TO:

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVI(:I?S JNTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATIO br

Date: Jmu:ay 22,201.0

Jennifer VeSez Comnissioner

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FROM: Jeanette Page-Hawkns, Dijr Division of Family Develop

SUBJECT: CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS : \,

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AQached please find the Curreat Program ~tatiitics fm September 2009. . Included are TANF-oriented and Food Stamps data, Ger.cral Assistance data, and the WFNJ Statistical Summaxy. .. . . .

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Should you have any questions regarding'this report, please call: . .

Wil.li zah' at 588.2274 . - ' I

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C. Nicole Brossoie, Public 1n.formation

State of New Jersey Department of Muman Services

STATISTICS

September 2009 Jeanette Page-Hawkins, Director

DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT ITIROGRAM STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2009

HIGBXaXGHTS : .C WFNJ/TANF ......... *-r ..,....a ,......... . .... .. ....,,........*., ,.*...,................,,., .................... r,...rl...........,,.,...... 11

TA.NF WORK PARTICIPATION RATE -......................... mI.L1 ....... .o.....-.......................I.. ............. ii FOOD ST.AME' PROGRAM ,......................... ... ..,,.................... .......................... .. ............. ii EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE .............,,..........,.,,.., , ............... . ..................... .. ....... ",,, ,,. , . ii GENERAL ASSISTANCE ............ ..................,.....................,,.,, . . . ................,. ......................... iii

. , a GA Emergency Assistance ................................................ : ............................................................,. x lx - - - GA Program ....,...,........................................ ..................................................................................... 111

CI3ILD SUPPORT .AND PATERNITY.; ........ ... ,,................ . . ........... . ....... - . ...... . . iii WORK FIRST NF,W JERSEY 0 ............,,,. , .............. ... .... .., ............................... .. ....... iii STATISTICS- BY STATE & COUNTY: ..............................,... , ...................,........................ ... . 1.

Table I.: WFNJRANF Families & Pmons (NJ Statewide) Septemi3c:r 2007 to 2009 ........,.............. 1' Tabla 2: WFNJ/TANP Families (by County)- Septernbcr 2009 ......... . ...... ..................... ........... . 2 Table 2B: WFNJITAN? P~rsons, Adults, 8 Children (by County)- Lc.eptember 2009 ...................... 3 Table 3: TANF Work Participation Rates Ovcr 12 Month Period (Ey County)- September 22009 ... 4 Table 4: TAM; Work Participation Rates Over 12 Month Period (?lj Statewide)- September 20095. Table 5: Food Stamp Program HousehoIds/Persons (NJ Statewide) September 2007 to 2009 ........ 6

. Table 6: Food Stamamp Rccipimt Trends (NJ Statewjde) ~ e ~ t e m b ~ r X07 to 2009 ......... , ......... , ....... ... 7 Table 7: Food Stamp Program Hous~holds/Persons (by County)- S~:j~tember 2009 ......................... 8 Table 8: Emergency Assistance Program (NJ Statewide) Septembe:- ,1007 t'o 2009 ...............,...,,,,,, 9 Table 9: Emergmcy Assj.stancc Program (by County)- September X09 .....-.-.............----,............- 10 '

Table 10: ~ i n e r a l Assistance Program (NJ Statewide) September 2037 to 2009 .................... ,. 11 Table 11: General. Assistance Program (by County)- September 20051 -........... ;... ........... .. .......... ... . 12 Table 12: Cllild Support & Patcmity Distributions (NJ Statewide) ITY 2008 .....................,....... .. 13 Table 13; Child Support & Fatsmity Cascs With Oxdcrs- September 2009 ................... , -.....,......... 14 Tab1.e 14: WFNJ Staiistical. Summary- September 2009 ..................... , ................... . . . . . . . . . . . 15

. . ACRONlYMS -**+...*---..-...-... ~ * ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ - ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - - - ~ ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - ~ - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ * ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ ~ ~ - - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - . - . . . - - 16 , .EXPLANATORY NOTES -..--------. ~*...~.-..-.-..-.-...n...~..------- ---...................,.............,,. 16

. . WFN.7 Statistjcal Summary (Table 14) .....-....... ..; .... ...... ... ........... . . . ..... ... . . ........... .......-- :_...._..._. .. 17

DI[VZSIOM.,OF F m Y DEVE'J,OPMENT CURRENT 3'IlOGRAM STATISTICS SEmENRER 2009 .

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Each month the Division of Family Development publishes its p~ogr;un statistics for: WTNJITANE;, Food Stamps, ~ r n e r ~ e n c ~ Assistance, ~ e n e r d Assis,:ance (GA) and Child Support .

. .and paternity. When possible, information. is provided separately fctr chi1dren.w.d adults. Many, iab1.e~ also provide trend data yith informatjdn'broken down by county for ieaders to consider. -

WFN JhANF . .

' At the end of September, thc TANF cascload decreased by 110 l:iGeS, from 37,213 in Scptembei 2008 to 37,1.03 in Septembk 2009, a 0.3% decline.

The counties with the highest femily caseload increasl: since September 2008 include' . .

Ocean (27.7%), Sussex (22.7%), and Middlesex (1 7.2%). . . .

'Thc counlies that decreaskd the.m.ost since Scptemter 2008, wen: Passaic (-5.2 %), Essex (-7.6%) andUnion'(-11.5%). '

Of the V J / T A A N F families, 9,744 or 26.2% wsc child-oily c ; ~ : ea in September 2009

The counties with the most child-only caies wire Erscx (1,674), fudson (1,383), and Camdm (1', 140); . .

. Essex (20,409), ~uds6n.(12,003), and Camden (9,817) counties :mve $e greatest number of . persms receiving TAW in September 2009.

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. . FOOD STAMP PR0,GRAM

Septc.mber 2009 there are 262,373 househo1.d~ receiving food stz:rps. Food Stamp hou~cholds increased by 43,676, or 20.0%, since September 2008.

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There were 533,,842 pasons receiving food stimp.s' as of Scpternl,cs 2009, increase of . ' 84,743 or 18.9 "/o since September 2008. ,

n c threecounties having the highest castload incrcase sirice Sq ~?rnber 2008 are Hunterdon . . . (40.9%), Ocean , ~ (29.6%), an2 sussex (28.9%).

EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE ' . '

' Thae war 5,462 families ~cciving mergeicy assistance (EA) i s ~e-ptehber 2b09, an increase ' of 5 16 or 10.4% since Septmber 2008.

In Sept~rnbcr 2009, EA payments 'were mad6 for 1,565 SSI recipicls

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DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMEMT C m N T IIJROGRAM STATISTICS SEPTEMBER 2009

GENERAL ASSISTANCE

. , GA Emergency ~ss f s tance

,a There ke re 8,232 emergency assistance payments made to GA :-r cipients in '~epternbm 2009, an increase of 966 or 13.3% sin.ce September 2008.

The thxec counties that sI10w an annual percent increase in emetgsncy assistance payments are Sdern (130.8%), cumberlaid (74.5%), and FIunterdon (66.2%),

GA Program The total. numbers of pcrsons p for.^^ has increased fb rn 42,619 t 3 48,647,since September 2008, an increase o f 14.7. %.

There wcrc 3 1,485 Employable GA and 17,162 Unemployable (3.4'recipimts in Scptembcr '2009. .

i ' Huntcrdon (57.2%), E S S ~ X (43.9%), and Cape May (38 .~%) couyics showed the'highest percent increase for.GA pmsons since September 2008:

' , , CHILD SUPPORTA,ND PATERNITY ( ~ u a r t e r l ~ Report) + Tho total collection foi the Child subpod and Paternity Program was about 290 million dollars

from ~ c t o b e r 2007 to Septcmbes 2008, an increase of 7.7 percenl: over thc same pcriod fir FFY 2007.

Total distributions increased over 1.3 from September 2N.7.

WORK FIRST'NEW JERSEY (WFNJ) :

During the report month of September 2009, there were 3,284 fmnilies where at least O ~ E

meinbkr is employed and. an additi.onaI.449 families where .MFN.I assistance cases were closed .

, due to employment - related emings. . ,

, , The thrcs counties with the grcatest number of c&ploycd Active r s:ipients were: Essek (689), ~ u d s o n (399 , and Camden (294);

Thcre w m 3,838 former TANF cases recsiving,post-TANF support in the form.of child care assistance. .

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TAI3LE I : W F N ~ P R O G R A ~ STATWIDE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND TERMINATIONS'DURING SEPTEMBER 26119; Nub BER OF ELIGIHLE FAMILIES & PERSONS RECEIVING WFNJKANF,F~R SEPTEMBE F 2009

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SEPT-BER ~ ~ T H ~ U G H =EMBER ;I009 Cases Cases g~hi ld-Only Total 2- Parent Total %cHN % %CWNG Added Closed $ Cases 9 Slhgl-Head Femllies WFNJTTRNF' (1 Yr.; Total (4 Yr.) Adults Children

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of Nov 2604, data 1s daltved snd iuRher rdlnCCl from NJ Division at Family Develrlp bent Issuance files. CTO relait, mnsbtency. all data IS tmtated f r ~ m Nov 2002 to present. reflatting only rnlnor charges 10 prior reponad vslucs).

$ Child-only ea~es are defined st families whera no eliglble adult receives TANF pragmm benefit!:, ~ c t the famlly continue* to be hcadsd by at least oh@ of the blolagicnl parcwts, or grandparents, or other apprbl~riate adult.