COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JUNE 2006  
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,281  
In-Person Response           13,169  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             5,591    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,578    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             14,450  
               
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   983 6.8%   Exploitation   7 0.0%  
Physical Abuse   2,618 18.1%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   479 3.3%  
Severe Neglect   187 1.3%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,846 19.7%    
General Neglect   4,105 28.4%   Substantial Risk   2,180 15.1%  
Emotional Abuse   1,045 7.2%   Total     14,450 100.0%      
                     
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JUNE 30, 2006  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,022      
  Family Maintenance         10,598        
      Under 12 Months       9,204            
      Over 12 Months       1,394            
  Family Reunification         9,275        
      Under 18 Months       8,674            
      Over 18 Months       601            
  Permanent Placement         15,314        
  Adoptions           2,149        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     38,358        
   
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     10,960  
Birth - 2 Years   6,279 16.4%   Foster Family Home   1,876  
3 - 4 Years     3,631 9.5%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,008  
5 - 9 Years   8,909 23.2%   Small Family Home   158      
10 - 13 Years     8,195 21.4%   Group Home     1,652      
14 - 15 Years     4,806 12.5%   Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes) 54    
16 - 17 Years   4,632 12.1%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 20,708  
18 Years & Older   1,906 5.0%   Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement 198      
Age Total   38,358 100.0%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,270    
Gender   Guardian Home 3,278  
Male   19,078 49.7%   Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive 25,454  
Female   19,280 50.3%   Home, and Guardian Home)    
Gender Total   38,358 100.0%   NOTE:  In the above, 2,546 children received D Rate and 1,060 received F Rate care.  
Ethnicity      
White   5,108 13.3%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
Hispanic   19,262 50.2%    
African American     12,516 32.6%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     949 2.5%   Foster Homes 3,264 7,759    
American Indian/Alaskan Native   191 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,431 12,345    
Filipino     201 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,101 8,343  
Other   131 0.3%       Out-of-County   1,330 4,002  
Ethnicity Total   38,358 100.0%   Small Family Homes   151 434  
  Group Homes*   342 4,360  
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN     In Los Angeles County     249 2,943  
Children Who Ran Away During the Month   131     Out-of-County   93 1,417  
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   5      
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 7/17/2006.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.  
            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