May 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,729	-49.23%	-51.46%
Same Month Last Year	6,158	-45.43%	-47.83%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open Because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 587

Same Month Last Year = 679

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	727	12.69%
Same Month Last Year	849	13.79%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,592	45.61%
Same Month Last Year	2,744	44.56%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	766	13.48%
Two Parent Families	68	1.20%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 23.52% 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	156	19

Average Wage 10/99 To 4/06

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 4/06
New Castle	$9.09	$7.82	$8.23
Kent	$8.48	$7.20	$7.54
Sussex	$7.90	$7.31	$7.38
Statewide			$7.92

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	95	23	474
Kent	19	7	638
Sussex	22	6	455
Total	136	36	1567

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	73
Kent	13
Sussex	15
Total	101

Cases Closed    1,589

Last Updated: Friday November 03 2006