According to a Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) report, Westbrook had 244 Parents as Scholars (PaS) and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) cases in December 2008. The total cost for these benefits was $101,061.
PaS, a program in which parents involved in a two-year or four-year post-secondary education receive a monthly benefit based on guidelines for the TANF program, accounted for 9 of the 244 total cases. And TANF, which is described by DHHS as a program providing temporary help for children and their parents while the family works toward becoming self-supporting, accounted for the remaining 235 cases.
For historical context, the number of cases and the total cost of the benefits in December 2007 were 248 (10 PaS and 238 TANF) and $95,124, respectively. In December 2006, there were 243 total cases in Westbrook (8 PaS and 235 TANF), and the total benefit cost was $96,778. In December 2005, there were 228 total PaS and TANF cases in Westbrook (11 PaS and 217 TANF), and the total benefit cost was $87,576.
And for geographical context, there were 167 cases (10 PaS, 157 TANF) in South Portland (estimated 2006 population: 23,784), and the total cost was $70,588 in December 2008. And in Windham (estimated 2006 population: 16,546), there were 98 cases (3 PaS, 95 TANF) that cost $36,918 in December 2008.
Westbrook's estimated 2006 population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, was 16,201.
For a list of monthly DHHS Geographic and Distbribution of Programs and Benefits reports dating back to January 2005, click here.
- John C.L. Morgan
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