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Reach Up Annual Report 2020 21 Section 8: Profiles of Families with 60 Countable Months of Reach Up

During the last fiscal year, there were 278 average monthly cases at the 60-month limit.

Families in this population face significantly higher rates of common barriers than those in the overall Reach Up population. The most significant barrier is adult employment in both groups. However, 80% of families who have received at least 60 months of assistance present with poor or no work history, or no employment opportunities, compared to 62% of the overall Reach Up population.

Additional comparisons include:

Barrier Overall Reach Up Population 60 Month Population Emotional Health 24% 43% Health and Safety 21% 35% Transportation 29% 36%

An in-depth look at time limit leavers22 Between October 2017 and September 2018 (FFY 2018), DCF identified 155 instances of families leaving Reach Up due to time limits. This period was selected because the exit dates of these families would allow us to examine their use of support programs and their rate of returning to Reach Up during the 12 months following their “forced” (due to time limits) exit from Reach Up.

Some families had multiple instances of being forced to leave Reach Up in FFY 2018 because they left, returned to Reach Up and left again within this period. For this reason, the number of unique families

22 Information in the remainder of Section 8 prepared and written by Black-Plumeau Consulting, LLC 80% 60% 43% 36% 35% 24% 21% 21% 20% 20% 17% 10% 4% 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Number of Households with Barriers Types of Barriers Households with 60 or more Countable Months of Reach Up - Barriers