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 February 2018. 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 428 individuals. This represents a 5.94% 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 57.5% when compared to last year. This increase was anticipated when the benefits changes were presented for approval to the Board of Supervisors.
? CalWORKs caseload increased from 3,328 in November 2017 to 4,352 in February 2018. This reflects the typical winter seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases increase. However, from a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 12.6% from this time last year.
? Medi-Cal caseload increased to 75,578 in February 2018 from 74,329 in November 2017. This reflects an increase of 2% when compared to February 2017. Overall, there are more than 184...
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