DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 12/16/2024 (includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

MO HealthNet (MHN)
Caseload DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024		 APR 2024 MAY 2024 JUN 2024 JUL 2024 AUG 2024 SEP 2024 OCT 2024 NOV 2024
MHN Enrollees1 (Eligibles) 1,410,338 1,377,411 1,358,178 1,349,495 1,319,166 1,304,488 1,267,482 1,268,351 1,277,819 1,271,459 1,277,095 1,271,610
Persons with Disabilities 154,113 151,130 148,517 146,039 139,375 136,849 127,812 125,835 126,205 124,997 124,654 123,830
Elderly 94,859 94,631 94,537 94,620 93,846 94,694 91,622 92,467 92,795 93,299 93,662 94,023
Custodial Parents 106,573 102,714 99,578 97,925 93,194 89,027 84,260 82,878 83,110 81,678 81,925 79,360
Children 688,422 669,616 656,085 646,564 631,157 622,466 605,324 604,970 608,671 603,669 604,644 600,990
Pregnant Women 31,385 28,474 28,069 27,654 27,793 28,614 31,549 32,895 33,685 32,642 32,223 31,656
Adult Expansion 334,986 330,846 331,392 336,693 333,801 332,838 326,915 329,306 333,353 335,174 339,987 341,751
Women’s Health Services, MHN2 14,258 16,360 18,210 20,849 22,179 23,680 24,187 24,645 25,454 25,641 26,257 27,077
Family Services
Caseload MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023		 NOV
2023		 DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024		 APR 2024
Child Support Cases3 285,142 284,718 284,692 284,680 285,243 285,249 285,157 284,861 285,100 284,792 284,541 284,179
Food Stamp Families4 325,977 326,361 325,926 329,896 332,154 322,638 320,142 321,734 322,827 320,806 322,961 320,661
Food Stamp Individuals 655,699 655,680 654,736 663,724 667,577 654,283 650,568 653,677 655,779 651,892 655,670 650,613
Temporary Assistance Families5 5,265 5,257 5,250 5,363 5,403 5,440 5,263 5,407 5,552 5,324 5,301 5,293
Temporary Assistance Children 9,622 9,637 9,713 9,891 9,905 9,914 9,611 9,939 9,836 9,762 9,727 9,807
Temporary Assistance Individuals 12,333 12,338 12,426 12,742 12,785 12,867 12,430 12,938 12,864 12,800 12,770 12,880
Child/Youth Services
Caseload MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023		 NOV
2023		 DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024		 APR 2024
Foster Care Children6 13,181 13,071 12,959 12,790 12,697 12,671 12,476 12,321 12,149 12,143 12,076 11,934
Children Awaiting Adoption7 2,300 2,232 2,170 2,146 2,146 2,109 2,097 2,080 2,047 2,038 2,051 2,037
Adoptions Finalized 39 63 58 78 54 66 55 51 45 56 43 64
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care8 23,034 23,030 22,576 21,808 22,946 21,214 20,904 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Youth in DYS Custody9 704 712 704 701 719 743 759 769 764 780 793 788

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.