Dl!/. OF SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION. Date: July 30, Jennifer Velez Commissioner

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1 DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION Date: July 30, 2009 TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Jennifer Velez Commissioner Jeanette Page-Hawkins, Division of Family Develo CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS Attached please find the Current Program Statistics for May 2009.!ncluded are TANForiented and Food Stamps data, General Assistance data, and the WFNJ Statistical Summary. Should you have any questions regarding this report, please call: David Karwoski at Attachments C. Nicole Brossoie, Public Information HCDHS Dl!/. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

2 State of New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development CW%SVV='- " ZWWP~??Sv~jt"<--W"%- ~ f l # % T d ~ P ~ ~ Y i x i X ~, F -Ti-AY~T+~~2 W W, * I?--- & ~ ~ STATISTICS May 2009 Jeanette Page-Hawkins, Director

3 DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS MAY 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS HIGHLIGHTS:.. WFNJITANF... TANF WORK PARTICIPATION RATE...;... ii. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM... EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE... ii... GENERAL ASSISTANCE... GA Emergency Assistance GA Program CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY... iii WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY (WFNJ)... iii STATISTICS- BY STATE & COUNTY:... 1 Table 1: WFNJITANF Families & Persons (NJ Statewide) May 2007 to Table 2: WFNJITANF Families (by County)- May Table 2B: WFNJITANF Persons. Adults. & Children (by County)- May Table 3: TANF Work Participation Rates Over 12 Month Period (by' County)- May Table 4: TANF Work Participation Rates Over 12 Month Period (NJ Statewide)- May Table 5: Food Stamp Program Households/Persons (NJ Statewide) May 2007 to Table 6: Food Stamp Recipient Trends (NJ Statewide) May 2007 to Table 7: Food Stamp Program Households/Persons (by County)- May Table 8: Emergency Assistance Program (NJ Statewide) May 2007 to Table 9: Emergency Assistance Program (by County)- May Table 10: General Assistance Program (NJ Statewide) May 2007 to Table 11 : General Assistance Program (by County)- May Table 12: Child Support & Paternity Distributions (NJ Statewide) FFY Table 13: Child Support & Paternity Cases With Orders- May Table 14: WFNJ Statistical Summary- May ACRONYMS EXPLANATORY NOTES WFNJ Statistical Summary (Table 14)

4 DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS MAY 2009 Each month the Division of Family Development publishes its program statistics for: WFNJITANF, Food Stamps, Emergency Assistance, General Assistance (GA) and Child Support and Paternity. When possible, information is provided separately for children and adults. Many tables also provide trend data with information broken down by county for readers to consider. WFNJITANF At the end of May, the TANF caseload decreased by 1,151 cases, from 37,740 in May 2008 to 36,589 in May 2009, a 3.0% decline. The counties with the highest family caseload percentage increase since May 2008 include Hunterdon (44.3%), Ocean (24.2%), and Sussex (24.0%). The counties that decreased the most since May 2008 were Essex (-8.0 %), Passaic (-8.7%) and Union ( %) Of the WFNJITANF families, 9,877 or 27.0% were child-only cases in May 2009 The counties with the most child-only cases were Essex (1,693), Hudson (1,334), and Camden (1,158). Essex (20,007), Hudson (1 1,945), and Camden (9,749) counties have the greatest number of persons receiving TANF in May FOOD STAMP PROGRAM May 2009 there are 245,811 households receiving food stamps. Food Stamp households increased by 34,408, or 16.3%, since May There were 502,317 persons receiving food stamps as of May 2009, an increase of 68,833 or 15.9 % since May The three counties having the highest caseload increase since May 2008 are Hunterdon (44.0%), Somerset (28.1 %), and Bergen (27.3%) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE There were 4,991 families receiving emergency assistance (EA) in May 2009, an increase of 305 or 6.5% since May In May 2009, EA payments were made for 1,504 SSI recipients

5 DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS MAY 2009 GENERAL ASSISTANCE GA Emergency Assistance There were 8,205 emergency assistance payments made to GA recipients in May 2009, an increase of 580 or 7.6% since May The three counties that show an annual percent increase in emergency assistance payments are Cumberland (85.5%), Morris (55.3%), and Hunterdon (52.9%). GA Program The total numbers of persons for GA has increased from 41,334 to 47,344 since May 2008, an increase of 14.5%. There were 29,878 Employable GA and 17,466 Unemployable GA recipients in May Essex (70.2%), Hunterdon (46.7%), and Sussex (31.6%) counties showed the highest percent increase for GA persons since May CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY (Quarterly Report) The total collection for the Child Support and Paternity Program was about 290 million dollars from October 2007 to September 2008, an increase of 7.7 percent over the same period for FFY Total distributions increased over 13 percent from September WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY (WFNJ) During the report month of May 2009, there were 3,716 families where at least one member is employed and an additional 514 families where WFNJ assistance cases were closed due to employment - related earnings. The three counties with the greatest number of employed active recipients were: Essex (8701, Hudson (444), and Camden (3 12). There were 4,206 former TANF cases receiving post-tanf support in the form of child care assistance.

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9 Page 4 TABLE 3 New Jersey Department of Human Services Work Participation Rates Achieved Over 12 Month Period Ending With MAY 2009 Division of Family Development I HOW to read this graph: Each vertical line represents the range 1 oo/o of Work Participation Rates (WPRs) achieved by each county over the 12 month period ending with the report month. The small tic mark on each vertical line represents the WPR achieved for the report month. Consequently, a county with a tic mark at or near the bottom of the vertical line is losing ground on this measure, while a county with a tic mark at or near the top of the line is improving its performance.

10 Page 5 TABLE 4 New Jersey Department of Human Services WFNJITANF Work Participation Rates for 12-Month Period Ending with MAY 2009 Statewide Division of Family Development

11 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development Page 6 Table 5 NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS, PERSONS, ADULTS FOOD STAMP AND CHILDREN FOR MAY 2009 (STATEWIDE) PROGRAM MAY 2007 THROUGH MAY HOUSEHOLDS! PERSONS E WFNJl Other low TOTAL % CHNG Children TOTAL % CHNG 2009 AVG to date

12 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development Page 7 TABLE 6: FOOD STAMP PROGRAM TRENDS FOR PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS & PERSONS MAY 2007 THROUGH MAY 2009 (STATEWIDE),7,&,y,>>;,/, &,<y'*>y.?,.,. >>,.>;:.;.:7,;+>>>;..,, >,.*;v,>>::,.+y,,,. ~~:~.~,~>~..>>>>>~~,~>>>>~,;+~,*y.+~,>>>>;~*~..~.*>~~.~*;+;~>~~..>..>>~..~,,,~>;.*>>y,,.~..:+>~.>~,>>>:~. :.>;+..>>>~..>~~7..;~~~~,~>;~<~,;<,~~:,/.*~..?~:;~;~>~~;~,~:~>y.<,&,y~~, NJ Statewide Food Stamp Households: May 2007 Through 2009 NJ Statewide Food Stamp Persons: May 2007 Through 2009

13 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development Page 8,.,..,A. *.,.,.". <.<.,.,.,. <. /, ;<.,,.,. <..,.,.,A,.,.",. -A,/.%v,~,,.T.*,,,A.,,,,~,,,.,r.,,.*..,*.,,.<%<<<<*.~.~.-~,,,>,,.,,.%.,.- w.s-.,,,.,.,., *.,.,:.,.,. -,.-,.,. >,,, -2,..,, -,. v.va-,.w,.,. -., <.. -,.,. -,.,. -,,e,,*a,. <-,.F,, Table 7 NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING HOUSEHOLDS, PERSONS, ADULTS FOOD STAMP AND CHILDREN BY COUNTY FOR MAY 2009 n n n.,, n,,,,, x, : A., :. :. :... : :, ", n, : :., :. :.,. :. :. : :. '..~.:.:.'.'<<~,:.x~,~<~~~~~,:~,~me~%~n,~~~,ni:i:,,i:en~nn:0(0(0(0(0( PROGRAM A= T Caseload % 8 HOUSEHOLDS PERSONS '= 1 Caseload % $ County 8 WFNJl Other TOTAL % Chng { Adults Children TOTAL % Chng 2 TANF low income (1 yr) $ (1 Yr) ATLANTIC 1 1, ' 2 11, , ' ---.,..A p L. L- L L L L L L I;,--l^.--l-lll...l-l - BERGEN % , ,059 8,505 22, BURLINGTON $ 881 6,939 7, A $ 8,419 7, A CAMDEN , ^ CAPE MAY $ , , CUMBERLAND 3 1,296 8,017 9, , , ESSEX d ,736 42, , GLOUCESTER $ , $ 6,946 6,404 13, a HUDSON , $ , HUNTERDON , A $ , A MERCER 2,055 8, , , MIDDLESEX ' j ~ ,141 11,380 23, MONMOUTH 8 1, , , , MORRIS , , , OCEAN , ,199 26, PASSAIC $ ,315 29, $ 27,359 33,157 60, SALEM $ 443 2,121 2, $ ,911 5, SOMERSET A SUSSEX , , , UNION 1, , , , WARREN f , , ' 9 ; NJ TOTAL $ , , , I Total Food Stamp Reclplents 1 I MAY 2009 By County I ESSEX ESSEX HUDSON PASSAIC HUDSON PASSAIC BERGEN UNION,749,760 MIDDLESEX ATLANTIC OCEAN MERCER CUMBERIAND MONMOUTH BURLINGTON GLOUCESTER Children SALEM -m ~$22 SUSSEX WERDON &?%98 Data is derived horn NJ MMlS Shared Data Warehouse

14 New Jersey Department of Human Services Divlsion of Family Development Page 9 :v~.:<.:<*:.;.;<.>~.7,>>>:.;.:.:.;.:.;;;;7,:.>:.:.:,x.y,y,y,:.>~~,:..,, :~,.fl~.y,:<.y~:.:.:*~.:v,.,x.7,>:<.<.>:.!.:.~.;~,:.:.:.7,x.~,x~.:m.:.:.~.;:.:.:.:.:.:.~.~.:.>y,:.:.:.>:<.x.>:.>:.:.:.:.:.:.~,x.:.:<.:.~fla.y,x.x.:.>:~,>:.~,~/* ~.~/,:.>:.:.:<.~/,>~* Table 8 TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE FAMILIES RECEIVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS EMERGENCY MAY 2007 THROUGH MAY STATEWIDE?///,,/, *,fl/,/fl,,,:wmfl,a*/nl<.:<.x<v/fl,,:.:.:<.>:.!<.yd>///,>x<,,,xv, >x.>y<<,/,7<<*~.;.;:.yfl/,;:,a<,a.7,ym.*/:.7,l,a.y,x.:.:.7,,:.;7a.>7,7,>7a,,/,fla,,n,>.,/,,>.//, :.x.x.y,d,:,* ASSISTANCE TOTAL Temp Motel Emergency Other WFNJlEA [ Rent Asst. Housing Shelter A Families % CHNG Pavments % CHNG Pavments % CHNG Payments % CHNG Payments # CHNG , RwcmMsg Emmmmncy bslstancm , WFNJIEA data is derived from NJ Division of Family Development Issuance files.

15 Page 10 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development Table 9 NUMBER OF TOTAL ELIGIBLE FAMILIES RECEIVING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS SSI BY COUNTY (UNDUPLICATED CASES) MAY 2009 w/,/a>as</,y.>/~/~ss~////,/sfl/,>////fl,x~y,x~/,y//~/////,y////l~///~:.y/,x<~//l.:+x<,:<~:~:<~:~x~~.2a<<<<~:~y,ya~/////,:+:.:.:<~,:</,'d~/,yl~//,y/,y//,ya~/d?/a~d~~///,x~//,:<.:<<~:~.:w//a*////l.:.y//a~:<~/l<~//a~////,,~a<~/,,///.~/,y//.< EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TOTAL % Temp Motel Emergency Other SSI ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~, ~ ~ Y A ~ ~, ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ ~ ~ ~. :. :. : ~. ~. : ~. ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~, Y, : ~, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~, ~ ~ ~ ~. ~ Y.. ~ A ~ ~ ~. WFNJIEA CHNG Rent Asst. Housing Shelter WFNJlEA Receipients County Families From Payments Payments Payments Payments Receiving EA" (Undupl) May08 (Undupl) (Undupl) (Undupl) (Undupl) ATLANTIC % j BERGEN % $ BURLINGTON % CAMDEN % CAPE MAY % A{ CUMBERLAND % * ' ESSEX HUNTERDON 31 t MERCER % j MIDDLESEX % *I MONMOUTH % * j MORRIS % { OCEAN % j PASSAIC % SALEM % $ SOMERSET % SUSSEX % A$ UNION % %% WARREN $ NJ TOTAL 4, % 1 3, ,839 1,504 A= t Caseload % = 1 Caseload % "SSI-EA includes pay code 24 and is derived from NJ Division of Family Development FAME Report #FM430-03A As of Nov 2004, WFNJIEA data is derived from NJ Division of Family Development Issuance files. Number WFNJ Families Receiving EA by County MAY 2009

16 Page 11 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development,A..,. NUMBER OF EMPLOYABLE AND UNEMPLOYABLE RECIPIENTS '""'""~""~'iii'~ij AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR MAY STATEWIDE.,",.,.,. -..,.,#,<.,.,7,.,.,.,.,.->.-,.,U>,,,,,,..,I. I I... I,I I... I.. I,,,,.?,I,,,,,,,..,,I..,:...-I.I I,,,. II.I,II.+.*II.+...".I....I nnnnnn.nnn.n.nnnnn.nn.nn.nnnnnn.nnn.nnnnn.nnnnnnnnnnnn.n.nnnnnnnnnnnn.nn.nnnnnn.n.nnnnnnnnn.nnnn,.., M.:<.:.:.:.:.:.:.>:.>:.;~:.>x.:~:~.Y.:~:.>:.:.:.:.:<.:<.:.:.:.Y/.:.:.:.>:.>~x.Y,~.~~,,,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y~~,Y,Y~.:<w,,,!.7A~A.~~,Y,Y/,,~L.~/<<.~~.>>~,,Y.~,,*~~~~.x.~>~,~<.Y,Y,Y,:<.x.~~fi.!<.:~:.~.~,~,~.7,~7/~Y,Y,:~/,:.~~.~.~~Y,>:.:~:.~/,:.7~<.. Table 10 GENERAL ASSISTANCE MAY 2007 THROUGH MAY 2009,.,. -. **, PROGRAM All Cases Aided Emerqency Assistance Payments Temporary Other Employable % Chng Unemployable % Chng Total % Chng $Rental Assistance GA-EA Total % Chng (1 Yr) (1 Yr) (IY~) f (1 Yr) 2007 MAY 22, % 15, % 37, , 3,016 4,084 7, % JUN 21, % 15, % 37, % 1 3,020 3,936 6, % JUL 21, % 16, % 37, % $ 3,004 3,807 6, % AUG 22, % 16, % 38, % 1 2,994 3,942 6, % SEP 21, % 16, % 38, % $ 2,887 3,674 6, % OCT % % % $ % NOV 21 : % 16, % 38, % '{ ,460 6, % DEC 22, % 16, % 38, % $ 2,961 4,001 6, % 2007 AVERAGE 21,966 I 5,902 37,867 6, JAN % % % %. FEB % % % % MAR 23, % 16, % 39, %1 3,041 4,063 7, % APR 23, % 17, % 40, % 1 3,136 4,326 7, % MAY 23, % 17, % 41, %f 3,180 4,445 7, % JUN 24, % 17, % 41, % 3,155 4,361 7, % JUL 24, % % 42, % 3,034 3,874 6, % AUG 24, % 17, % 42, % 8 3,047 4,023 7, % SEP 25, % 17, % 42, %$ 3,052 4,214 7, % OCT 25, % 17, % 42, % f 3,230 4,143 7, % NOV 26, % 17,346 3,709 6, % DEC 27, % 17, % 44,976 4,138 7, % 2008 AVERAGE 24,530 I 7,243 41,773 3,118 4,102 7, JAN % % % $ % FEB 28, % 17, % 45, %: 3,545 3,595 7, % MAR 28, % 17, % 46, % $ 3,823 4,181 8, % APR 29, % 17, % 47, % $ 3,846 4,085 7, % M AY 29, % 17, % 47, % 3,863 4,342 8, % 2009 AVG to date 28,869 17,435 46,305 3,708 4,054 7,762 / j + 4 General Assistance Recipients

17 New Jersey Department of Human Sewlces Division of Family Dmvelopment Page 12 TABLE I1./,/mm,,m~mr~'nr~~~,//mmmm,~m-n,,,w,nn,/N/,mY-ymm//m,,m/,-~,ymm,ymmw<,,mrm,,,w,/-m,-,/~,/,~ I, Nmm,/ymm~,Y,/,NN,/, GENERAL, EMPLOYABLE AND UNEMPLOYABLE RECIPIENTS ASSISTANCE AND EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS BY COUNTY w/~~///,m,,/,m/n/,/~,n/,,,//n,,/~~,,//,/m//m,a~,,/,~~,w~//,/,~~,//n/~~///m,,mymm,/m/,,/,/h-m/, mwm/~~m~~~,,~-~-~~//,my~ PROGRAM MAY 2009 Total Cases Aided $ Ernersencv Assistance Payments 8 Emplovable % Chng Unemployable % Chng - Total %Chng Temporary Other % Chng (From May 08) (From May 08) (From May 08) $ Rental Assist. GA-EA (From May 08) B ATLANTIC 1, % % 3, % * j BERGEN % O% 1, % $ Oh BURLINGTON % % 1, % $ % CAMDEN % % % f % CAPE MAY % % % $ % CUMBERLAND % % 2, % % A ESSEX 8, % 2, % 10, % A $ % GLOUCESTER h % 1, % $ % HUDSON 2, % % 3, % % * HUNTERDON % % % A % A MERCER 1, % 1, % 2, % $ Oh MIDDLESEX Oh % 1, % $ % - MONMOUTH h % h $ % % % % % A MORRIS -- OCEAN BOh % 1, $ 183 I % PASSAIC % 1, % 4, % $ % --.- SALEM % % % % * SOMERSET % % % % SUSSEX Oh % % A $ % UNION % % 2, % $ % WARREN % % % $ % * NJ TOTAL % % % % A= T Caseload % = 1 Caseload % Source: NJ Division of Family Development. GA Fiscal Unit

18 New Jersey Department of Human Services Divislon of Family Development Page 13 TABLE 12 CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY,*,e,#,*YY,, sw,ymy,,y,~,fl,y/~.yfi>7~~~,7~y,w~~m~/m>;~.7/y,,;>y, ~Y,Y~,w~;:~>>~,:~/~/dx.Y,Y,sY~:+x.~,~.~;:~,Y,:~,dY,>~Y~ Yfl,g,Y'. ".. CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY COLLECTIONS State Summary Comparison of FFY 2007 and FFY 2008 COLLECTION SOURCE Dollar Chanae % Chanae Federal Tax $2,567,145 $14,323,631 $1 1,756, % State Tax 3,641,344 2,066,124 (1,575,220) -43.3% Unempl. Ins. Ben. 7,644,595 12,904,489 5,259, % Income Withholding 178,962, ,799,551 5,837, % From Other States 12,693,519 14,183,147 1,489, % OtherlOwn Behalf 61,001,374 58,800,517 (2,200,857) -3.6% Admin Enforce -- TOTAL COLLECTION $266,510,086 $287,077,459 $20,567, % TOTAL DISTRIBUTION* $259,563,763 $293,671,283 $34,107, % Includes money sent to other states Distributed amount represents collections reported and recognized by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement for calculating incentives and annual report to Congress Source: DFD Office of Child Support and Paternity Programs

19 Page 14 New Jersey Department of Human Services Division of Family Development TABLE 13,,,,, >,, A.,A.<,,,-.,.,,.,.,#,., A",.,,*,,a,...%,,,.,. CHILD SUPPORT PERCENTAGE OF CASES WITH ORDERS,., *,.,., M ~, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~.,,,. -.,,. ~.",,, ~ " >, ~ ~. ~ ~ < < ~ <,<* ~ -,., -., ~ ~ ~ ~ AND PATERNITY MAY 2009.<,.,., ~A.,.,,-,,.,,-,->> CURRENT ASSISTANCE FORMER ASSISTANCE NEVER ASSISTED TOTAL ASSISTANCE source TOTAL CASES % OICASES~ TOTAL CASES % OICASES~ TOTAL CASES K OICASES f TOTAL CASES I O~CASES CASES WrIH WITH CASES WITH Wrm? CASES WITH WITH CASES Wml WITH ORDERS ORDERS 1 ORDERS ORDERS ORDERS ORDERS ORDERS ORDERS Data Sources: Automated Chlld Support Enforcement System

20 New Jersey Department of Human Sewlcer Page 15 Table 14 WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY STATISTICAL SUMMARY I/XX///////NI):I):X~>:KC,:O>~///X~%I///X<%~:IX<<~//////////#//X~#X~~#//X~:~:~~:~XW~W/A~Y~~:~~~~~~'~~/XKO:<~/X~XV///A<~////X~/////////M/M///////#X~://///#I):~////////////K#~~#//~//#/#//////I):OWY/Y//~~/X~///X, ,,...,...,,/,/,,,%,,, +/.,.;,~,X.B:~:~:<.Y,~.Y,%:~~#;,:V~~,:.:F~Y///,:~YX.:V/~:<~~,~,:<~X.:<.:~X~,:~Y~:~~,T~~,~~~,X~:.:.:~>:<~:.~,XV~>:~:~X~:<~~~:~:~:~Y,~,X~~~~~:J,~.~?:<.:<~Y,~,WX.:O:<.Y,~~~VX.~,Y////,:~~/,~,Y,Y,X.?,~,X~:~ WFNJ MAY 2009 COUNTY EMPLOYMENT DIRECTED ACTIVITIES $ EMPLOYED SUPPORT SERVlCES CLOSED POST CWEP ALL JOB OPEN ON ACTIVE CASE FOR ASSISTANCE OTHER SEARCH f (WFNI CHILD TRANING REL. EMPLOYMENT CHILD TRAINING $ RECIPIENT) CARE EXPENSES THIS MONTH CARE ATLANTIC $ BERGEN ; BURLINGTON $ CAMDEN CAPE MAY $ CUMBERLAND l j 1,037 1, ,313 2, GLOUCESTER HUDSON f , HUNTERDON MERCER MIDDLESEX MONMOUTH MORRIS g s OCEAN SALEM $ SOMERSET $ SUSSEX ~... UNION , ' WARREN $ ,336 STATE 3,716 4,986 7, ,206 Data is derived from NJ Division of Family Development's OMEGA reports

21 DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS MAY 2009 ACRONYMS ACSES: Automated Child Support Enforcement System CASS: Consolidated Assistance and Support System EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE (EA) - Payments to those eligible for WFNJITANF or WFNJIGA, authorized during the 30 consecutive days immediately following the emergency (defined as a substantial loss of shelter, food, clothing, or household furnishings by fire, flood or other similar disaster) or if the eligible individual or family is in an imminent or actual state of homelessness. FOOD STAMP PROGRAM (FS) - Authorized by Congress as a nutritional supplement program to provide low income households with more food of greater variety and better nutrition. Program eligibility is based on household income, resources, and expenses for medical, shelter, and dependent care. CWA staff refers certain recipients to the New Jersey Department of Labor for participation in the Food Stamp Employment and Training Program. FAMIS: Family Assistance Management Information System GAAS: General Assistance Automated System OMEGA: Online Management of Economic Goal Achievement SSI-EA: Supplemental Security Income-Emergency Assistance WFNJ: Work First New Jersey - Fully implemented July 1, 1997, this is New Jersey's welfare reform program which responds to the requirements of the Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of PRWORA establishes Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) as the replacement for AFDC cash assistance. WFNJ includes two segments, WFNJITANF for families with children, and WFNJIGA (General Assistance) for single adults and couples without dependent children. The emphasis is on achieving self-sufficiency and limits lifetime receipt of financial assistance to a total of five years. EXPLANATORY NOTES The Department of Human Services Division of Family Development provides basic income and an opportunity to achieve self-sufficiency for individuals and families served by the Division's programs. The Division provides leadership, direction and supervision to those public agencies responsible for administering those programs and plans for and develops policies to promote selfsufficiency.

22 DIVISION OF FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CURRENT PROGRAM STATISTICS MAY 2009 WFNJ Statistical Summary (Table 14) Employment Directed Activities (EDA) - From Activities Summary Report (OMEGA report # RM064). Unduplicated count of persons participating in Community Work Experience Program (CWEP), All Other Training, or Job Search. Number of Persons Employed This Month, Still Receiving TANF - Individuals with open "empl" activity on OMEGA. Ad hoc report. Participants Receiving Child Care Services - From Issuance Disbursement Summary (OMEGA report # RM703). Total number of active participants who show receipt of Child Care. Number of Persons Closed on FAMIS Due to Employment- From FAMIS report # FM463. Post TANF and Receiving Child Care - Persons no longer in receipt of TANF but still receiving child care. From Issuance Disbursement Summary (OMEGA report # RM703).