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Commissioner: homelessness and shelter use rose while Medicaid caseloads held steady
Summary
Commissioner Lacey Trumbuller told the Orange County Human Services Committee on May 20 that homelessness counts and hotel placements rose in March, while managed Medicaid caseloads remained close to last year’s levels; she outlined rental supplement and fuel fund options for residents facing utility and rent crises.
Commissioner Lacey Trumbuller presented the Social Services and Mental Health monthly report to the Orange County Human Services Committee on May 20, reporting increases in shelter use and hotel placements and largely stable managed Medicaid caseloads.
Trumbuller said temporary assistance was provided to 1,542 cases in February and 1,519 cases in March. She reported 19,080 SNAP cases in February and a slight increase in March that represents nearly 1,200 more recipients than March of the prior year. Trumbuller said there were 818 HEAP payments in February and 916 in March, and that the HEAP heating season ended May 9; the county’s Keep Cooling Benefit remains open but is much smaller than the heating program.
Shelter averages rose slightly, Trumbuller said: in February the county averaged 19.1 families and 47.1 singles…
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