As a follow-up to OLR report 2005-R-0129, you asked for the number of children covered by HUSKY A whose parents or caretakers were employed by the 25 employers with the largest number of HUSKY A recipients.

The Department of Social Services (DSS) is still trying to get us exact enrollment figures for these children. In the meantime, it suggested that we use a multiplier or “factor” to arrive at an approximate number of children. This factor is 1.37, and it is based on the average size of a HUSKY A assistance unit or “family” receiving HUSKY A coverage in February 2005. Multiplying the number of adults by this factor yields the number of covered children.

Table 1 presents an estimate of the children receiving HUSKY A coverage whose parents or caretaker relatives are employed by the top 25 HUSKY employers, as well as an estimate of the total number of HUSKY A recipients, which we calculated by adding the adult recipients and children.

Table 1: Estimated Children Covered by HUSKY A Whose Parents or Caretaker Relatives Worked for Top 25 HUSKY Employers [1]

Source: DSS

[1] The adult recipients figure comes from employment data from DSS' Eligibility Management System (EMS) for September 2004. The non-recipients data is based on December EMS data. The 1.37 factor is based on February 2005 HUSKY A caseloads.

[2] Non-recipients are those employees whose children received HUSKY A coverage but they did not, presumably because they did not meet the program's eligibility requirements.

[3] The employer was not in the top 25 for adult's non-recipients. Consequently, we do not know how many non-recipients it employs.

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