Child Welfare Services/Case Management System
Children in Out of Home Placements
Supervised by Welfare, by Placement
OCTOBER 2004

County Total In
County		 %
In
County		 Out
of
County		 %
Out
of
County		 Out
of
State		 %
Out
of
State
TOTAL 82467 64726 78.5 15344 18.6 2397 2.9
Alameda 3570 2075 58.1 1383 38.7 112 3.1
Alpine 4 3 75.0 . . 1 25.0
Amador 34 20 58.8 14 41.2 . .
Butte 756 583 77.1 155 20.5 18 2.4
Calaveras 125 65 52.0 57 45.6 3 2.4
Colusa 29 13 44.8 16 55.2 . .
Contra Costa 1986 1412 71.1 545 27.4 29 1.5
Del Norte 104 79 76.0 24 23.1 1 1.0
El Dorado 212 142 67.0 63 29.7 7 3.3
Fresno 2900 2345 80.9 527 18.2 28 1.0
Glenn 81 38 46.9 42 51.9 1 1.2
Humboldt 215 183 85.1 24 11.2 8 3.7
Imperial 333 268 80.5 59 17.7 6 1.8
Inyo 15 11 73.3 4 26.7 . .
Kern 2880 2585 89.8 226 7.8 69 2.4
Kings 293 207 70.6 78 26.6 8 2.7
Lake 199 138 69.3 54 27.1 7 3.5
Lassen 86 47 54.7 37 43.0 2 2.3
Los Angeles 29094 25147 86.4 3131 10.8 816 2.8
Madera 323 190 58.8 132 40.9 1 0.3
Marin 99 67 67.7 29 29.3 3 3.0
Mariposa 47 26 55.3 20 42.6 1 2.1
Mendocino 307 220 71.7 77 25.1 10 3.3
Merced 571 400 70.1 161 28.2 10 1.8
Modoc 16 10 62.5 6 37.5 . .
Mono 4 2 50.0 2 50.0 . .
Monterey 498 408 81.9 73 14.7 17 3.4
Napa 135 95 70.4 38 28.1 2 1.5
Nevada 96 74 77.1 21 21.9 1 1.0
Orange 3185 2367 74.3 727 22.8 91 2.9
Placer 409 223 54.5 180 44.0 6 1.5
Plumas 38 20 52.6 17 44.7 1 2.6
Riverside 4828 3747 77.6 1006 20.8 75 1.6
Sacramento 4495 3356 74.7 1021 22.7 118 2.6
San Benito 81 36 44.4 45 55.6 . .
San Bernardino 5257 4014 76.4 1103 21.0 140 2.7
San Diego 6024 5172 85.9 437 7.3 415 6.9
San Francisco 2015 969 48.1 983 48.8 63 3.1
San Joaquin 1676 1372 81.9 277 16.5 27 1.6
San Luis Obispo 296 229 77.4 52 17.6 15 5.1
San Mateo 503 292 58.1 200 39.8 11 2.2
Santa Barbara 381 275 72.2 98 25.7 8 2.1
Santa Clara 2177 1458 67.0 609 28.0 110 5.1
Santa Cruz 334 262 78.4 60 18.0 12 3.6
Shasta 535 442 82.6 77 14.4 16 3.0
Sierra 12 1 8.3 11 91.7 . .
Siskiyou 156 98 62.8 52 33.3 6 3.8
Solano 673 550 81.7 109 16.2 14 2.1
Sonoma 515 364 70.7 135 26.2 16 3.1
Stanislaus 658 528 80.2 118 17.9 12 1.8
Sutter 210 111 52.9 96 45.7 3 1.4
Tehama 175 123 70.3 49 28.0 3 1.7
Trinity 40 28 70.0 9 22.5 3 7.5
Tulare 1174 922 78.5 223 19.0 29 2.5
Tuolumne 143 89 62.2 45 31.5 9 6.3
Ventura 715 602 84.2 87 12.2 26 3.6
Yolo 447 138 30.9 302 67.6 7 1.6
Yuba 223 85 38.1 138 61.9 . .
Unknown 80 . . 80 100.0 . .

This monthly caseload includes children whose out of home placement record was closed, but whose placement episode record remained open for reasons deemed necessary by the social worker.
CDSS-Research and Development Division
CWS/CMS1a-Release Date: 07/01/2005