Back to the PIE Home PageIn 1992, $668,244,436 were spent to subsidize the incomes of people in need in Franklin County through the public assistance programs of the Franklin County Department of Human Services. This represents a real increase of 39.1% since 1989, when adjusted for inflation. As the chart above illustrates, Medicaid reimbursements are the largest form of public assistance (62.4% of total in 1992), and are responsible for much of the increase in Public Assistance funding over the 4-year period from 1989 to 1992. When adjusted for inflation, Medicaid reimbursements increased by 52.1% between 1989 and 1992. In contrast, ADC and GA expenditures combined increased by only 12.4% between 1989 and 1992 when adjusted for inflation. Food Stamp expenditures increased by 44.6% over the same period.
In October, 1991, the GA program was split into two programs called Disability Assistance (DA) and General Assistance (GA). In both new programs, monthly payments were reduced and medical coverage was scaled back dramatically. In addition, the new GA program imposed a participation time limitation of six months per year. In October of 1995, the GA program was eliminated completely.
Public Assistance programs provide cash and in-kind income subsidies to individuals in the community. Public Assistance does not include the wide range of services for people in the community referred to as "human services programming." Human services programming includes: services for the elderly and children; services for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities, services for people with mental illness and substance abusers; services for people in need of health services; people on unemployment or lacking job skills; and juvenile delinquents, etc. "County Administration" accounts for the funding spent by the county and the state government to adminsiter the Public Assistance funds.
Program 1989 1990 1991 1992 Medicaid 273,887,095 313,335,576 358,172,349 416,677,499 ADC 88,356,124 94,067,137 99,952,881 106,899,298 Food Stamps 71,075,715 80,204,256 93,690,738 102,768,213 GA $ GA Medical 26,616,727 26,863,029 33,329,855 22,363,733 County Adm. 20,576,841 20,075,829 18,955,079 19,535,693 TOTAL 480,512,501 534,545,828 604,100,902 668,244,436
Program 1989 1990 1991 1992 Medicaid 245,796,111 293,379,547 348,988,443 416,677,499 ADC 79,293,957 88,076,095 97,389,987 106,899,298 Food Stamps 63,785,898 75,096,127 91,288,411 102,768,213 GA $ GA Medical 23,886,806 25,152,150 32,475,243 22,363,733 County Adm. 18,466,396 18,797,220 18,469,051 19,535,693 TOTAL 431,229,168 500,501,139 588,611,135 668,244,436
Note: These figures are based on those provided by the following agencies: Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, Columbus Health Department, Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Services Board, Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, Franklin County Children Services, Franklin County Department of Human Services and the Franklin County District Board of Health.
ADAMH figures used for 1990 and 1991 are estimated.
Source: Metropolitan Human Services Commission, Funder Inventory Database
Filename: FI-002