December 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,420	-51.97%	-54.08%
Same Month Last Year	6,198	-45.08%	-47.49%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 533

Same Month Last Year = 617

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	648	11.96%
Same Month Last Year	773	13.79%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,549	44.85%
Same Month Last Year	2,697	44.64%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	789	13.96%
Two Parent Families	64	1.13%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 22.57% of caseload

Federal Requirement Work Participation Rate and Hours of Participation

One parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	24% of Caseload

Two parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	40% of Caseload

Average Wage: $7.97

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	54	11

Average Wage 10/99 To 10/06

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 11/06
New Castle	$9.20	$8.00	$8.75
Kent	$8.54	$7.21	$7.83
Sussex	$7.93	$7.40	$7.71
Statewide			$7.97

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	58	19	516
Kent	25	11	653
Sussex	11	3	482
Total	94	33	1651

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	46
Kent	15
Sussex	11
Total	72

Cases Closed    1,634

Last Updated: Tuesday March 20 2007