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Poverty in Shasta County Presented by Marta McKenzie Shasta County Health and Human Services Agency October 28, 2009. Presentation preview. Unemployment contributes to poverty Economy’s impact on service demand Fund leveraging Multiplier effect of HHSA programs Face of recipients

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  1. Poverty in Shasta CountyPresented by Marta McKenzieShasta County Health and Human Services AgencyOctober 28, 2009

  2. Presentation preview • Unemployment contributes to poverty • Economy’s impact on service demand • Fund leveraging • Multiplier effect of HHSA programs • Face of recipients • Ideas for you to get involved POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  3. Increasing unemployment rate Shasta County unemployment reached 24-year high in March, 2009. Redding area had one of the 10 highest unemployment rates in the country. POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  4. Continuing demand for Food Stamps • Vast majority of Food Stamp recipients are NOT receiving cash assistance • Assets were likely a barrier to benefits POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  5. Continuing Demand for Food Stamps POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  6. Food stamp spending Top retailers monthly food stamp revenue: Winco: $856,873 Safeway: $244,721 Walmart: $232,680 POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING Total activity, September 2009: $2,698,641

  7. CalWORKs: What is it? • California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids • Temporary cash aid and employment services to needy families with children • Supportive services, including child care, transportation and other services necessary for a successful transition from welfare to work POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  8. CalWORKs Recipients POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  9. In-Home Support Services • This program helps mentally or physically disabled individuals of all ages who need assistance with daily activities in order to remain safely in their homes • Caregivers provide domestic services such bathing, grooming, dressing and toileting and often meal preparation, light housecleaning, shopping and laundry. • Providers earn $8.85 per hour POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  10. In-Home Support Services • 2,793* cases in Shasta County • Many clients receive care from a relative or someone else that they know • Others use the Public Authority’s registry to find a screened provider POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING * July 2009

  11. Health and Human Services Caseloads POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  12. Health and Human Services Caseloads POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  13. Monthly Economic Value of Benefits Total cost to county general fund is approximately $250,000 or 1.12%. POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  14. Medi-Cal assistance • Local hospitals and clinics depend upon Medi-Cal provider payments to stay open • Mercy Medical Center derives 22% of its annual income from Medi-Cal • 47% of Shasta Community Health Center’s patients have Medi-Cal as their primary insurance • 34% of Hill Country Community Clinic’s patients have Medi-Cal as their primary insurance POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  15. The face of applicants POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  16. Single Motherhood and Poverty POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  17. Education and Poverty POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  18. Child Abuse Rate of Substantiated Child Abuse Allegations POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  19. Proportion of population receiving benefits 2007: 1 out of 4 (25.7%) POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING 2009: 1 out of every 3.5 (28.5%) – Additional 6,654 people This includes about 18,000 children.

  20. What can you do? • Strategize means to increase college-going culture • Sponsor and/or mentor women going to college • Simplify and expand college loans/grants and make higher education more accessible • Recalibrate poverty standard • Help former prisoners find stable employment and reintegrate into our communities • Help us develop family resource centers POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  21. What can you do? • Support a federal budget that fights poverty – one that invests in Head Start, education for low-income students, Pell Grants, better nutrition for low- income children, and affordable housing • Encourage California legislators to develop EITC • TANF (CalWORKs) reauthorization – 2010 • Develop Commission on Children in Legislature • Create coalition to end childhood poverty • Look at halfinten or geds-to-phds websites for ideas POVERTY HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES LEVERAGED FUNDING

  22. Thank you!

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