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 December 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 a slight increase from September 2018 and December 2018 is at 451 individuals. This represents a 6.4% increase over last year at the same time and is remaining steady for current year. In contrast, expenditures are down by an average of 10.9% when compared to last year. This decrease is due to an increase in recovery of retroactive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments received for General Assistance customers that offsets previously issued General Assistance benefits.
? CalWORKs caseload increased from 2,847 in September 2018 to 3,287 in December 2018. This reflects the typical winter seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases increase due to decreased employment opportunities. However, from a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 12.2% from this t...
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