CALWORKS

· In FY 99-00 the CalWORKs program served a monthly caseload average of 6,300 families, including 11,300 children, providing them with a mixture of income support, employment and training services and other ancillary services, such as child care, substance abuse treatment and transportation needed to help them transition to economic self-sufficiency.

· DHS enrolled 4,190 CalWORKs families with employable adults in Welfare-to-Work plans.

· 36% of CalWORKs families had secured employment and earned an average monthly income of $732, up from $612 the previous fiscal year.

· 1,500 families left CalWORKs in FY 99-00 because they were earning enough income to no longer require the income support of cash aid.

· In FY 99-00 DHS expanded Mental Health and Substance Abuse services for CalWORKs clients. At the beginning of the year just 150 CalWORKs clients were receiving services and had treatment plans in place. By the close of the fiscal year the number of clients participating in treatment grew to 316.

· Over the course of the fiscal year, DHS provided childcare subsidies to 2,287 CalWORKs families.

EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT SERVICES

· Employment Support Services assisted 1,046 individuals in securing employment at an average hourly wage of $8.44 with assistance from Job Placement Specialists or through its Employment Centers.

· In conjunction with San Francisco's Career Link, 781 individuals received vocational assessment services. 140 individuals were assisted in identifying potential learning needs by Employment Support Services' Vocational Assessors.

FOOD STAMPS

· In FY 99-00 the Food Stamps Programs served an average monthly caseload of 5,480 CalWORKs families through the Public Assistance Food Stamps (PAFS) program and an average monthly caseload of 9,614 single adults and families not receiving CalWORKs through the Non-Assistance Food Stamps (NAFS) program.

· The Food Stamps program provided households with an average of $132 and individuals an average of $73 for food purchases.

· A total dollar value of $25,338,762 was issued to families and single adults for food purchases.

· DHS funded food pantries throughout the City that serve those immigrants who still cannot qualify for Food Stamps.

COUNTY ADULT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (CAAP)

· In FY 99-00 CAAP served a monthly caseload average of 9,180 clients. DHS provided participants with a range of social services including income support, case management, SSI, advocacy, employment and supportive services.

· Through its SSIP program, CAAP provided an average monthly caseload of 1,514, or 17% of CAAP participants, with advocacy services in order to secure Supplemental Security Income.

· 30% of participants in the PAES program for employable clients secured employment and were earning an average monthly income of $330.

MEDI-CAL

· In FY 99-00 the Medi-Cal program served an average monthly caseload of 33,900 families with children and elderly and disabled adults with services to determine eligibility for state and federally funded medical care.

· Medi-Cal administered the CALM component of CAAP, providing an average monthly caseload of 1,700 indigent adults with services necessary

to receive state and federally funded medical care in addition to their CAAP cash benefits.

· The Transitional Medi-Cal Program, which provides Medi-Cal benefits to families who exit CalWORKs, grew substantially to 2,729 cases, up from 2,200 cases in the prior fiscal year.

FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES
HOUSING AND HOMELESS PROGRAMS

· In keeping with its focus on early intervention and prevention, DHS experienced an 18% decrease in the number of first time entries into foster care.

· Since 1995 DHS kept more families intact and decreased its out-of-home placement rate from 22 to 15.9 per thousand children.

· DHS experienced an increase in its family reunification rate, up from 43% in FY 98-99 to 45% in FY 99-00.

HOUSING AND HOMELESS PROGRAMS

· 91% of Housing and Homeless transitional housing clients moved into permanent housing.

· DHS provided rental subsidies or support services to 2,300 permanent housing units for formerly homeless adults and families.

· DHS provided 1,792 households with move-in grants or eviction prevention services and provided legal services to 828 unduplicated households to prevent imminent eviction.

· DHS increased the number of its Housing and Homeless Programs' emergency shelter beds this year to 1,316 up from 1,256 beds last year. During the winter months, DHS augmented the shelter system with an additional 330 beds.

· Housing and Homeless Programs implemented a new master lease program to quickly secure 666 units in 4 hotels for long term permanent housing opportunities for single adult participants in the PAES program who are in Emergency Shelters.

ADULT SERVICES

· The Adult Services program provided 11,799 aged, blind and disabled adults with In-Home Supportive Services, successfully reaching and providing assistance to over 4,011 new clients.

· During FY 99-00, DHS increased the hourly wage for IHSS independent providers from $7.00 to $9.00 and provided health and dental benefits. In FY 00-01, the hourly wage will increase to $9.70 per hour.

· Adult Protective Services operates a 24 Hour Hotline. The Hotline provides off hour investigation of abuse and neglect as well as essential services such as food, shelter, in home care and transportation.

· Due to a substantial increase in staffing in early 1999, APS now has capacity to respond to more calls of adult abuse and neglect. In July 1998, APS opened 65 cases; in June 1999, APS opened 225 cases; in June 2000, APS opened 261 cases.