Title: 2010 Oklahoma Human Services

Did You Know?

Fact: The Gaylord Family û Oklahoma Memorial Stadium has a seating capacity of 82,112.

Question: If all children certified for SNAP (Food Stamps) were present, how many times would you fill the stadium?
Answer: 4 times (346,944 children)

Question: If all children certified for SoonerCare (Medicaid) in 2010 were present, how many times would you fill the stadium?
Answer: 6 times (511,043 children)

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Question: How many Oklahomans received help from OKDHS in 2010?
Answer: More than 1 million.  Almost 1 in 3 Oklahomans.

Question: How many babies were born in Oklahoma in 2010*? (*State Fiscal year 2010)
A. 39, 568
B. 52,533
C. 71,339
Answer: B û 52, 533

Question: How many of the 52,533 births were funded by SoonerCare (Medicaid) in Oklahoma in 2010*?
A. 16,072 (31%)
B. 26,792 (51%)
C. 33,669 (64%)
Answer: C û 33,669 (64%)

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Question: How many Oklahomans were certified for SoonerCare (Medicaid) in an average month in 2010?
A. 396,526
B. 412,003
C. 678,868
Answer: C û 678,868 (396,526 in 2000)

Question: How many adults received cash assistance welfare (TANF) in an average month in 2010?
A. 4,299
B. 6,835
C. 8,003
Answer: A û 4,299 (8,695 in 2000)

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Question: How many Oklahomans received SNAP (Food Stamps) in an average month in 2010?
A. 300,488
B. 426,712
C. 559,626
Answer: C û 559,626 (256,288 in 2000)

Fact: On June 30, 2008 there were 414,843 Oklahomans receiving SNAP (Food Stamps).
	June 30, 2008: 414,843
	June 30, 2009: 491,914
	June 30, 2010: 588,334
	ThatÆs a 42% increase in Oklahomans receiving SNAP in just 3 years.

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Question: Total annual cost of SNAP (Food Stamps) benefits to the state government in 2010?
Answer: Zero

Question: Federal dollars added to the state economy through SNAP (Food Stamps) in 2010?
Answer $861 million

Question: Average SNAP (Food Stamp) benefit per person in 2010?
Answer: $4.24 per day

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Question: How many children received subsidized child care so their parents could work in an average month in 2010?
A. 25,874
B. 30,225
C. 39,060
Answer: C û 39,060

Question: How many paternities were established in 2010 so that children could receive child support?
A. 14,739
B. 20,297
C. 29,077
Answer: B û 20,297 (15,805 in 2000)

Question: How much child support was collected in 2010 so that children could receive the support they need?
Answer: $298 million.  Almost a 300% increase in 10 years.

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Fact: The number of children in out-of-home care (foster care) has been safely reduced by more than 35% in the last 3 years.

Fact: Of children removed from their homes, 52% are reunited with their families after receiving OKDHS services.

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Question: How many Oklahoma seniors received home health services in lieu of nursing home care in 2010?
A. 14,228
B. 16,299
C. 24,120
Answer: C û 24,120 (11,128 in 2000)

Fact: The OKDHS Advantage program provides home health services to Medicaid-eligible Oklahomans à saving taxpayers more than $300 million in avoided nursing home costs in 2010.

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Question: How many Oklahomans with developmental disabilities received community-based Medicaid services in lieu of facility-based care in 2010?
A. 3,081
B. 4,755
C. 5,157
Answer: C û 5,157 (3,105 in 2000)

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Fact: The minimum wage in 1970 was $1.65.  Adjusted by the Consumer Price Index, the 2010 minimum wage should be à $9.28. Actual 2010 minimum wage: $7.25.

What does it all mean?

Except for the Great Depression, the demands on the safety net have never been greater.  OklahomaÆs families face unprecedented rates of change and stress.  The timeless formula for a healthy civilization is work that pays well and healthy, two-parent families.

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Ponder.

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