DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 04/11/2024 (includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

MO HealthNet (MHN)
Caseload APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023		 NOV
2023		 DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024
MHN Enrollees1 (Eligibles) 1,510,892 1,517,170 1,516,691 1,497,282 1,486,027 1,459,399 1,441,791 1,440,208 1,410,338 1,377,411 1,358,178 1,349,495
Persons with Disabilities 172,747 172,107 170,181 167,447 164,733 161,748 159,146 156,728 154,113 151,130 148,517 146,039
Elderly 95,690 96,005 96,008 95,667 95,383 95,021 95,098 94,965 94,859 94,631 94,537 94,620
Custodial Parents 121,854 121,777 120,971 118,892 117,445 113,800 111,165 108,995 106,573 102,714 99,578 97,925
Children 742,614 742,106 742,095 731,220 724,917 712,650 703,833 696,286 688,422 669,616 656,085 646,564
Pregnant Women 35,387 33,326 33,249 33,261 33,616 33,012 32,706 32,136 31,385 28,474 28,069 27,654
Adult Expansion 342,600 351,849 354,187 350,795 349,933 343,168 339,843 337,602 334,986 330,846 331,392 336,693
Women’s Health Services, MHN2 11,841 12,086 12,677 12,800 12,819 13,071 13,138 13,496 14,258 16,360 18,210 20,849
Family Services
Caseload APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023		 NOV
2023		 DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024
Child Support Cases3 285,459 285,142 284,718 284,692 284,680 285,243 285,249 285,157 284,861 285,100 284,792 284,541
Food Stamp Families4 328,021 325,977 326,361 325,926 329,896 332,154 322,638 320,142 321,734 322,827 320,806 322,961
Food Stamp Individuals 660,096 655,699 655,680 654,736 663,724 667,577 654,283 650,568 653,677 655,779 651,892 655,670
Temporary Assistance Families5 5,269 5,265 5,257 5,250 5,363 5,403 5,440 5,263 5,407 5,552 5,324 5,301
Temporary Assistance Children 9,570 9,622 9,637 9,713 9,891 9,905 9,914 9,611 9,939 9,836 9,762 9,727
Temporary Assistance Individuals 12,230 12,333 12,338 12,426 12,742 12,785 12,867 12,430 12,938 12,864 12,800 12,770
Child/Youth Services
Caseload APR
2023		 MAY
2023		 JUN
2023		 JUL
2023		 AUG
2023		 SEP
2023		 OCT
2023		 NOV
2023		 DEC
2023		 JAN
2024		 FEB
2024		 MAR
2024
Foster Care Children6 13,183 13,181 13,071 12,959 12,790 12,697 12,671 12,476 12,321 12,149 12,143 12,076
Children Awaiting Adoption7 2,278 2,300 2,232 2,170 2,146 2,146 2,109 2,097 2,080 2,047 2,038 2051
Adoptions Finalized 51 39 63 58 78 54 66 55 51 45 56 43
Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care8 23,040 23,034 23,030 22,576 21,808 22,946 21,214 20,904 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Youth in DYS Custody9 696 704 712 704 701 719 743 759 769 764 780 793

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.