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Average Number of Adults Participating in Reach Up Program Family Type Average Number of Adults Participating in Reach Up Each Month (does not include Postsecondary Education Program, Reach First and Reach Ahead participants) Single Adult 2,203 Two Able-To-Work Adults 496 Two Adults, At Least One Not Able to Work 185 Total Adults 2,885

Reach Up Participants with Barriers Reach Up Case Managers assess participants’ strengths and barriers to employment at least every six months using the Self Sufficiency Outcomes Matrix (SSOM). The assessment covers 13 domains. After the assessment is complete, the case manager enters the result of each domain into the Family Support Matrix, from which the following data is extracted.

The chart below illustrates the percentage of Reach Up participants assessed as having the specified barriers. During the period October 2016 through September 2017, case managers assessed 6,174 participants and found 17,336 barriers; an average of 2.8 barriers per participant. The average number of barriers per participants has been slowly increasing since 2012, when the average number per participant was 2.2. Though caseloads continue to decrease, the participants remaining on Reach Up have more barriers and challenges to overcome before they can achieve sustained employment and financial stability.

Reach First, 65 Child Only - Adult Not on Reach Up, 1391 Single Parent, 2203- Two Able-To-Work Parents, 248 Two Parents - At Least One Not Able to Work, 93 Reach Ahead, 579 Post Secondary Education, 78 Types of Families in the Reach Up Caseload (including Reach First, Post Secondary Education, and Reach Ahead)