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Receive and accept the semi-annual 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 semi-annual 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 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 reflects an increase from 461 in June 2019 to 497 individuals at the end of December 2019. This represents a 10.2% caseload increase and a 3.3% increase in expenditures compared to December 2018. The department began seeing an increase in the August 2019 caseload data. Since the 6-month time limit was implemented, the Department has not seen large drops in the caseload because the population impacted by this rule is very small (26 cases currently).
? CalWORKs caseload reflects a slight increase from 2,805 in June 2019 to 2,999 in December 2019. From a year to year perspective, there is an overall caseload decline of 8.8% from this time last year which may be the result of recent developments this year related to immigration and proposed changes to what constitutes a "P...
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