DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 11/14/2023 (includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

MO HealthNet (MHN)
Caseload NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023		 APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023
MHN Enrollees1 (Eligibles) 1,425,543 1,446,914 1,468,865 1,487,508 1,502,793 1,510,892 1,517,170 1,516,691 1,497,282 1,486,027 1,459,399 1,441,791
Persons with Disabilities 174,581 174,203 173,739 173,446 172,965 172,747 172,107 170,181 167,447 164,733 161,748 159,146
Elderly 93,997 94,327 94,568 94,870 95,408 95,690 96,005 96,008 95,667 95,383 95,021 95,098
Custodial Parents 116,700 117,724 118,663 119,996 121,242 121,854 121,777 120,971 118,892 117,445 113,800 111,165
Children 720,984 724,577 734,267 736,902 742,803 742,614 742,106 742,095 731,220 724,917 712,650 703,833
Pregnant Women 34,660 34,557 35,819 34,560 36,431 35,387 33,326 33,249 33,261 33,616 33,012 32,706
Adult Expansion 284,621 301,526 311,809 327,734 333,944 342,600 351,849 354,187 350,795 349,933 343,168 339,843
Women’s Health Services, MHN2 12,353 12,321 12,230 12,294 12,143 11,841 12,086 12,677 12,800 12,819 13,071 13,138
Family Services
Caseload NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023		 APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023
Child Support Cases3 288,267 287,992 287,514 286,919 286,231 285,459 285,142 284,718 284,692 284,680 285,243 285,249
Food Stamp Families4 333,138 334,568 331,735 329,491 331,312 328,021 325,977 326,361 325,926 329,896 332,154 322,638
Food Stamp Individuals 675,463 676,019 670,014 664,349 666,365 660,096 655,699 655,680 654,736 663,724 667,577 654,283
Temporary Assistance Families5 5,777 5,661 5,552 5,399 5,342 5,269 5,265 5,257 5,250 5,363 5,403 5,440
Temporary Assistance Children 10,616 10,337 10,122 12,544 12,356 9,570 9,622 9,637 9,713 9,891 9,905 9,914
Temporary Assistance Individuals 13,629 13,234 12,952 9,830 9,687 12,230 12,333 12,338 12,426 12,742 12,785 12,867
Child/Youth Services
Caseload NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023		 APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023
Foster Care Children6 13,502 13,372 13,243 13,245 13,168 13,183 13,181 13,071 12,959 12,790 12,697 12,671
Children Awaiting Adoption7 2,305 2,279 2,285 2,285 2,289 2,278 2,300 2,232 2,170 2,146 2,146 2,109
Adoptions Finalized 53 72 63 67 63 51 39 63 58 78 54 66
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care8 21,561 21,930 23,181 21,569 22,587 23,040 23,034 23,030 22,576 21,808 22,946 21,214
Youth in DYS Custody9 730 713 699 701 697 696 704 712 704 701 719 743

1 Family Support Division/HealthNet Division-Monthly Management Report, Table 23.

Beginning August 2012, this count allows for more timely reporting of MO HealthNet eligibles; prior months reflect waiting two months for data. MO HealthNet Enrollees are categorized from Table 23 based on the following: Persons with Disabilities = Permanently and Totally Disabled (PTD), Aid to Blind, Blind Pension, Workers with Disabilities TWHA Premium, Workers with Disabilities TWHA Non Premium; Elderly = Old Age Assistance (OAA), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB); Custodial Parents = MO HealthNet for Families (MHF)-Adult, General Relief (GR) (prior to July 2005), Refugee, 1115 Waiver Adult - Extended Transitional Medical Assistance (prior to July 2005), Women with Breast or Cervical Cancer (BCCT), Independent Foster Care Children Age 18-21; Children = MO HealthNet for Families (MHF)-Child, Foster Care, Child Welfare, Children in a Vendor Institution, DYS-GR, MO HealthNet for Kids (Title XIX), Title XIX HDN, Missouri Children with Developmental Disabilities, MO HealthNet for Kids (SCHIP), Presumptive Eligibility for Kids, Voluntary Placement; Pregnant Women = MO HealthNet for Pregnant Women MAF Income, MO HealthNet for Pregnant Women (Poverty), Presumptive Eligibility. Table 23 adjusted for new Table 24 as of July 2009.

2 Family Support Division/MO HealthNet Division–Monthly Management Report , Table 24.

Beginning August 2012, this count allows for more timely reporting of MO HealthNet eligibles; prior months reflect waiting two months for data. Women's Health Services = Extended Women's Health, Uninsured Women's Health Services - New Table as of July 2009.

3 Missouri Automated Child Support System (MACSS) Monthly Report. The count represents active IV–D cases as of the last day of the month. IV–D cases are where the custodial party is receiving Child Support services offered by the state.

4 Family Support Division/MO HealthNet Division-Monthly Management Report, Table 25.

5 Family Support Division/MO HealthNet Division-Monthly Management Report, Table 1.

6 Children’s Division Management Report, Table 25, Legal Status 1 only. This is a point-in-time count at the end of each month.

7 Children’s Division Management Report, Table 23, Children with a goal of adoption-termination of parental rights (TPR) both complete and incomplete. This is a point-in-time count at the end of each month.

8 Child Care Monthly Management Report, Table 4, Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG) only. This count represents anyone eligible during the month.

9 Division of Youth Services (DYS) Monthly Extract file. The count represents children in custody on the last day of the month.