CalWORKS Gap Rate Supervisorial District

Overview This table provides statistical data on CalWORKs program eligibility and participation rates within Supervisorial Districts across Los Angeles County. CalWORKs is California's welfare-to-work program, designed to provide financial assistance and services to eligible families. Data for service came from DPSS records. Administrative data was used to adjust the Census estimate to exclude individuals that were ineligible for reasons other than income (e.g., undocumented residents, Supplemental Security Income recipients, and individuals who had “timed-out” or were sanctioned) by using the number of child-only CalWORKs cases as a proxy. Service gaps were assessed as the difference between the number of individuals in a given geographic area who were potentially eligible for services and the number who were actually receiving services: Enrollment Gap Rate = (Number eligible for services - Number receiving services) / Number eligible for services x 100 CalWORKSs_Gap_Rate_Supervisorial_District: This primary table contains statistical information related to the CalWORKs program within Los Angeles County Supervisorial Districts. Data dictionary below: ─────────────┬────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Field Name │Display Name │Definition ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── YEAR │Reporting Year │Calendar year associated with the reported estimates and participation metrics. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PUMA │Public Use Microdata Area │Census-defined geographic area used for demographic and policy analysis. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── NAMELSAD20 │PUMA Name │Full Census geographic name for the PUMA geography. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PrimarySD │Primary Supervisorial District │Assigned Supervisorial District based on predominant spatial/population overlap with the PUMA geography. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── adj_pot_elg │Estimated Eligible Population │Estimated number of residents potentially eligible for CalWORKs services within the PUMA. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── participants │Residents Receiving CalWORKs │Estimated number of residents currently participating in or receiving CalWORKs services. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gap │Estimated Not Receiving Services│Estimated number of residents potentially eligible for CalWORKs but not currently receiving services. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── gap_rate │Enrollment Gap Rate │Estimated percentage of potentially eligible residents not currently receiving CalWORKs services. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── part_rate │Participation Rate │Estimated percentage of potentially eligible residents currently receiving CalWORKs services. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── moe │Margin of Error │Statistical margin of error associated with the estimated eligible population. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── lower_bound │Lower Confidence Bound │Lower estimated range of the participant rate. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── upper_bound │Upper Confidence Bound │Upper estimated range of the participant rate. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── pt_homeless │Homeless flag │Average monthly number of individuals with a homeless flag used to calculate estimated eligible population. ─────────────┼────────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── pt_exclusions│Exclusions │Estimate of the number of individuals who meet CalWORKs income criteria but not other requirements. ─────────────┴────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ###