COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  MARCH 2008
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)
EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,381
In-Person Response												12,988
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,803
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											8,185
Total Referral Children Received during Month												14,369
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			1,256	8.7%		Exploitation					12	0.1%
Physical Abuse			3,153	21.9%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					490	3.4%
Severe Neglect			183	1.3%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					3,292	22.9%
General Neglect			4,251	29.6%		Substantial Risk					439	3.1%
Emotional Abuse			1,293	9.0%		Total					14,369	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MARCH 31, 2008
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								747
	Family Maintenance								10,720
	Under 12 Months						9,652
	Over 12 Months						1,068
	Family Reunification								9,396
	Under 18 Months						8,729
	Over 18 Months						667
	Permanent Placement								13,413
	Adoption Services Cases								1,592
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								35,868
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						9,571
Birth - 2 Years			6,395	17.8%		Foster Family Home						1,499
3 - 4 Years			3,764	10.5%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,964
5 - 9 Years			8,419	23.5%		Small Family Home						133
10 - 13 Years			6,974	19.4%		Group Home						1,289
14 - 15 Years			4,144	11.6%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						46
16 - 17 Years			4,303	12.0%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						18,502
18 Years & Older			1,869	5.2%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						168
Age Total			35,868	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,409
Gender						Guardian Home						3,059
Male			17,878	49.8%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						23,138
Female			17,990	50.2%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			35,868	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 1,953 children received D Rate and 777 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			4,594	12.8%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,012	53.0%
African American			10,956	30.5%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			777	2.2%		Foster Homes **					1,720	4,185
American Indian/Alaskan Native			175	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,447	12,908
Filipino			205	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					2,978	8,414
Other			149	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,469	4,494
Ethnicity Total			35,868	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					105	247
						Group Homes *					306	3,734
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					216	2,602
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			84			Out-of-County					90	1,132
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 5/15/08.  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