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The Geography of
Welfare Reform in
Southeast Florida
South Florida Regional
Planning Council
&
Florida Department of
Children and Families
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/district11/
http://www.sfrpc.com/
Purpose
•Regional perspective of welfare
reform.
•Human System Planning of
Strategic Regional Policy Plan.
•Initial Collaborative Effort with
Dept.. of Children and Families.
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Regional Topics
•Population Change
•WAGES Participants
•Employment
•Regional Transit Services
•Childcare
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Lake
Okeechobee
Total Population
Change per Zipcode
in Southeast Florida:
1990-97
County Boundaries
Pop Change per Zip
(6,199) -(1,442)
(1,442) - 0
1 - 3,064
3,064 - 6,450
6,450 - 11,078
11,078 - 18,207
PALM BEACH
BROW ARD
Source: US Census, 1990
Wessex, Inc, 1997 estimates
MIAMI-DADE
N
W
E
S
10
0
10
20 Miles
MONROE
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WAGES
Participants
in Southeast Florida:
April 1999
Lake
Okeechobee
PALM BEACH
County Boundaries
Participants per Zip
0 - 26
26 - 79
79 - 160
160 - 301
301 - 503
503 - 720
720 - 1,658
BROW ARD
Mean per zipcode = 126
Source: FL Department of Children & Families, D11
MIAMI-DADE
N
W
E
S
10
0
10
20 Miles
MONROE
District 11 Office of Researc h & Community A ffairs
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http://www.sfrpc.com/
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Total Child Care
Facilities per Zipcode
in Southeast Florida
Lake
Okeechobee
PALM BEACH
County Boundaries
Facilities per Zip
0-6
6 - 14
14 - 24
24 - 38
38 - 62
BROW ARD
Mean per zipcode = 13.8
Source: FL Department of Children & Families, D11
MIAMI-DADE
N
W
E
S
10
0
10
20 Miles
MONROE
District 11 Office of Researc h & Community A ffairs
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/district11/
http://www.sfrpc.com/
CONCLUSIONS
•Low-income job access needs
adequately addressed when part
of general transportation
planning.
•There is a lack of regional public
transit linkages.
•Traditional transit is unlikely to
meet all travel needs.
•County-based planning is
limiting opportunities.
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Next two slides are taking points for maps and conclusion.
CONCLUSIONS
•Low-income job access needs will be adequately addressed
when it becomes part of general transportation planning.
•One clear observation is that there is a lack of regional public
transit linkages (see regional transit routes map).
•Traditional transit is unlikely to meet all travel needs for the
flexible and intermediate trips required for work, child care and
other support services.
•County-based planning is limiting opportunities to solve welfare
reform issues.
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http://www.sfrpc.com/
REGIONAL POPULATION CHANGE Page 4
• 31% of Florida’s population.
• over 4.6 million residents.
• Western areas of the region have the greatest pop. growth, with very
significant increases in western Broward County.
• Low pop. growth or losses in the traditional urban neighborhoods.
WAGES PARTICIPANTS Page 6
• About 50% of Florida’s WAGES participants
• Majority in Miami-Dade County. (Palm Beach
2,371 participants, Broward 2,325,
Miami-Dade 22,561, and Monroe 125)
• Most concentrations of WAGES Participants are in zip code of low or no
population growth.
• Miami-Dade’s unemployment rate was 7.1% in 1997, while the region’s
was 6.1% and the state’s 4.8%.
REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS Page 10
•Generally, highest in western portions of each county.
•Southwest Broward more than 15% growth.
•Northwest Palm Beach County.
•Key West highest in Monroe County.
•Around Airport in Miami-Dade County.
REGIONAL TRANSIT
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•Regional transit system does not connect with major employment centers.
•WAGES participants are within service areas of fixed-routes bus services.
•Palm Beach and Broward County WAGES participants can be served within
Tri-Rail corridor. Doesn’t serve employment growth areas to west. Cost.
Travel Time
•Fixed route service not flexible enough to meet multipurpose trip needs.
•Transit access doesn’t guarantee mobility. (trip length, transfers, schedules,
costs, safety.
CHILDCARE FACILITIES
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•Generally dispersed throughout region
•Issue becomes affordability and availability.
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