fetch_public_program_use: Fetch ACS public program use data

In ucsf-bhhi/coc-data: Point-in-time homelessness counts and covariates by CoC

Description

Fetches Census Tract level enrollment in SNAP, public assistance, SSI, and Medicaid from the Census API. Medicaid data is for age 19-64.

Usage

fetch_public_program_use(year)

Arguments

year	A numeric with the year of the data to fetch.

Value

A data frame:

• fips: Census Tract FIPS code

• year: Year

• total_hh_snap: Total number of households from the SNAP enrollment table

• hh_with_snap: Number of households receiving SNAP benefits

• total_hh_pub_assist: Total number of households from the public assistance enrollment table

• hh_with_pub_assist: Number of households receiving public assistance benefits

• total_hh_ssi: Total number of households from the SSI enrollment table

• hh_with_ssi: Number of households receiving SSI benefits

• total_male_19_64: Total number of males age 19-64

• male_19_64_with_medicaid: Number of males age 19-64 enrolled in Medicaid

• total_female_19_64: Total number of females age 19-64

• female_19_64_with_medicaid: Number of females age 19-64 enrolled in Medicaid

See Also

build_coc_public_program_use() for CoC public program utilization rates

ucsf-bhhi/coc-data documentation built on Dec. 23, 2021, 1:07 p.m.