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 March 2019. 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 had a slight increase from 451 in December 2018 to 469 individuals in March 2019. This represents a 5.39% increase over last year at the same time and has a corresponding increase in expenditures of 7.53% when compared to last year due to the slight increase in caseload. This reflects the typical winter seasonal trend when applications for assistance and active cases increase due to decreased employment opportunities.
? CalWORKs caseload increased from 3,287 in December 2018 to 3,690 in March 2019. 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 14.8% from this time last year which may be the result ...
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