COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  MARCH 2007
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,484
In-Person Response												13,941
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,871
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											9,070
Total Referral Children Received during Month												15,425
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			950	6.2%		Exploitation					14	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,902	18.8%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					499	3.2%
Severe Neglect			156	1.0%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					3,016	19.6%
General Neglect			3,888	25.2%		Substantial Risk					2,784	18.0%
Emotional Abuse			1,216	7.9%		Total					15,425	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MARCH 31, 2007
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								926
	Family Maintenance								10,831
	Under 12 Months						9,573
	Over 12 Months						1,258
	Family Reunification								9,729
	Under 18 Months						8,958
	Over 18 Months						771
	Permanent Placement								14,691
	Adoption Services Cases								1,802
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								37,979
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						10,839
Birth - 2 Years			6,460	17.0%		Foster Family Home						1,740
3 - 4 Years			3,702	9.7%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,208
5 - 9 Years			8,872	23.4%		Small Family Home						135
10 - 13 Years			7,769	20.5%		Group Home						1,481
14 - 15 Years			4,670	12.3%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						53
16 - 17 Years			4,576	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,456
18 Years & Older			1,930	5.1%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						181
Age Total			37,979	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,260
Gender						Guardian Home						3,164
Male			18,871	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,061
Female			19,108	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			37,979	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,337 children received D Rate and 907 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,101	13.4%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,347	50.9%
African American			12,039	31.7%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			956	2.5%		Foster Homes **					2,277	5,508
American Indian/Alaskan Native			187	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,586	12,832
Filipino			214	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,098	8,483
Other			135	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,488	4,349
Ethnicity Total			37,979	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					112	276
						Group Homes *					334	4,086
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					232	2,876
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			76			Out-of-County					102	1,210
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				7
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 05/16/07.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were extracted.						** Excluded licensed homes on hold.
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