November 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,684	-49.63%	-51.84%
Same Month Last Year	6,116	-44.80%	-48.18%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open Because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 524

Same Month Last Year = 617

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	649	11.42%
Same Month Last Year	741	13.79%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,550	44.87%
Same Month Last Year	2,658	44.64%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	777	13.74%
Two Parent Families	62	1.10%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 20.71% 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	38% of Caseload

Average Wage: $7.96

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	137	13

Average Wage 10/99 To 10/06

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 10/06
New Castle	$9.19	$7.96	$8.74
Kent	$8.57	$7.20	$7.84
Sussex	$7.94	$7.40	$7.71
Statewide			$7.96

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	100	33	515
Kent	33	17	652
Sussex	24	13	475
Total	157	63	1642

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	49
Kent	19
Sussex	14
Total	82

Cases Closed    1,623

Last Updated: Thursday December 28 2006