CoC public program utilization rates

Source: R/coc_economic_indicators.R

Builds CoC public program utilization rates by summing total enrollment in the Census Tracts within each CoC and dividing by the relevant total population in the CoC.

build_coc_public_program_use(acs_data, tract_crosswalk)

Arguments

acs_data

A data frame with tract-level enrollment counts from fetch_public_program_use().
tract_crosswalk

A data frame with a tract to CoC crosswalk from build_tract_crosswalk().

Value

A data frame:

  • coc_number: CoC number

  • year: Year

  • share_hh_with_snap: Share of households receiving SNAP benefits

  • share_hh_with_pub_assist: Share of households receiving public assistance benefits

  • share_hh_with_ssi: Share of households receiving SSI benefits

  • share_with_medicaid: Share of individuals age 19-64 enrolled in Medicaid