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 - SEPTEMBER 2005 |
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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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1,353 |
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In-Person Response |
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11,731 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposed |
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4,177 |
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Referral Children With Allegation
Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation |
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7,554 |
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Total Referral Children Received during
Month |
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13,084 |
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REFERRAL CHILDREN
RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE |
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Sexual Abuse |
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838 |
6.4% |
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Exploitation |
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15 |
0.1% |
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Physical Abuse |
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2,530 |
19.3% |
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Caretaker
Absence/Incapacity |
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589 |
4.5% |
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Severe Neglect |
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167 |
1.3% |
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At Risk, Sibling Abuse |
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2,483 |
19.0% |
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General Neglect |
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3,729 |
28.5% |
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Substantial Risk |
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1,619 |
12.4% |
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Emotional Abuse |
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1,114 |
8.5% |
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Total |
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13,084 |
100.0% |
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IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD
(CHILDREN) AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 |
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Emergency
Response (Open Services Cases) |
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1,199 |
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Family
Maintenance |
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11,154 |
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Under 12
Months |
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9,967 |
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Over 12
Months |
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1,187 |
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Family Reunification |
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8,648 |
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Under 18
Months |
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7,951 |
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Over 18
Months |
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697 |
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Permanent Placement |
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16,005 |
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Adoptions |
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2,180 |
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Total
Children Receiving Child Welfare Services |
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39,186 |
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NOTE: End-month child caseload
excludes 7,554 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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11,184 |
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Birth
- 2 Years |
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6,181 |
15.8% |
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Foster
Family Home |
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2,173 |
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3 -
4 Years |
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3,678 |
9.4% |
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Foster
Family Agency Certified Home |
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6,163 |
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5 -
9 Years |
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9,324 |
23.8% |
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Small
Family Home |
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151 |
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10 -
13 Years |
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8,552 |
21.8% |
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Group Home |
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1,850 |
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14 -
15 Years |
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4,939 |
12.6% |
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Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized |
1,183 |
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16 -
17 Years |
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4,670 |
11.9% |
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Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) |
219 |
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18
Years & Older |
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1,842 |
4.7% |
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Total
Out-of-Home Placement |
22,923 |
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Age Total |
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39,186 |
100.0% |
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Guardian
Home |
3,152 |
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Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) |
26,075 |
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Gender |
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NOTE: In
the data above, 2,619 children receive D Rate and 1,206 receive F Rate care. |
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Male |
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19,510 |
49.8% |
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RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN |
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Female |
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19,676 |
50.2% |
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Children
Who Ran Away During the Month |
128 |
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Gender Total |
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39,186 |
100.0% |
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Children
Who Were Abducted During the Month |
7 |
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NOTE: Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and
Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site |
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Ethnicity |
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on 10/17/05. A child is
counted once during the report month. |
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White |
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5,358 |
13.7% |
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Hispanic |
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18,856 |
48.1% |
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FOSTER CARE RESOURCES |
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African American |
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13,365 |
34.1% |
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Homes |
Beds |
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Asian/Pacific
Islander |
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998 |
2.5% |
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Foster Homes |
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3,303 |
7,900 |
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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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4,674 |
12,445 |
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Filipino |
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194 |
0.5% |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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3,099 |
8,101 |
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Other |
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213 |
0.5% |
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Out-of-County |
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1,575 |
4,344 |
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Ethnicity Total |
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39,186 |
100.0% |
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Small Family Homes |
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453 |
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Group Homes* |
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340 |
4,142 |
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In Los
Angeles County |
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243 |
3,089 |
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Out-of-County |
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97 |
1,053 |
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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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