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Social Services report: caseloads, SNAP and HEAP activity, housing placements and program counts for January
Summary
Commissioner Lacey Trimble presented January 2026 statistics: 1,538 temporary and family assistance cases, 17,781 SNAP cases in December, HEAP activity averaging ~1,800 applications/week, Medicaid recipients of 19,639, and multiple housing and child-protection caseload figures.
Commissioner Lacey Trimble reviewed the Department of Social Services January 2026 report, opening with a reminder that April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and noting April 10 as "Wear Blue Day." "In addition to Child Abuse Prevention Month, April 10th is wear 'Blue Day' in support of Child Abuse Prevention Awareness," Trimble said.
Trimble provided caseload figures: 1,538 temporary and family assistance cases in January and 30 recipients who entered employment that month. She said SNAP applications show 17,781 cases receiving SNAP in December and that HEAP opened on Dec. 1, 2025; staff are averaging about 1,800 HEAP applications per week. Emergency housing placement figures were described as 18.7 for families and 47.7 for singles in January; hotel/motel counts were 131 families and 206 singles. Trimble reported the Housing Resource Center team selected 27 families for the Housing Access Voucher Pilot Program.
The report also included additional caseload data: Medicaid recipients totaled 19,639 in January; "Raise the Age" arrests in January were nine; Child Protective Services recorded 200 traditional responses and 140 Family Assessment Responses; foster care was 130 cases; Adult Protective Services was 232 cases; home care cases were 330; and Child Support handled 9,183 cases and collected and dispersed $3.3 million for January.
Committee members asked for follow-up on some items (for example, a June 2025 employment spike) and staff agreed to investigate and return with more detail.
