March 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,912	-47.61%	-49.91%
Same Month Last Year	5,863	-48.05%	-50.33%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open Because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 631

Same Month Last Year = 815

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	750	12.69%
Same Month Last Year	979	16.70%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,634	45.39%
Same Month Last Year	2,606	44.80%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	767	13.22%
Two Parent Families	61	1.05%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 23.67% of caseload

Federal Requirement Work Participation Rate and Hours of Participation

One parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	27% of Caseload

Two parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	34% of Caseload

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	119	95

Average Wage 10/99 To 12/05

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 2/06
New Castle	$9.10	$7.92	$8.23
Kent	$8.42	$7.12	$7.51
Sussex	$7.85	$7.12	$7.34
Statewide			$7.91

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	65	12	474
Kent	18	10	630
Sussex	28	4	449
Total	111	26	1553

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	68
Kent	20
Sussex	20
Total	108

Cases Closed    1,564

Last Updated: Friday November 03 2006