COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES |
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DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES |
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
SERVICES |
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FACT SHEET |
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CHILD WELFARE
SERVICES - OCTOBER 2005 (Updated) |
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(Click on web links
to view 12-month data for each category) |
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES |
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Emergency Response
Referral Children Received |
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Evaluated Out |
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1,444 |
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In-Person Response |
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12,124 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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4,351 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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7,773 |
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Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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13,568 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
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Sexual Abuse |
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910 |
6.7% |
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Exploitation |
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19 |
0.1% |
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Physical Abuse |
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2,847 |
21.0% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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498 |
3.7% |
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Severe Neglect |
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122 |
0.9% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,751 |
20.3% |
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General Neglect |
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3,739 |
27.6% |
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Substantial Risk |
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1,588 |
11.7% |
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Emotional Abuse |
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1,094 |
8.1% |
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Total |
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13,568 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2005 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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1,243 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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11,114 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,892 |
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Over 12
Months |
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1,222 |
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Family Reunification |
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8,767 |
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Under 18
Months |
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8,052 |
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Over 18
Months |
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715 |
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Permanent Placement |
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15,921 |
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Adoptions |
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2,111 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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39,156 |
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NOTE: End-month child caseload
excludes 7,773 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending
Disposition/Still Under Investigation. |
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CHILD
CHARACTERISTICS |
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CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT |
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Age |
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Relative
Home |
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11,207 |
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Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,199 |
15.8% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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2,161 |
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3 -
4 Years |
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3,679 |
9.4% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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6,172 |
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5 -
9 Years |
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9,210 |
23.5% |
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Small
Family Home |
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151 |
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10 -
13 Years |
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8,563 |
21.9% |
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Group Home |
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1,849 |
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14 -
15 Years |
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4,948 |
12.6% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,117 |
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16 -
17 Years |
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4,730 |
12.1% |
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Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) |
221 |
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18
Years & Older |
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1,827 |
4.7% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
22,878 |
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Age Total |
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39,156 |
100.0% |
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Guardian
Home |
3,150 |
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Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) |
26,028 |
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Gender |
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NOTE: In
the data above, 2,638 children receive D Rate and 1,193 receive F Rate care. |
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Male |
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19,467 |
49.7% |
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RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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Female |
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19,689 |
50.3% |
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Children
Who Ran Away During the Month |
100 |
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Gender Total |
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39,156 |
100.0% |
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Children
Who Were Abducted During the Month |
5 |
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NOTE: Data
extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) on |
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Ethnicity |
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12/22/05. Counts reflect data
as of the date when data were generated.
A child |
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White |
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5,385 |
13.8% |
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is counted once during the report month. |
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Hispanic |
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18,866 |
48.2% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
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African American |
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13,297 |
34.0% |
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Homes |
Beds |
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Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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991 |
2.5% |
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Foster Homes |
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3,309 |
7,907 |
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American Indian/Alaskan Native |
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202 |
0.5% |
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Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report) |
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4,567 |
12,490 |
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Filipino |
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202 |
0.5% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,099 |
8,174 |
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Other |
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213 |
0.5% |
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Out-of-County |
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1,468 |
4,316 |
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Ethnicity Total |
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39,156 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes |
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158 |
459 |
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Group Homes* |
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359 |
4,079 |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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259 |
3,008 |
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Out-of-County |
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100 |
1,071 |
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* Data are being tracked by DCFS Group Home Resource
Development and Support Section. |
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Source: Data are from the Child Welfare
Services/Case Management |
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System (CWS/CMS) Datamart
History Table, unless stated otherwise. |
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Prepared by: BIS Information Technology
Services Division - Statistics Section |
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