August 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,523	-51.06%	-53.21%
Same Month Last Year	5,757	-48.99%	-51.22%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open Because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 595

Same Month Last Year = 605

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	813	14.72%
Same Month Last Year	759	13.79%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,542	44.73%
Same Month Last Year	2,568	44.64%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	760	13.44%
Two Parent Families	63	1.11%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 27.27% of caseload

Federal Requirement Work Participation Rate and Hours of Participation

One parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	22% of Caseload

Two parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	35% of Caseload

Average Wage: $7.95

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	98	13

Average Wage 10/99 To 7/06

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 7/06
New Castle	$9.08	$7.80	$8.24
Kent	$8.77	$7.22	$7.59
Sussex	$7.92	$7.39	$7.40
Statewide			$7.94

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	22	17	482
Kent	17	11	642
Sussex	35	9	463
Total	74	37	1587

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	71
Kent	19
Sussex	22
Total	112

Cases Closed    1,595

Last Updated: Friday November 03 2006