COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES							DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES - MARCH 2006
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,555
In-Person Response												13,522
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											5,513
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											8,009
Total Referral Children Received during Month												15,077

REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			1,095	7.3%		Exploitation					8	0.1%
Physical Abuse			3,034	20.1%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					544	3.6%
Severe Neglect			131	0.9%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,926	19.4%
General Neglect			3,974	26.4%		Substantial Risk					2,184	14.5%
Emotional Abuse			1,181	7.8%		Total					15,077	100.0%

IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MARCH 31, 2006
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								1,017
	Family Maintenance								10,797
	Under 12 Months						9,466
	Over 12 Months						1,331
	Family Reunification								9,051
	Under 18 Months						8,387
	Over 18 Months						664
	Permanent Placement								15,441
	Adoptions								2,164
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,470

CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative Home						11,084
Birth - 2 Years			6,252	16.3%		Foster Family Home						1,895
3 - 4 Years			3,650	9.5%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,914
5 - 9 Years			8,989	23.4%		Small Family Home						146
10 - 13 Years			8,259	21.5%		Group Home						1,713
14 - 15 Years			4,817	12.5%		Other (Medical Facility, Tribal and Court Specified Home)						41
16 - 17 Years			4,652	12.1%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,793
18 Years & Older			1,851	4.8%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						168
Age Total			38,470	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,181
Gender						Guardian Home						3,236
Male			19,093	49.6%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,378
Female			19,377	50.4%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,470	100.0%		NOTE: (1) Effective December 2005, Out-of-Home Placement report methodology has been
Ethnicity						modified to exclude children in NFC Placement, Adoptive Home - Adoption Not
White			5,290	13.8%		Finalized, and Guardian Home in order to reflect the definition of out-of-home care.
Hispanic			18,921	49.2%		(2) In the above, 2,653 children received D Rate and 1,112 received F Rate care.
African American			12,805	33.3%
Asian/Pacific Islander			939	2.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
American Indian/Alaskan Native			191	0.5%							Homes	Beds
Filipino			194	0.5%		Foster Homes					3,288	7,834
Other			130	0.3%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,485	12,547
Ethnicity Total			38,470	100.0%		In Los Angeles County					3,089	8,440
						Out-of-County					1,396	4,107
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						Small Family Homes					151	427
Children Who Ran Away During the Month				114		Group Homes*					349	4,079
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				19		In Los Angeles County					253	2,967
NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS)						Out-of-County					96	1,112
on 4/18/2006. Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource Development and Support Section.
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