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 August 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 444 individuals. This represents a 14.1% 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 4.4% 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 3,737 in May 2018 to 2,955 in August 2018. This reflects the typical spring/summer seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases decrease due to increased employment opportunities. However, from a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 13.4% from this time last year.
? Medi-Cal caseload increased to 76,654...
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