COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  MAY 2006
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,702
In-Person Response												14,078
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											5,265
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											8,813
Total Referral Children Received during Month												15,780
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			1,114	7.1%		Exploitation					21	0.1%
Physical Abuse			3,007	19.1%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					529	3.4%
Severe Neglect			152	1.0%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					3,284	20.8%
General Neglect			4,172	26.4%		Substantial Risk					2,329	14.8%
Emotional Abuse			1,172	7.4%		Total					15,780	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MAY 31, 2006
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								963
	Family Maintenance								10,644
	Under 12 Months						9,271
	Over 12 Months						1,373
	Family Reunification								9,111
	Under 18 Months						8,517
	Over 18 Months						594
	Permanent Placement								15,376
	Adoptions								2,146
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								38,240
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative Home						10,985
Birth - 2 Years			6,201	16.2%		Foster Family Home						1,881
3 - 4 Years			3,634	9.5%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						5,960
5 - 9 Years			8,884	23.2%		Small Family Home						156
10 - 13 Years			8,180	21.4%		Group Home						1,691
14 - 15 Years			4,827	12.6%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						48
16 - 17 Years			4,611	12.1%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						20,721
18 Years & Older			1,903	5.0%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						182
Age Total			38,240	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,235
Gender						Guardian Home						3,178
Male			19,017	49.7%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						25,316
Female			19,223	50.3%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			38,240	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,578 children received D Rate and 1,100 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			5,200	13.6%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			18,999	49.7%
African American			12,562	32.9%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			954	2.5%		Foster Homes					3,271	7,789
American Indian/Alaskan Native			190	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,614	12,844
Filipino			201	0.5%		In Los Angeles County					3,157	8,513
Other			134	0.4%		Out-of-County					1,457	4,331
Ethnicity Total			38,240	100.0%		Small Family Homes					152	434
						Group Homes*					328	3,879
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					247	2,947
Children Who Ran Away During the Month				124		Out-of-County					81	932
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 6/18/2006.  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