COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  MAY 2005  (Revised)  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,339  
In-Person Response           13,133  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,508    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       8,625    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             14,472  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   954 6.6%   Exploitation   8 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,950 20.4%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   671 4.6%  
Severe Neglect   128 0.9%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,988 20.6%    
General Neglect   3,914 27.0%   Substantial Risk   1,668 11.5%  
Emotional Abuse   1,191 8.2%   Total     14,472 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF MAY 31, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,309      
  Family Maintenance         10,771        
      Under 12 Months       9,548            
      Over 12 Months       1,223            
  Family Reunification         8,451        
      Under 18 Months       7,843            
      Over 18 Months       608            
  Permanent Placement         16,134        
  Adoptions           2,492        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,157        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 8,625 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,464  
Birth - 2 Years   5,940 15.2%   Foster Family Home   2,384  
3 - 4 Years     3,664 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,188  
5 - 9 Years   9,366 23.9%   Small Family Home   176      
10 - 13 Years     8,862 22.6%   Group Home     1,960      
14 - 15 Years     4,968 12.7%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,260  
16 - 17 Years   4,579 11.7%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 202  
18 Years & Older   1,778 4.5%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 23,634      
Age Total   39,157 100.0%   Guardian Home 2,594  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,228  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,706 children receive D Rate and 1,276 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,515 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,642 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month   * 134  
Gender Total   39,157 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month   6  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 6/7/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,434 13.9%   * Revised to reflect updated count due to a backlog clearance.  
Hispanic     18,386 47.0%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,742 35.1%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     985 2.5%   Foster Homes     3,295 7,870  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   196 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,766 13,041  
Filipino   197 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,268 8,526  
Other   217 0.6%       Out-of-County   1,498 4,515  
Ethnicity Total   39,157 100.0%   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