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 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 April 2017. 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 has stabilized near 400 individuals, however this represents an 18.9% decline over last year at the same time.
? CalWORKs caseload increased from 4,237 in December 2016 to 4,719 in April 2017. 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 12.3% from this time last year.
? Medi-Cal caseload increased to 73,961 from 71,314 in December 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 increase...
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