DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 03/23 (includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

MO HealthNet (MHN)
Caseload APR
2022		 MAY
2022		 JUN
2022		 JUL
2022		 AUG
2022		 SEP
2022		 OCT
2022		 NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023
MHN Enrollees1 (Eligibles) 1,256,829 1,274,730 1,299,172 1,326,458 1,358,275 1,387,702 1,407,961 1,425,543 1,446,914 1,468,865 1,487,508 1,502,793
Persons with Disabilities 175,466 175,408 175,259 175,174 175,171 175,052 174,857 174,581 174,203 173,739 173,446 172,965
Elderly 91,180 91,354 91,739 92,217 92,814 93,254 93,649 93,997 94,327 94,568 94,870 95,408
Custodial Parents 99,594 100,086 102,339 109,865 111,731 114,007 115,808 116,700 117,724 118,663 119,996 121,242
Children 686,484 690,395 695,924 700,447 703,503 711,767 716,126 720,984 724,577 734,267 736,902 742,803
Pregnant Women 34,320 35,955 37,339 38,945 34,407 33,490 33,357 34,660 34,557 35,819 34,560 36,431
Adult Expansion 169,785 181,532 196,572 209,810 240,649 260,132 274,164 284,621 301,526 311,809 327,734 333,944
Women’s Health Services, MHN2 12,522 12,430 12,455 12,451 12,474 12,456 12,341 12,353 12,321 12,230 12,294 12,143
Family Services
Caseload APR
2022		 MAY
2022		 JUN
2022		 JUL
2022		 AUG
2022		 SEP
2022		 OCT
2022		 NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023
Child Support Cases3 295,685 295,233 294,592 293,063 290,941 289,208 288,491 288,267 287,992 287,514 286,919 286,231
Food Stamp Families4 316,925 317,716 322,521 325,631 328,861 329,243 331,637 333,138 334,568 331,735 329,491 331,312
Food Stamp Individuals 646,945 647,541 656,973 663,821 670,652 670,276 673,306 675,463 676,019 670,014 664,349 666,365
Temporary Assistance Families5 5,990 5,878 5,859 5,862 5,974 5,926 5,800 5,777 5,661 5,552 5,399 5,342
Temporary Assistance Children 10,867 10,656 10,664 10,724 10,927 10,826 10,633 10,616 10,337 10,122 12,544 12,356
Temporary Assistance Individuals 13,918 13,615 13,604 13,699 14,022 13,914 13,644 13,629 13,234 12,952 9,830 9,687
Child/Youth Services
Caseload APR
2022		 MAY
2022		 JUN
2022		 JUL
2022		 AUG
2022		 SEP
2022		 OCT
2022		 NOV
2022		 DEC
2022		 JAN
2023		 FEB
2023		 MAR
2023
Foster Care Children6 14,027 13,982 13,935 13,900 13,689 13,591 13,550 13,502 13,372 13,243 13,245 13,168
Children Awaiting Adoption7 2,473 2,422 2,381 2,396 2,315 2,296 2,288 2,305 2,279 2,285 2,285 2,289
Adoptions Finalized 68 72 81 60 75 60 46 53 72 63 67 63
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care8 29,204 28,687 29,203 29,109 28,932 29,466 20,801 21,561 21,930 23,181 21,569 22,587
Youth in DYS Custody9 708, 711 716 724 726 717 718 736 713 699 701 697

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.