COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  NOVEMBER 2005 (Updated)  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,317  
In-Person Response           11,748  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,160    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,588    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             13,065  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   831 6.4%   Exploitation   27 0.2%  
Physical Abuse   2,674 20.5%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   563 4.3%  
Severe Neglect   182 1.4%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,657 20.3%    
General Neglect   3,391 26.0%   Substantial Risk   1,772 13.6%  
Emotional Abuse   968 7.4%   Total     13,065 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,279      
  Family Maintenance         11,069        
      Under 12 Months       9,773            
      Over 12 Months       1,296            
  Family Reunification         8,842        
      Under 18 Months       8,134            
      Over 18 Months       708            
  Permanent Placement         15,911        
  Adoptions           2,142        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,243        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 7,588 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,221  
Birth - 2 Years   6,210 15.8%   Foster Family Home   2,116  
3 - 4 Years     3,705 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,177  
5 - 9 Years   9,256 23.6%   Small Family Home   158      
10 - 13 Years     8,495 21.6%   Group Home     1,832      
14 - 15 Years     5,011 12.8%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,201  
16 - 17 Years   4,710 12.0%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 223  
18 Years & Older   1,856 4.7%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 22,928      
Age Total   39,243 100.0%   Guardian Home 3,133  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,061  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,636 children receive D Rate and 1,184 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,480 49.6%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,763 50.4%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month Not Available  
Gender Total   39,243 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month 2  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) on  
Ethnicity                      1/17/06.  Counts reflect data as of the date when data were generated.  A child  
White     5,362 13.7%                is counted once during the report month.  
Hispanic     19,074 48.6%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,263 33.8%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     947 2.4%   Foster Homes     3,309 7,912  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   201 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,646 12,549  
Filipino   193 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,180 8,267  
Other   203 0.5%       Out-of-County   1,466 4,282  
Ethnicity Total   39,243 100.0%   Small Family Homes   155 443  
          Group Homes*   360 4,131  
              In Los Angeles County   261 3,036  
              Out-of-County   99 1,095  
   
          * 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