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Reach Up Annual Report 2020 7 set goals to overcome these obstacles and access opportunities that will help them become financially stable.

The two following charts illustrate: • the types of families and number of adults participating in the Reach Up program; • the number of participants with barriers; • the number of participants with deferred work requirements; and • the ages of children in families receiving Reach Up.

The data represent the average monthly numbers for the period of October 2018 through September 2019:

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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) Child Only (child's parent or caretaker is not on Reach Up) 0 Single Adult 1902 Two Able-To-Work Adults 408 Two Adults, At Least One Not Able to Work 151 Total Adults 258311

10 Household level data 11 Individual level data Reach First, 35 Child Only - Adult Not on Reach Up, 1296 Single Parent, 1902 Two Able-To- Work Parents, 204 Two Parents - At Least One Not Able to Work, 75 Reach Ahead, 475 Post Secondary Education, 87 Types of Families in the Reach Up Caseload (including Reach First, Post Secondary Education, and Reach Ahead)