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Quick Facts About Department of Social Services

State Fiscal Year 2008

MO HealthNet(1)
Facts Count
Number of people eligible for MO HealthNet(1) services 829,577
MO HealthNet(1) dollars spent in state fiscal year 2007(2) $5,354.5 million
Estimated portion of $5,354.5 million that was federal dollars $3,301.1 million
MO HealthNet(1) fee for service payments for inpatient hospital services $549.8 million
MO HealthNet(1) fee for service payments for physician services $381.3 million
MO HealthNet(1) fee for service payments for nursing home services $854.9 million
MO HealthNet(1) fee for service payments for pharmacy services $631.5 million
MO HealthNet(1) managed care payments $1,042.7 million
Family Support
Facts Count
Child support collections (IV-D and non-IV-D) (3) $818.5 million
Average monthly temporary assistance families 42,177
Total temporary assistance payments $118.4 million
Average monthly food stamp benefit recipients 867,684
Total food stamp benefits received $787 million
Child Welfare
Facts Count
Children involved in hotline reports 74,619
Children with substantiated abuse or neglect 5,729
Children with family assessments 39,247
Average monthly children in custody(5) 9,760
Children adopted(5) 1,103
Total Children’s Services expenditures $198.1 million
Average monthly children receiving subsidized child care(4) 41,027
Child care expenditures (4) $150.9 million
Youth Services
Facts Count
Youths committed 1,172
Average monthly youths in DYS custody 1,672
Youth Treatment Services/Juvenile Court Diversion Expenditures $58.2 million

(1) In September 2007 Medicaid/MC+ was renamed MO HealthNet

(2) Excludes Buy-In (3) Distributed collections

(4) Includes subsidized block grant children in Family Centered Services/Alternative Care/Children's Treatment Services/Intensive In-Home Services, Adoption Subsidy, Income Maintenance unduplicated within each fund, across funds and county

(5) Preliminary