These are counts of individual adults and children receiving public benefits in Alameda County, grouped by tract to preserve confidentiality. They include CalFresh (foodstamps), CalWorks, MediCal and more.

These fields are compatible with DCAT, an RDF vocabulary designed to facilitate interoperability between data catalogs published on the Web.
FieldValue
Publisher
Modified Date
2014-06-19
Release Date
2014-06-19
Frequency
Annually
Identifier
2b3f404e-d604-44d0-a715-9588ffe7ff8d
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location
Alameda County
License
Creative Commons CCZero
Data Dictionary
column header definition Census Census tract number CW adults number of adults active in the CalWORKs program CW kids number of kids (under 18) active in the CalWORKs program CW total number of adults & kids active in the CalWORKs program CF adults number of adults active in the CalFresh program CF total number of kids (under 18) active in the CalFresh program CF kids number of adults & kids active in the CalFresh program MC adults number of adults active in the Medi-Cal program MC kids number of kids (under 18) active in the Medi-Cal program MC total number of adults & kids active in the Medi-Cal program GA adults number of adults active in the General Assistance program GA kids number of kids (under 18) active in the General Assistance program GA total number of adults & kids active in the General Assistance program FC adults number of adults active in the Foster Care program FC kids number of kids (under 18) active in the Foster Care program FC total number of adults & kids active in the Foster Care program KG adults number of adults active in the KinGAP program KG kids number of kids (under 18) active in the KinGAP program KG total number of adults & kids active in the KinGAP program AA adults number of adults active in the Adoption Assistance program AA kids number of kids (under 18) active in the Adoption Assistance program AA total number of adults & kids active in the Adoption Assistance program Unduplicated persons (clients) An unduplicated count of persons on any of the Social Service Agency programs listed. BOS majority Census tracts were assigned to a BOS district based on which district the majority of clients reside. Place Majority Census tracts were assigned to a city or place name based on which city/place the majority of clients reside. Census_pop Population residing in the Census tract per 2010 Census
Contact Name
Jim Cunniff
Contact Email
JCunniff@acgov.org
Public Access Level
Public