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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:
Receive and accept the quarterly report of expenditures and caseload data for the Department of Social Services.
SUMMARYDISCUSSION:
The attached report represents actual caseload and expenditure data through October 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 data reflects an increase and is at 427 individuals. This represents a 5.43% increase over last year at the same time. This can be attributed to the benefit enhancements implemented in August 2017. Expenditures are also up by an average of 44.7% when compared to last year. This increase was anticipated when the benefits changes were presented for approval to the Board of Supervisors.
? CalWORKs caseload decreased from 3,538 in July 2017 to 3,296 in October 2017. This reflects the typical summer seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases decrease. However, from a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 10.1% from this time last year.
? Medi-Cal caseload slightly decreased to 74,571 from 74,788 in July 2017. However, this reflects an increase of 4.9% when compared to October 2016. Overall, there are more than 160,000 indi...
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