Title
Receive and accept the quarterly report of expenditures and caseload data for the Department of Social Services.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors Budget Committee receive and accept the quarterly report of expenditures and caseload data for the Department of Social Services.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The attached report represents actual caseload and expenditure data through December 2016. The report compares data month-to-month and year-to-year for three years. In addition to administrative costs, the programs highlighted are:
General Assistance CalWORKs
Medi-Cal CalFresh (Food Stamps)
In-Home Support Services (IHSS) Out-of-Home Care (Foster Care and Adoptions)
? General Assistance (GA) program caseload continues to decline and is now near 400 individuals, a 21.4% decline over last year at the same time.
? CalWORKs caseload increased from 3,678 in September 2016 to 4,237 in December 2016, this reflects the typical winter seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases increase dramatically. However, from a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 16.9% from this time last year.
? Medi-Cal caseload decreased slightly to 71,314 from 71,380 in September of 2016. This is an increase of 4.0% when compared to last year at this time. Overall, there are more than 160,000 individuals receiving Medi-Cal health insurance through the Department of Social Services public assistance eligibility systems.
? CalFresh caseload also increased to 19,788 from 19,...
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