Weekly DSS Application Activity Before and During COVID-19 Emergency
data.ct.gov | Last Updated 30 Aug 2023Paper and online applications submitted directly to the Department of Social Services by week since the week of 2/3/2020. Does not include MAGI Medicaid or CHIP applications. Includes: Weekly applications received: All programs Weekly applications received: Cash assistance Weekly applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance Weekly applications received: SNAP Daily average applications received: All programs Daily average applications received: Cash assistance Daily average applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance Daily average applications received: SNAP Percentage of weekly applications: Cash assistance Percentage of weekly applications: Non-MAGI medical assistance Percentage of weekly applications: SNAP Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): All programs Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Cash assistance Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Medical assistance Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): SNAP Data updated weekly.
This dataset has the following 16 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week ending date | week_ending_date | calendar_date | Week ending date | 2020-06-14T00:00:00.000 2021-09-19T00:00:00.000 2020-04-19T00:00:00.000 2021-08-15T00:00:00.000 2022-03-20T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Weekly applications received: All programs | weekly_applications_received_all | number | Weekly applications received: All programs | 4426 4399 4625 3262 4723 view top 100 |
| Weekly applications received: Cash assistance | weekly_applications_received_cash_assistance | number | Weekly applications received: Cash assistance | 950 1023 912 855 1022 view top 100 |
| Weekly applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance | weekly_applications_received_medical_assistance | number | Weekly applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance | 1536 1626 2515 1283 1996 view top 100 |
| Weekly applications received: SNAP | weekly_applications_received_snap | number | Weekly applications received: SNAP | 2969 2980 2251 3374 3044 view top 100 |
| Daily average applications received: All programs | daily_average_applications | number | Daily average applications received: All programs | 668 469 478 628 626 view top 100 |
| Daily average applications received: Cash assistance | daily_average_applications_1 | number | Daily average applications received: Cash assistance | 122 148 115 100 114 view top 100 |
| Daily average applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance | daily_average_applications_2 | number | Daily average applications received: Non-MAGI medical assistance | 242 190 219 192 267 view top 100 |
| Daily average applications received: SNAP | daily_average_applications_3 | number | Daily average applications received: SNAP | 424 299 404 417 231 view top 100 |
| Percentage of weekly applications: Cash assistance | percentage_of_weekly | number | Percentage of weekly applications: Cash assistance | 0.2 0.21 0.22 0.19 0.23 view top 100 |
| Percentage of weekly applications: Non-MAGI medical assistance | percentage_of_weekly_1 | number | Percentage of weekly applications: Non-MAGI medical assistance | 0.38 0.37 0.36 0.42 0.35 view top 100 |
| Percentage of weekly applications: SNAP | percentage_of_weekly_2 | number | Percentage of weekly applications: SNAP | 0.67 0.64 0.66 0.68 0.65 view top 100 |
| Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): All programs | weekly_percent_change_compared | number | Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): All programs | 0.78 0.52 0.86 0.51 0.9 view top 100 |
| Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Cash assistance | weekly_percent_change_compared_1 | number | Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Cash assistance | 0.83 1.19 0.69 0.71 0.49 view top 100 |
| Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Medical assistance | weekly_percent_change_compared_2 | number | Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): Medical assistance | -0.01 0.15 0 0.12 0.24 view top 100 |
| Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): SNAP | weekly_percent_change_compared_3 | number | Weekly Percent Change Compared to Average Week before Mar 16 (baseline): SNAP | 1.73 1.6 1.78 1.8 0.92 view top 100 |