DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 5/15/2025 (includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

MO HealthNet (MHN)
Caseload MAY 2024 JUN 2024 JUL 2024 AUG 2024 SEP 2024 OCT 2024 NOV 2024 DEC 2024 JAN 2025 FEB 2025 MAR 2025 APR 2025
MO HealthNet Enrollees1 1,304,488 1,267,482 1,268,351 1,277,819 1,271,459 1,277,095 1,271,610 1,260,368 1,267,002 1,285,316 1,249,096 1,244,522
Persons with Disabilities 136,849 127,812 125,835 126,205 124,997 124,654 123,830 123,562 123,222 145,706 121,993 121,644
Elderly 94,694 91,622 92,467 92,795 93,299 93,662 94,023 94,178 94,411 105,970 94,643 95,824
Custodial Parents 89,027 84,260 82,878 83,110 81,678 81,925 79,360 77,979 78,131 74,113 73,347 72,148
Children 622,466 605,324 604,970 608,671 603,669 604,644 600,990 591,518 592,002 580,035 576,933 573,615
Pregnant Women 28,614 31,549 32,895 33,685 32,642 32,223 31,656 31,225 31,161 30,699 32,256 32,490
Adult Expansion 332,838 326,915 329,306 333,353 335,174 339,987 341,751 341,906 348,075 348,793 349,924 348,821
Women’s Health Services, MHN2 23,680 24,187 24,645 25,454 25,641 26,257 27,077 26,572 26,572 26,390 25,773 24,280
Family Services
Caseload MAY 2024 JUN 2024 JUL 2024 AUG 2024 SEP 2024 OCT 2024 NOV 2024 DEC 2024 JAN 2025 FEB 2025 MAR 2025 APR 2025
Child Support Cases3 283,847 283,372 282,727 282,506 282,284 282,403 282,177 281,825 281,308 280,759 282,299 281,596
Food Stamp Families4 319,706 321,979 324,137 327,671 326,832 331,053 328,603 328,068 324,222 321,003 320,997 320,118
Food Stamp Individuals 649,299 655,339 660,575 668,602 667,117 674,772 670,282 668,210 659,962 654,673 654,108 652,427
Temporary Assistance Families5 5,275 5,293 5,337 5,418 5,539 5,658 5,553 5,556 5,429 5,308 5,212 5,059
Temporary Assistance Children 9,823 9,601 9,920 10,116 10,329 10,568 10,386 10,392 10,229 9,927 9,733 9,451
Temporary Assistance Individuals 12,907 12,591 13,078 13,362 13,703 14,070 13,820 13,865 13,646 13,240 12,952 12,530
Child/Youth Services
Caseload MAY 2024 JUN 2024 JUL 2024 AUG 2024 SEP 2024 OCT 2024 NOV 2024 DEC 2024 JAN 2025 FEB 2025 MAR 2025 APR 2025
Foster Care Children6 11,884 11,815 11,681 11,539 11,457 11,400 11,303 11,159 11,070 11,041 11,085 11,049
Children Awaiting Adoption7 2,016 1,974 1,951 1,935 1,931 1,887 1,867 1,834 1,786 1,758 1,742 1,773
Adoptions Finalized 7 56 57 50 76 55 69 46 82 44 39 59 41
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care8, 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Youth in DYS Custody9 793 789 789 794 789 803 810 799 803 800 805 824

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.

10 Effective December 2023, Child Care data is no longer available to DSS. Eligibility for the Child Care Subsidy program was transitioned to DESE’s Child Care Data System (CCDS). DESE took over administration and policy for the CC subsidy program August 28th, 2021.