COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
EMERGENCY RESPONSE REFERRAL CHILDREN RECEIVED
BY ALLEGATION TYPE
(October 2007 to September 2008)
	Sexual Abuse	Physical Abuse	Severe Neglect	General Neglect	Emotional Abuse	Exploitation	Caretaker Absence/ Incapacity	At Risk, Sibling Abuse	Substantial Risk	Total Referrals Received
October 2007	953	3,227	165	4,377	1,295	9	490	3,159	2,878	16,553
November 2007	889	2,671	156	3,614	1,086	13	458	2,667	2,516	14,070
December 2007	767	2,051	152	2,871	864	9	369	1,986	2,160	11,229
January 2008	881	2,446	151	3,508	1,140	8	489	2,546	2,522	13,691
February 2008	1,014	2,665	161	3,790	1,171	9	410	2,847	1,793	13,860
March 2008	1,256	3,153	183	4,251	1,293	12	490	3,292	439	14,369
April 2008	1,445	3,489	148	4,626	1,346	7	509	3,720	490	15,780
May 2008	1,541	3,593	167	4,608	1,318	2	498	3,883	444	16,054
June 2008	1,268	2,968	176	4,378	1,173	10	483	3,103	323	13,882
July 2008	1,231	2,508	184	4,791	1,215	13	449	2,528	327	13,246
August 2008	1,358	2,551	162	4,405	1,244	3	415	2,419	274	12,831
September 2008	1,297	3,181	188	4,465	1,259	8	409	3,240	377	14,424
Total	13,900	34,503	1,993	49,684	14,404	103	5,469	35,390	14,543	169,989
Source: Data are from the Child Welfare Services/Case Management System (CWS/CMS) Datamart History Database - A snapshot of children referred
to DCFS during the month for each report month.
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