September 2006 TANF statistics

Total Caseload

Month	Number	% Change Since 1/1993 (11,285)	% Change Since 4/1994 (11,803)
Current Month	5,953	-47.25%	-49.56%
Same Month Last Year	6,181	-45.23%	-47.63%
10/95 Caseload	10,260	-9.08%	-13.07%

# of cases open Because of Fill the Gap Budgeting

Current Month = 499

Same Month Last Year = 657

Clients Working

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/95	536	5.20%
Current Month	627	10.53%
Same Month Last Year	794	13.79%

Caretaker Cases

Month	Number	% of Caseload
Baseline 12/99	2,480	38.00%
Current Month	2,551	44.89%
Same Month Last Year	2,708	44.64%

Families Medically Unable to Work

Type	Number	% of Caseload
One Parent Families	764	13.51%
Two Parent Families	65	1.15%

Time Limited Families on TANF and Working: 18.43% of caseload

Federal Requirement Work Participation Rate and Hours of Participation

One parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	26% of Caseload

Two parent families

Federal Requirement	Min. 30hrs per week @ 50% of Caseload
Actual	36% of Caseload

Average Wage: $7.95

Job Placements*

Period	Full Time	Part-Time
Current Month	129	21

Average Wage 10/99 To 8/06

County	Full Time	Part Time	Average Wage 10/99 – 8/06
New Castle	$9.17	$7.84	$8.25
Kent	$8.67	$7.16	$7.57
Sussex	$7.95	$7.34	$7.41
Statewide			$7.95

Sanctions by County: Employment & Training

County	1st Sanction	2nd Sanction	3rd Sanction
New Castle	62	13	592
Kent	15	12	566
Sussex	26	6	473
Total	103	31	1631

Contract of Mutual Responsibility

County	Current Month
New Castle	60
Kent	24
Sussex	16
Total	100

Cases Closed    1,479

Last Updated: Thursday November 16 2006