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