Department of Social Services - People Served by Town and Assistance Type, 2015-2023

This dataset includes the number of people enrolled in DSS services by town and by assistance type from CY 2015-2023. To view the full dataset and filter the data, click the "View Data" button at the top right of the screen. More data on people served by DSS can be found <a href="https://data.ct.gov/browse?tags=dss%20enrollment%20counts" target="_blank">here</a>.

<b>About this data</b>
<li>For privacy considerations, a count of zero is used for counts less than five.</li>
<li>A recipient is counted in all towns where that recipient resided in that year.</li>
<li>Due to eligibility policies and operational processes, enrollment can vary slightly after publication. Please be aware of the point-in-time nature of the published data when comparing to other data published or shared by the Department of Social Services, as this data may vary slightly.</li>

<b>Notes by year</b>
<b>2021</b>
In March 2020, Connecticut opted to add a new Medicaid coverage group: the COVID-19 Testing Coverage for the Uninsured. Enrollment data on this limited-benefit Medicaid coverage group is being incorporated into Medicaid data effective January 1, 2021.

Enrollment data for this coverage group prior to January 1, 2021, was listed under State Funded Medical. An historical accounting of enrollment of the specific coverage group starting in calendar year 2020 will also be published separately.

<b>2018</b>
On April 22, 2019 the methodology for determining HUSKY A Newborn recipients changed, which caused an increase of recipients for that benefit starting in October 2016. We now count recipients recorded in the ImpaCT system as well as in the HIX system for that assistance type, instead using HIX exclusively.

Also, the methodology for determining the address of the recipients changed:
1. The address of a recipient in the ImpaCT system is now correctly determined specific to that month instead of using the address of the most recent month. This resulted in some shuffling of the recipients among townships starting in October 2016.

2. If, in a given month, a recipient has benefit records in both the HIX system and in the ImpaCT system, the address of the recipient is now calculated as follows to resolve conflicts: Use the residential address in ImpaCT if it exists, else use the mailing address in ImpaCT if it exists, else use the address in HIX. This resulted in a reduction in counts for most townships starting in March 2017 because a single address is now used instead of two when the systems do not agree.

On February 14, 2019 the enrollment counts for 2012-2015 across all programs were updated to account for an error in the data integration process. As a result, the count of the number of people served increased by 13% for 2012, 10% for 2013, 8% for 2014 and 4% for 2015. Counts for 2016, 2017 and 2018 remain unchanged.

On January 16, 2019 these counts were revised to count a recipient in all locations that recipient resided in that year.

On January 1, 2019 the counts were revised to count a recipient in only one town per year even when the recipient moved within the year. The most recent address is used.

本数据集涵盖了自2015年至2023年间，各城镇按援助类型登记使用DSS服务的民众数量。欲查看完整数据集并进行数据筛选，请点击屏幕右上角的“查看数据”按钮。关于DSS服务对象的相关数据，可在此处找到：<a href="https://data.ct.gov/browse?tags=dss%20enrollment%20counts" target="_blank">链接</a>。

<b>关于本数据</b>
<li>鉴于隐私保护考虑，当计数少于五人时，使用零计数。</li>
<li>在当年居住的所有城镇中，均对受助人进行计数。</li>
<li>由于资格政策及运营流程的差异，公布后的登记人数可能会有所变动。请在与其他由社会福利服务机构发布或共享的数据进行比较时，注意所发布数据的时点特性，因为数据可能存在细微差异。</li>

<b>年度说明</b>
<b>2021</b>
2020年3月，康涅狄格州决定新增一项针对无保险人群的医疗保险覆盖范围：COVID-19检测覆盖。从2021年1月1日起，该有限福利医疗保险覆盖群体的登记数据将被纳入医疗保险数据中。在2021年1月1日之前，此覆盖群体的登记数据被列在州资助医疗类别下。从日历年2020年开始，该特定覆盖群体的历史登记数据也将另行发布。

<b>2018</b>
2019年4月22日，确定HUSKY A新生儿受助人资格的方法发生了变化，导致自2016年10月起该福利的受助人数增加。我们现在将记录在ImpaCT系统和HIX系统中的受助人计数，而不是仅使用HIX系统。此外，确定受助人地址的方法也发生了变化：
1. 在ImpaCT系统中，受助人的地址现在根据该月进行正确确定，而不是使用最近一个月的地址。这导致从2016年10月开始，受助人在城镇间的分配出现了一些变动。
2. 如果在某个月份，受助人在HIX系统和ImpaCT系统中都有福利记录，现在将按照以下方式计算受助人的地址以解决冲突：如果ImpaCT系统中存在居住地址，则使用ImpaCT系统的居住地址；如果不存在，则使用ImpaCT系统的邮寄地址；如果都不存在，则使用HIX系统中的地址。这导致从2017年3月开始，大多数城镇的计数有所减少，因为当系统不一致时，现在使用的是单个地址，而不是之前的两个地址。
2019年2月14日，将2012-2015年所有项目的登记计数进行了更新，以纠正数据集成过程中的错误。因此，2012年受助人数增加了13%，2013年增加了10%，2014年增加了8%，2015年增加了4%。2016年、2017年和2018年的计数保持不变。
2019年1月16日，这些计数被修订为在受助人当年居住的所有地点进行计数。
2019年1月1日，计数被修订为在受助人每年居住的一个城镇进行计数，即使受助人在年内搬家。使用最近的地址。