Mayors Management Report 2008 New York Christine To, Monica Xu, Mia Su.

Mayor’s Management Mayor’s Management Report 2008Report 2008

New York Christine To, Monica Xu, Mia Su

AgendaAgenda

1. What Is the MMR2. Types of Services3. Children’s Service Objectives4. Homeless Service Objectives5. Department of the Aging

Objectives6. Department of Youth and

Community Development

What is the Mayor’s What is the Mayor’s Management Report?Management Report?

Services Include…Services Include…

Human Services Include: Human Services Include: Human ResourcesChildren’s servicesHomeless servicesDepartment for the agingDepartment of youth and

community development

Human Resources Human Resources ObjectivesObjectives

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of ObjectivesObjectives Cash assistance has steadily decreased by 26.2% in

June 2008 since March 1995 Current obligations collected have surpassed the

target of 67% by 3.2% to 70.2%; the 2009 target is 72% indicating that the target is realistic

80% of cases retained employment for 180 days compared to target of 75%

Other fundamental initiatives:• Welfare to Work Partnership• Balanced Budget Act• Doubling of the earned-income tax credit in 1993 for low-income workers

• Access to Jobs Initiative• Welfare-to-work tax credit

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of ObjectivesObjectives

Children’s Services Children’s Services ObjectivesObjectives

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of ObjectivesObjectives

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of Children’s Services Children’s Services ObjectivesObjectivesNeeds Improvement% of children entering care who were placed

with relatives: 2007 28.1%, 2008 24.3% should increase %

% of children placed in own community districts dropped to 11.2%, the lowest since 1990.

total number of children in foster care dropped by 10,000 since Bloomberg administration

Homeless Services Homeless Services ObjectivesObjectives

Appropriateness of Homeless Appropriateness of Homeless Services ObjectivesServices Objectives

Needs ImprovementSingle adults placed into

permanent housing was 10,323 in the fiscal year 2008 as compared to 9,559 in the fiscal year 2007. ◦They surpassed the target for 2008,

which was 8,000 despite Bloomberg’s 5 year plan to reduce homelessness that he made in 2004

Appropriateness of Homeless Appropriateness of Homeless Service ObjectivesService Objectives

Objectives for the Objectives for the Department for the AgingDepartment for the Aging

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of Objectives for the Objectives for the Department of the AgingDepartment of the AgingServed more than 2,500

additional clients daily (most were home delivered meals)

6% more of meals served per day in 2008

In fiscal year 2008, served ~4,210,000 home delivered meals

Target for 2009 is 4,305,000

Appropriateness of Appropriateness of Objectives for the Objectives for the Department of the AgingDepartment of the AgingNumber of seniors trained for

unsubsidized employment increased by 14% in fiscal 2008

Number of applicants to the SCRIE program has been decreasing since 2005

8100 applicants in 2005, 6439 applicants in 2008

Objectives for the Department Objectives for the Department of Youth and Community of Youth and Community DevelopmentDevelopment

Appropriateness for Objectives of Appropriateness for Objectives of the Department of Youth and the Department of Youth and Community DevelopmentCommunity Development

Served 1,824 runaways and homeless youth in the fiscal year 2008, with a target of 1,860

Summer youth employment program (SYEP) participants in 2008 were 41,804 and the target was 41,000◦in 2009, their target is 40,000

Appropriateness for Objectives Appropriateness for Objectives of the Department of Youth and of the Department of Youth and Community DevelopmentCommunity Development

Number of adult participants enrolled in literacy programs increased 14% from fiscal 2007 to 2008

Programs expanded in January 2008Adult basic education programs

went from 9 to 13 The ESL programs increased from

16 to 27

Available ResourcesAvailable ResourcesFor Human resources, expenditures

exceeded the target of $8,697.4 million to $8,753.6 million◦The 2008-2009 Executive Budget◦$2 billion in public assistance costs

relevant to the objective of providing ‘cash assistance’

◦$680 million spent to supplement the benefits of 652, 000 Federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients

Available ResourcesAvailable Resources For Children’s services, expenditures were higher (2820.1 million) than the target (2761.9 million) Linked to the objective of “ensuring the availability and accessibility of child care services in communities”

Available ResourcesAvailable ResourcesThe Department for the Homeless exceeded their target

expenditures of $785.7 million by $9.9 million to $795.6 million.

Increased spending linked to the objective of “increasing the number of people prevented from being homeless.”

Available ResourcesAvailable ResourcesThe Department for the Aging exceeded

their target expenditures of $287.9 million by $11.6 million to $299.5 million.

Partly due to $475,000 for the creation of new Caregiver Centers for Excellence to provide assistance to and develop strategies for informal and family caregivers – linked to the objective of “increasing supportive services to caregivers.”

$260,000 for Social Adult Day Services which links to the objective of “increasing utilization of socialization opportunities.”

Available ResourcesAvailable Resources• The Department of Youth and Community Involvement had Expenditures of $401.4 billion which was lower than the target of $406.8 million • Linked to the objective of “supporting youth development and community engagement through school-based and community-based centres.”

Overall Appropriateness of Overall Appropriateness of ObjectivesObjectives

Most objectives are relevant to achieving goals

Too many objectives to focus on◦Some targets may not be realistic

Should focus attention on areas of greater need

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