COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JULY 2005  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,125  
In-Person Response           10,311  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             3,960    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       6,351    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             11,436  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   814 7.1%   Exploitation   17 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   1,989 17.4%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   606 5.3%  
Severe Neglect   173 1.5%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   1,914 16.7%    
General Neglect   3,589 31.4%   Substantial Risk   1,363 11.9%  
Emotional Abuse   971 8.5%   Total     11,436 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JULY 31, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,204      
  Family Maintenance         10,991        
      Under 12 Months       9,770            
      Over 12 Months       1,221            
  Family Reunification         8,596        
      Under 18 Months       8,002            
      Over 18 Months       594            
  Permanent Placement         16,092        
  Adoptions           2,364        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,247        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 6,351 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,312  
Birth - 2 Years   6,021 15.3%   Foster Family Home   2,299  
3 - 4 Years     3,684 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,134  
5 - 9 Years   9,432 24.0%   Small Family Home   170      
10 - 13 Years     8,721 22.2%   Group Home     1,931      
14 - 15 Years     4,956 12.6%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,316  
16 - 17 Years   4,606 11.7%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 204  
18 Years & Older   1,827 4.7%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 23,366      
Age Total   39,247 100.0%   Guardian Home 2,818  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,184  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,642 children receive D Rate and 1,209 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,558 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,689 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month   94  
Gender Total   39,247 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   2  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 8/15/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,441 13.9%  
Hispanic     18,612 47.4%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,623 34.7%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     986 2.5%   Foster Homes     3,285 7,861  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   199 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,717 12,733  
Filipino   206 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,245 8,386  
Other   180 0.5%       Out-of-County   1,472 4,347  
Ethnicity Total   39,247 100.0%   Small Family Homes   160 467  
          Group Homes*   357 4,159  
              In Los Angeles County   262 3,112  
              Out-of-County   95 1,047  
   
          * Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.  
 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