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The Demographic Trend Report provides information, charts and statistics regarding selected assistance programs within the FSSA Division of Family Resources and the Department of Child Services. The following contains data from State Fiscal Year 1999.

Bureau of Child Support

Bureau of Family Resources

Bureau of Family Protection/Preservation

Bureau of Child Care

Medicaid

Financial and Caseload Summaries

Message from DFR/DCS Director

December 27, 1999

Here is the 1999 Annual Demographic Trends Report for the Division of Family and Children. This year was full of many accomplishments. It has been marked by many successes that acknowledge the dedication and commitment of our central office and local staff. These very achievements outline a course of action for the coming year, as we continue to serve more working Hoosier families.

This past year saw the following outcomes attained, of which we all can be proud:

  • an increase in monthly child support collections by approximately $5.5 million due to the implementation of the statewide automated child support systems, ISETS;
  • completion of the first year in anyone's memory in which short term borrowing for children's services was not required;
  • movement up to the 10th best state in the country in food stamp payment accuracy, with a food stamp error rate of 6.7%, well below the national average of 10.69%;
  • an increase in the number of adoptions to 954, the greatest one year total in the history of the state;
  • a reduction in the number of child fatalities due to abuse or neglect from 65 to 41;
  • an increase in the number of licensed child care slots to 96,769; the highest ever recorded;
  • Governor O'Bannon's decision to shift an additional $40 million to subsidize childcare services for working families, bringing the total amount of childcare funds close to $150 million, while serving 65,185 children;
  • enrollment of over 85,000 children into Hoosier Healthwise in one year, providing limited income families with quality healthcare; and
  • decrease in our cash assistance caseloads to the lowest level since 1970.

The successes of these accomplishments bring the reality of what yet remains. It is through the collaboration of many local and state agencies that the human services delivery system in Indiana is serving better than ever the total needs of Hoosier families. The cooperation and integration of services between this Division and the Division of Mental Health and the Division of Disability, Aging and Rehabilitative Services reminds all of us that our Agency mission remains "helping people help themselves".

Sincerely,

James M. Hmurovich, Director
Division of Family and Children