COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES						DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
FACT SHEET
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  NOVEMBER 2007
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES
Emergency Response Referral Children Received
Evaluated Out												1,367
In-Person Response												12,703
Referral Children With Allegation Disposed											4,025
Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation											8,678
Total Referral Children Received during Month												14,070
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE
Sexual Abuse			889	6.3%		Exploitation					13	0.1%
Physical Abuse			2,671	19.0%		Caretaker Absence/Incapacity					458	3.3%
Severe Neglect			156	1.1%		At Risk, Sibling Abuse					2,667	19.0%
General Neglect			3,614	25.7%		Substantial Risk					2,516	17.9%
Emotional Abuse			1,086	7.7%		Total					14,070	100.0%
IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF NOVEMBER 30, 2007
	Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)								819
	Family Maintenance								10,599
	Under 12 Months						9,512
	Over 12 Months						1,087
	Family Reunification								9,888
	Under 18 Months						9258
	Over 18 Months						630
	Permanent Placement								14,022
	Adoption Services Cases								1,618
	Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services								36,946
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS						CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT
Age						Relative/Non-Relative Extended Family Member Home						10,356
Birth - 2 Years			6,571	17.8%		Foster Family Home						1,586
3 - 4 Years			3,774	10.2%		Foster Family Agency Certified Home						6,107
5 - 9 Years			8,622	23.3%		Small Family Home						129
10 - 13 Years			7,227	19.6%		Group Home						1,331
14 - 15 Years			4,304	11.6%		Other (Tribal and Court Specified Homes)						44
16 - 17 Years			4,467	12.1%		Total Out-of-Home Placement						19,553
18 Years & Older			1,981	5.4%		Non Foster Care (NFC) Placement						197
Age Total			36,946	100.0%		Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized						1,367
Gender						Guardian Home						2,987
Male			18,410	49.8%		Total Placement (Includes NFC Placement, Adoptive						24,104
Female			18,536	50.2%		Home, and Guardian Home)
Gender Total			36,946	100.0%		NOTE:  In the above, 2,053 children received D Rate and 808 received F Rate care.
Ethnicity
White			4,795	13.0%		FOSTER CARE RESOURCES
Hispanic			19,405	52.5%
African American			11,356	30.7%							Homes	Beds
Asian/Pacific Islander			790	2.1%		Foster Homes **					1,933	4,686
American Indian/Alaskan Native			197	0.5%		Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)					4,522	13,054
Filipino			222	0.6%		In Los Angeles County					3,039	8,622
Other			181	0.5%		Out-of-County					1,483	4,432
Ethnicity Total			36,946	100.0%		Small Family Homes **					105	248
						Group Homes *					318	3,874
RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN						In Los Angeles County					213	2,652
Children Who Ran Away During the Month			61			Out-of-County					105	1,222
Children Who Were Abducted During the Month				1
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 1/18/07.  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