COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES                                        DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES         DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES                                
FACT SHEET  
CHILD WELFARE SERVICES  -  SEPTEMBER 2005  
   
(Click on web links to view 12-month data for each category)    
  EMERGENCY RESPONSE SERVICES   
Emergency Response Referral Children Received        
Evaluated Out         1,353  
In-Person Response           11,731  
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposed             4,177    
    Referral Children With Allegation Disposition Pending - Referrals Still Under Investigation       7,554    
Total Referral Children Received during Month             13,084  
REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED BY ALLEGATION TYPE  
Sexual Abuse   838 6.4%   Exploitation   15 0.1%  
Physical Abuse   2,530 19.3%   Caretaker Absence/Incapacity   589 4.5%  
Severe Neglect   167 1.3%   At Risk, Sibling Abuse   2,483 19.0%    
General Neglect   3,729 28.5%   Substantial Risk   1,619 12.4%  
Emotional Abuse   1,114 8.5%   Total     13,084 100.0%      
  IN-HOME AND OUT-OF-HOME SERVICES CASELOAD (CHILDREN) AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2005  
  Emergency Response (Open Services Cases)   1,199      
  Family Maintenance         11,154        
      Under 12 Months       9,967            
      Over 12 Months       1,187            
  Family Reunification         8,648        
      Under 18 Months       7,951            
      Over 18 Months       697            
  Permanent Placement         16,005        
  Adoptions           2,180        
  Total Children Receiving Child Welfare Services     39,186        
  NOTE: End-month child caseload excludes 7,554 children in Emergency Response Referrals Pending Disposition/Still Under Investigation.  
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS   CHILDREN IN OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENT  
Age       Relative Home     11,184  
Birth - 2 Years   6,181 15.8%   Foster Family Home   2,173  
3 - 4 Years     3,678 9.4%   Foster Family Agency Certified Home   6,163  
5 - 9 Years   9,324 23.8%   Small Family Home   151      
10 - 13 Years     8,552 21.8%   Group Home     1,850      
14 - 15 Years     4,939 12.6%   Adoptive Home - Adoption Not Finalized 1,183  
16 - 17 Years   4,670 11.9%   Other (Medical Facility, Tribal, and Court Specified Home) 219  
18 Years & Older   1,842 4.7%   Total Out-of-Home Placement 22,923      
Age Total   39,186 100.0%   Guardian Home 3,152  
  Total Placement (Including Guardian Home) 26,075  
Gender         NOTE:   In the data above, 2,619 children receive D Rate and 1,206 receive F Rate care.  
Male   19,510 49.8%   RUNAWAY AND ABDUCTED CHILDREN  
Female   19,676 50.2%   Children Who Ran Away During the Month 128  
Gender Total   39,186 100.0%   Children Who Were Abducted During the Month 7  
    NOTE:  Data extracted from DCFS Abducted and Runaway Kids System (ARKS) Web-site   
Ethnicity                      on 10/17/05.  A child is counted once during the report month.    
White     5,358 13.7%  
Hispanic     18,856 48.1%   FOSTER CARE RESOURCES  
African American     13,365 34.1%     Homes Beds  
Asian/Pacific Islander     998 2.5%   Foster Homes     3,303 7,900  
American Indian/Alaskan Native   202 0.5%   Foster Family Agency Homes (self-report)   4,674 12,445  
Filipino   194 0.5%       In Los Angeles County   3,099 8,101  
Other   213 0.5%       Out-of-County   1,575 4,344  
Ethnicity Total   39,186 100.0%   Small Family Homes   157 453  
          Group Homes*   340 4,142  
              In Los Angeles County   243 3,089  
              Out-of-County   97 1,053  
   
          * 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