January 2007 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 10/1995 (10,260)
Current Month	4,994	-51.33%
Same Month Last Year	6,098	-40.57%

# of cases open because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Month	Number	%
Current Month	512	10.25%
Same Month Last Year	661	10.84%

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	637	12.76%
Same Month Last Year	786	12.89%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,521	50.48%
Same Month Last Year	2,678	43.92%
Work Eligibles	2,567	51.40%
One Parent (# adults)	2,403	48.12%
Two Parent (# adults)	168	3.36%

Families Medically Unable to Work
As a % of Work Eligibles

Type	Number	% of Caseload
All Families	820	31.94%
One Parent Families	762	31.71%
Two Parent Families	58	34.52%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 24.81% of caseload
As a % of Work Eligibles

Federal Requirement Work Participation Rate and Hours of Participation

All families

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

Two Parent families are solely state funded and are not subject to the Federal rate.

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	71	16

Current Monthly Average Wage

County	Full Time	Part Time
New Castle	$9.20	$8.00
Kent	$8.50	$7.12
Sussex	$7.94	$7.36
Statewide	$8.82	$7.76

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	Full Family Sanctions Month	Full Family Sanctions Cumulative	3rd Sanction
New Castle	0	0	520
Kent	0	0	654
Sussex	0	0	481
Total	0	0	1655

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	43
Kent	12
Sussex	8
Total	63

Cases Closed    1,643

Last Updated: Tuesday March 20 2007