,541
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,347
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											7,194
Total Referral Children Received during Month												12,871
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			950	7.4%		Exploitation					9	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,182	17.0%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					467	3.6%
Severe Neglect			145	1.1%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,031	15.8%
General Neglect			3,921	30.5%		Substantial Risk					2,140	16.6%
Emotional Abuse			1,026	8.0%		Total					12,871	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JULY 31, 2007
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								900
	Family Maintenance								10,736
	Under 12 Months						9,539
	Over 12 Months						1,197
	Family Reunification								9,912
	Under 18 Months						9170
	Over 18 Months						742
	Permanent Placement								14,559
	Adoption Services Cases								1,628
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								37,735
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						10,616
Birth - 2 Years			6,558	17.4%		Foster Family Home						1,645
3 - 4 Years			3,769	10.0%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,209
5 - 9 Years			8,792	23.3%		Small Family Home						130
10 - 13 Years			7,564	20.0%		Group Home						1,409
14 - 15 Years			4,506	11.9%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						38
16 - 17 Years			4,524	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,047
18 Years & Older			2,022	5.4%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						177
Age Total			37,735	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,340
Gender						Guardian Home						3,092
Male			18,783	49.8%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						24,656
Female			18,952	50.2%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			37,735	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,200 children received D Rate and 863 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,018	13.3%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,623	52.0%
African American			11,708	31.0%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			834	2.2%		Foster Homes **					2,108	5,118
American Indian/Alaskan Native			183	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,479	12,830
Filipino			217	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,078	8,616
Other			152	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,401	4,214
Ethnicity Total			37,735	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					109	263
						Group Homes *					328	3,924
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					229	2,738
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			60			Out-of-County					99	1,186
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				2
NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.
on 9/17/07.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						** Excluded licensed homes on hold.
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