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

County Total In
County		 %
In
County		 Out
of
County		 %
Out
of
County		 Out
of
State		 %
Out
of
State
TOTAL 82236 64333 78.2 15465 18.8 2438 3.0
Alameda 3522 2053 58.3 1355 38.5 114 3.2
Alpine 4 3 75.0 . . 1 25.0
Amador 31 19 61.3 12 38.7 . .
Butte 742 567 76.4 157 21.2 18 2.4
Calaveras 133 67 50.4 63 47.4 3 2.3
Colusa 28 9 32.1 19 67.9 . .
Contra Costa 1973 1398 70.9 549 27.8 26 1.3
Del Norte 108 83 76.9 24 22.2 1 0.9
El Dorado 210 134 63.8 66 31.4 10 4.8
Fresno 2915 2349 80.6 534 18.3 32 1.1
Glenn 88 41 46.6 46 52.3 1 1.1
Humboldt 226 191 84.5 27 11.9 8 3.5
Imperial 324 255 78.7 63 19.4 6 1.9
Inyo 15 11 73.3 4 26.7 . .
Kern 2888 2585 89.5 231 8.0 72 2.5
Kings 300 215 71.7 77 25.7 8 2.7
Lake 184 123 66.8 54 29.3 7 3.8
Lassen 94 53 56.4 39 41.5 2 2.1
Los Angeles 29102 25103 86.3 3180 10.9 819 2.8
Madera 297 177 59.6 119 40.1 1 0.3
Marin 95 63 66.3 29 30.5 3 3.2
Mariposa 44 23 52.3 20 45.5 1 2.3
Mendocino 311 225 72.3 76 24.4 10 3.2
Merced 541 363 67.1 168 31.1 10 1.8
Modoc 15 9 60.0 6 40.0 . .
Mono 4 2 50.0 2 50.0 . .
Monterey 487 399 81.9 71 14.6 17 3.5
Napa 134 90 67.2 42 31.3 2 1.5
Nevada 96 74 77.1 21 21.9 1 1.0
Orange 3179 2362 74.3 725 22.8 92 2.9
Placer 392 201 51.3 185 47.2 6 1.5
Plumas 36 17 47.2 18 50.0 1 2.8
Riverside 4779 3692 77.3 1011 21.2 76 1.6
Sacramento 4471 3333 74.5 1017 22.7 121 2.7
San Benito 76 33 43.4 43 56.6 . .
San Bernardino 5243 3990 76.1 1110 21.2 143 2.7
San Diego 6062 5196 85.7 436 7.2 430 7.1
San Francisco 2024 975 48.2 986 48.7 63 3.1
San Joaquin 1648 1357 82.3 265 16.1 26 1.6
San Luis Obispo 301 233 77.4 53 17.6 15 5.0
San Mateo 492 283 57.5 198 40.2 11 2.2
Santa Barbara 363 261 71.9 94 25.9 8 2.2
Santa Clara 2196 1453 66.2 629 28.6 114 5.2
Santa Cruz 324 249 76.9 62 19.1 13 4.0
Shasta 540 446 82.6 78 14.4 16 3.0
Sierra 12 1 8.3 11 91.7 . .
Siskiyou 142 84 59.2 52 36.6 6 4.2
Solano 671 539 80.3 118 17.6 14 2.1
Sonoma 514 362 70.4 136 26.5 16 3.1
Stanislaus 639 509 79.7 117 18.3 13 2.0
Sutter 225 117 52.0 105 46.7 3 1.3
Tehama 178 125 70.2 49 27.5 4 2.2
Trinity 39 26 66.7 10 25.6 3 7.7
Tulare 1154 899 77.9 226 19.6 29 2.5
Tuolumne 147 92 62.6 46 31.3 9 6.1
Ventura 719 603 83.9 90 12.5 26 3.6
Yolo 444 132 29.7 305 68.7 7 1.6
Yuba 220 79 35.9 141 64.1 . .
Unknown 95 . . 95 100.0 . .

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