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Budget Year / Version:
FY 26
RECOMMENDED
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Program Description

  Office of Eligibility and Support Services

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Program Contacts

Contact Oscar Mensah of the HHS - Children, Youth and Family Services at 240-777-3850 or Deborah Lambert of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2794 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) job retention rate 90 days 394%96%85%85%85%
Number of Temporary Cash Assistance (TCA) job seekers that entered unsubsidized employment YTD 2417508531531531
Number of SNAP applications approved 120,55719,30522,41622,00022,000
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1  The number of applications approved is expected to remain relatively stable.
2  The number reported is the point-in-time count of job seekers entering unsubsidized employment and is subject to change at any time. As such, retroactive changes are unpredictable and numbers may change significantly. The State of Maryland has assigned an annual target for FY25, but has not done so for FY26 and 27 at the time of budget book publication. Therefore, targets were extended into FY26 and FY27.
3  Projections based on 85% retention rate target in newly negotiated contract (prior contract specified 80% retention rate).
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved$36,877,700272.48
Decrease Cost: Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Summer and Winter School Break Children's Food Program Fully Funded by the State($348,478)0
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.$9,117,59710.62
FY26 Recommended$45,646,819283.1