Iowa Department
Of Human Services
Jessie Rasmussen, Director
Monthly Public Assistance Statistical Report
Family Investment Program
March 2002
Regular FIP March 2002 February 2002 March 2001
Cases : 18,734 18,685 18,525
Recipients : 47,387 47,201 46,999
Children : 31,499 31,335 31,271
Payments : $6,196,672 $6,122,356 $6,021,638
Avg. Cost per Family : $330.77 $327.66 $325.05
Avg. Cost per Recipient : $130.77 $129.71 $128.12
Unemployed Parent FIP
Cases : 1,696 1,630 1,391
Recipients : 6,764 6,496 5,731
Children : 3,361 3,272 2,905
Payments : $647,006 $614,215 $530,066
Avg. Cost per Family : $381.49 $376.82 $381.07
Avg. Cost per Recipient : $95.65 $94.55 $92.49
Total FIP Payments : $6,843,678 $6,736,571 $6,551,704
Child Support Payments *
PA Recoveries : $5,484,858 $1,742,062 $4,184,532
Returned To Federal Govt. : $3,447,782 $1,095,060 $2,622,446
Returned to Family : $0 $0 $0
Credit to FIP Account: $2,037,076 $647,002 $1,562,086
** FIP Net Total : $4,806,602 $6,089,569 $4,989,618
State Fiscal Year To Date
FIP Payments Current Year Last Year
Regular FIP Total : $55,111,617 $52,655,646
FIP-UP Total : $5,021,826 $4,320,629
Total : $60,133,443 $56,976,275
Child Support Payments
PA Recoveries : $24,614,044 $19,936,118
Returned to Federal Government : $15,455,546 $12,538,047
Returned to Families : $0 $0
Credit to FIP Account : $9,158,498 $7,398,071
** FIP Net Total : $50,974,945 $49,578,204
Standard Reporting Unit Prepared by:
Bureau of Research and Statistics Judy Darr (515) 281-4695
Division of Data Management Statistical Research Analyst
Monthly Statistical Report of Public Assistance Program
For March 2002
FIP FIP - UP
FIP FIP Number FIP Average FIP - UP FIP - UP FIP - UP Average Total
Number of Persons Monthly Grants Number of Number of Monthly Grants Total Total Monthly
of Cases Grants Per Case Cases Persons Grants Per Case Cases Total Monthly
County Persons Grants
Adair 27 62 $9,092 336.75 4 15 $1,125 281.25 31 77 $10,217
Adams 13 29 $4,081 313.92 1 4 $495 495 14 33 $4,576
Allamakee 58 145 $19,334 333.34 1 5 $548 548 59 150 $19,882
Appanoose 145 396 $51,146 352.73 19 76 $8,089 425.77 164 472 $59,235
Audubon 27 55 $7,710 285.57 3 13 $1,258 419.58 30 68 $8,968
Benton 97 239 $33,048 340.7 10 37 $3,071 307.1 107 276 $36,119
Black Hawk 1,399 3,455 $454,588 324.93 115 458 $43,777 380.67 1,514 3,913 $498,365
Boone 113 299 $38,746 342.88 2 7 $718 359 115 306 $39,464
Bremer 70 173 $22,870 326.71 12 45 $4,184 348.66 82 218 $27,054
Buchanan 94 238 $31,028 330.08 14 56 $5,453 389.56 108 294 $36,481
Buena Vista 85 244 $27,375 322.06 6 21 $2,181 363.5 91 265 $29,556
Butler 54 124 $15,589 288.69 6 22 $2,143 357.25 60 146 $17,732
Calhoun 44 89 $13,704 311.47 4 20 $1,918 479.5 48 109 $15,622
Carroll 81 234 $28,844 356.1 $0 0 81 234 $28,844
Cass 77 194 $23,932 310.8 9 40 $3,832 425.77 86 234 $27,764
Cedar 60 161 $19,965 332.75 1 6 $352 352 61 167 $20,317
Cerro Gordo 245 588 $76,498 312.24 34 129 $11,475 337.5 279 717 $87,973
Cherokee 80 200 $24,762 309.53 14 41 $4,235 302.5 94 241 $28,997
Chickasaw 44 110 $14,635 332.62 7 28 $1,440 205.71 51 138 $16,075
Clarke 39 93 $12,389 317.68 3 10 $1,019 339.66 42 103 $13,408
Clay 88 221 $28,580 324.78 7 31 $2,125 303.57 95 252 $30,705
Clayton 50 115 $16,331 326.63 2 8 $974 487 52 123 $17,305
Clinton 471 1,208 $151,021 320.63 44 177 $16,220 368.64 515 1,385 $167,241
Crawford 108 280 $36,353 336.6 $0 0 108 280 $36,353
Dallas 129 322 $40,184 311.51 9 30 $3,023 335.89 138 352 $43,207
Davis 32 94 $11,004 343.9 5 18 $1,886 377.2 37 112 $12,890
Decatur 59 147 $19,517 330.8 4 15 $1,559 389.75 63 162 $21,076
Delaware 74 192 $24,655 333.18 8 29 $2,915 364.37 82 221 $27,570
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Monthly Statistical Report of Public Assistance Program
For March 2002
FIP FIP - UP
FIP FIP Number FIP Average FIP - UP FIP - UP FIP - UP Average Total
Number of Persons Monthly Grants Number of Number of Monthly Grants Total Total Monthly
of Cases Grants Per Case Cases Persons Grants Per Case Cases Total Monthly
County Persons Grants
Des Moines 447 1,159 $151,012 337.83 56 206 $21,156 377.79 503 1,365 $172,168
Dickinson 60 139 $19,687 328.12 11 33 $3,835 348.63 71 172 $23,522
Dubuque 510 1,292 $172,302 337.84 45 189 $19,624 436.1 555 1,481 $191,926
Emmet 46 108 $14,318 311.27 1 5 $548 548 47 113 $14,866
Fayette 170 454 $55,903 328.84 29 113 $10,240 353.13 199 567 $66,143
Floyd 112 273 $36,531 326.17 9 36 $3,275 363.88 121 309 $39,806
Franklin 36 94 $10,478 291.06 3 13 $775 258.33 39 107 $11,253
Fremont 60 143 $20,184 336.4 12 50 $4,465 372.1 72 193 $24,649
Greene 71 167 $22,733 320.18 10 44 $4,218 421.81 81 211 $26,951
Grundy 31 73 $9,231 297.79 $0 0 31 73 $9,231
Guthrie 34 85 $9,617 282.85 3 15 $1,069 356.5 37 100 $10,686
Hamilton 89 210 $27,929 313.81 7 28 $2,665 380.71 96 238 $30,594
Hancock 36 79 $12,212 339.23 4 15 $1,823 455.75 40 94 $14,035
Hardin 101 261 $33,598 332.65 3 10 $1,042 347.33 104 271 $34,640
Harrison 80 193 $27,030 337.87 5 15 $1,931 386.2 85 208 $28,961
Henry 111 254 $33,707 303.67 12 49 $3,705 308.82 123 303 $37,412
Howard 35 79 $11,112 317.49 4 17 $2,026 506.5 39 96 $13,138
Humboldt 30 76 $8,418 280.62 5 22 $2,017 403.4 35 98 $10,435
Ida $0 0 $0 0 $0
Iowa 51 128 $16,324 320.09 1 6 $473 473 52 134 $16,797
Jackson 94 232 $31,140 331.28 19 79 $7,490 394.22 113 311 $38,630
Jasper 175 420 $53,714 306.94 34 133 $11,402 335.37 209 553 $65,116
Jefferson 122 318 $39,906 327.1 5 22 $1,383 276.68 127 340 $41,289
Johnson 387 1,013 $129,317 334.15 17 84 $7,031 413.58 404 1,097 $136,348
Jones 66 158 $22,682 343.67 15 54 $5,584 372.26 81 212 $28,266
Keokuk 64 175 $21,087 329.49 5 24 $1,773 354.6 69 199 $22,860
Kossuth 51 125 $17,193 337.13 7 25 $2,915 416.42 58 150 $20,108
Lee 381 972 $125,621 329.71 63 225 $21,221 336.85 444 1,197 $146,842
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Monthly Statistical Report of Public Assistance Program
For March 2002
FIP FIP - UP
FIP FIP Number FIP Average FIP - UP FIP - UP FIP - UP Average Total
Number of Persons Monthly Grants Number of Number of Monthly Grants Total Total Monthly
of Cases Grants Per Case Cases Persons Grants Per Case Cases Total Monthly
County Persons Grants
Linn 1,289 3,281 $433,972 336.67 94 399 $36,841 391.93 1,383 3,680 $470,813
Louisa 88 215 $26,802 304.57 11 39 $3,496 317.81 99 254 $30,298
Lucas 81 178 $27,068 334.17 7 27 $2,079 297 88 205 $29,147
Lyon 32 91 $9,819 306.84 $0 0 32 91 $9,819
Madison 53 138 $18,777 354.3 5 21 $2,119 423.8 58 159 $20,896
Mahaska 178 455 $57,664 323.95 12 43 $4,681 390.15 190 498 $62,345
Marion 137 332 $44,577 325.38 17 61 $5,817 342.17 154 393 $50,394
Marshall 294 743 $96,900 329.59 21 74 $7,891 375.76 315 817 $104,791
Mills 87 237 $27,694 318.33 5 22 $2,524 504.9 92 259 $30,218
Mitchell 17 44 $5,102 300.11 $0 0 17 44 $5,102
Monona 50 120 $17,669 353.38 6 25 $3,268 544.67 56 145 $20,937
Monroe 53 113 $16,271 307 8 32 $2,536 317 61 145 $18,807
Montgomery 80 204 $26,234 327.92 12 42 $4,410 367.5 92 246 $30,644
Muscatine 439 1,165 $152,581 347.56 43 165 $17,475 406.39 482 1,330 $170,056
O'Brien 51 131 $15,848 310.74 5 23 $2,404 480.8 56 154 $18,252
Osceola 11 28 $4,024 365.81 3 14 $1,419 473 14 42 $5,443
Page 139 366 $48,542 349.22 26 100 $9,913 381.26 165 466 $58,455
Palo Alto 25 63 $8,286 331.46 4 20 $1,174 293.5 29 83 $9,460
Plymouth 69 150 $21,098 305.78 10 41 $3,935 393.5 79 191 $25,033
Pocahontas 29 69 $10,306 355.4 4 15 $1,217 304.43 33 84 $11,523
Polk 2,832 7,056 $937,588 331.06 166 696 $66,963 403.39 2,998 7,752 $1,004,551
Pottawattamie 863 2,191 $290,465 336.57 89 371 $31,371 352.48 952 2,562 $321,836
Poweshiek 80 200 $26,541 331.76 7 28 $2,453 350.5 87 228 $28,994
Ringgold 32 76 $10,189 318.4 4 11 $1,271 317.75 36 87 $11,460
Sac 42 118 $14,215 338.47 $0 0 42 118 $14,215
Scott 1,724 4,512 $578,937 335.81 159 649 $62,317 391.93 1,883 5,161 $641,254
Shelby 39 104 $13,033 334.17 2 10 $939 469.5 41 114 $13,972
Sioux 73 203 $23,032 315.5 1 3 $426 426 74 206 $23,458
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Monthly Statistical Report of Public Assistance Program
For March 2002
FIP FIP - UP
FIP FIP Number FIP Average FIP - UP FIP - UP FIP - UP Average Total
Number of Persons Monthly Grants Number of Number of Monthly Grants Total Total Monthly
of Cases Grants Per Case Cases Persons Grants Per Case Cases Total Monthly
County Persons Grants
Story 231 554 $76,395 330.71 51 203 $20,362 399.25 282 757 $96,757
Tama 85 203 $26,594 312.87 6 20 $2,088 348 91 223 $28,682
Taylor 28 64 $9,294 331.92 4 14 $2,104 526 32 78 $11,398
Union 63 151 $19,855 315.16 8 35 $3,254 406.76 71 186 $23,109
Van Buren 44 112 $14,334 325.78 11 39 $3,762 342 55 151 $18,096
Wapello 415 1,067 $135,198 325.77 40 148 $16,427 410.68 455 1,215 $151,625
Warren 142 326 $44,687 314.7 6 34 $2,859 476.5 148 360 $47,546
Washington 78 197 $26,472 339.39 4 15 $1,415 353.75 82 212 $27,887
Wayne 53 123 $16,294 307.44 4 20 $2,010 502.5 57 143 $18,304
Webster 349 904 $118,409 339.28 24 90 $9,202 383.44 373 994 $127,611
Winnebago 41 113 $15,441 376.62 8 32 $2,412 301.5 49 145 $17,853
Winneshiek 48 122 $15,882 330.88 6 27 $2,755 459.16 54 149 $18,637
Woodbury 872 2,273 $297,685 341.38 59 248 $23,381 396.29 931 2,521 $321,066
Worth 22 54 $7,522 341.92 7 27 $3,021 431.64 29 81 $10,543
Wright 63 154 $19,360 307.3 8 28 $3,298 412.25 71 182 $22,658
State Total Cases 20,430 Persons - 54,151 Monthly Grants - $6,843,613
(* - Actual Total is $6,843,678 due to rounding)
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