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WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES & SEP P 12 1977 .; I
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STATUSAS AUGUST 31 1977 L]� ��
CASELOAD . TATU, OF All i , GRULEY. COLO;
• Public Assistance - Number of Households Au g,u ust, July, August ,
1976 1977. 1977
Aid to Dependent Children 1,273 1 ,272 1 ,303
Aid to Dependent Children, Unemployed Father 48 71 55
Aid to the Needy Disabled 461 462 457
Aid to the Blind 10 10 10
Nursing Home 513 561 577
Medicaid Only 177 250 265
Old Age Pension 1,254 1 ,218 1 ,220
Food Stamps and Public Assistance 721 794 775
Food Stamps 5`ui' no Other Assistance 1 1.83 1,504 1 540
Total Cases • Z.,u2 easy
Public Assistance - Number of Pe2ple
Aid to Dependent Children 3,901 3,751 3,837
Aid to Dependent Children, Unemployed Father 230 343 274
Aid to the Needy Disabled 461 462 457
Aid to the Blind 10 10 10
Nursing Home 513 561 577
Medicaid Only 177 250 265
Old Age Pension 1,254 1,218 1,220
Food Stamps and Public Assistance 2,571 2,783 2,682
Food Stamps u1t no Other Assistance 4_1.17 5,41Q S,(IZ5
Total People Receiving 13234 X787 14,947
Money or Vendor Pymts.
Social Service (Protection-Counseling)
Cases 1,449 1,301 1,303
Individuals Receiving Service 2,151 2,210 2,185
FINANCIAL
Total Food Stamp Sales $265,023 $318,627 $320,146
Total Expenditures for Department
(Fxcluding OAP and Medicaid) 462,494 496,184 483,985
REMARKS: August , 1977 showed increased Food Stamp and Aid to Dependent Children caseloads
compared with the prior month and the same month in 1976.
Food Stapp sales reached a Weld County record of $320,146. Although the number of households
buying stamps increased slightly (by only 17) , cost-of-living adjustments have increased the
value of the stamps sold. Still , the number of households buying in Weld County is the high-
est in the past 2 years.
Aid to Dependent Children cases showed a net increase of 15 households (17 individuals) .
Female-headed households increased by 31 while households with unemployed adult males de-
creased by 16.
Counting total people, 14 ,947 received some form of financial assistance through the De-
partment (public assistance, Food Stamps Medicaid, pension, etc.) This compares with
13,234 people during August, 1976. in addition, 1,303 households received protective and/or
counseling services from casework staff.
Department expenditures (excluding Old Age Pension) for August were $483,985. This wag
$12,199 less than the prior month but $21 ,491 more than the same month in 1976. 770595
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