COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  JUNE 2005 (Revised)  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,389  
In-Person Response           12,359  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,801    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,558    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             13,748  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   912 6.6%   Exploitation   17 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,724 19.8%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   690 5.0%  
Severe Neglect   153 1.1%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,632 19.1%    
General Neglect   3,931 28.6%   Substantial Risk   1,591 11.6%  
Emotional Abuse   1,098 8.0%   Total     13,748 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF JUNE 30, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,271      
  Family Maintenance         10,914        
      Under 12 Months       9,627            
      Over 12 Months       1,287            
  Family Reunification         8,557        
      Under 18 Months       7,939            
      Over 18 Months       618            
  Permanent Placement         16,087        
  Adoptions           2,437        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,266        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 7,558 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,501  
Birth - 2 Years   6,005 15.3%   Foster Family Home   2,340  
3 - 4 Years     3,691 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,257  
5 - 9 Years   9,433 24.0%   Small Family Home   177      
10 - 13 Years     8,809 22.4%   Group Home     1,937      
14 - 15 Years     4,944 12.6%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,310  
16 - 17 Years   4,576 11.7%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 199  
18 Years & Older   1,808 4.6%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 23,721      
Age Total   39,266 100.0%   Guardian Home 2,586  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,307  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,665 children receive D Rate and 1,259 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,539 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,727 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month   * 143  
Gender Total   39,266 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   2  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 7/8/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,467 13.9%   * Revised to reflect updated count due to a backlog clearance.  
Hispanic     18,533 47.2%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,640 34.7%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     1,029 2.6%   Foster Homes     3,285 7,855  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   195 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,790 12,951  
Filipino   208 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,301 8,500  
Other   194 0.5%       Out-of-County   1,489 4,451  
Ethnicity Total   39,266 100.0%   Small Family Homes   156 450  
          Group Homes*   369 4,231  
              In Los Angeles County   266 3,163  
              Out-of-County   103 1,068  
   
          * 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