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