Statistics
Quick Facts About Department of Social Services
State Fiscal Year 2011
| Facts | Count |
|---|---|
| Number of people eligible for MO HealthNet services | 899,113 |
| MO HealthNet dollars spent state fiscal year2 | $6,547.5 million |
| Estimated federal portion of MO HealthNet dollars spent2 | $4,109.0 million |
| MO HealthNet dollars for inpatient hospital services | $672.4 million |
| MO HealthNet dollars for physician services | $501.0 million |
| MO HealthNet dollars for nursing home services | $891.0 million |
| MO HealthNet dollars for pharmacy services | $988.8 million |
| MO HealthNet dollars for managed care payments | $964.1 million |
| Facts | Count |
|---|---|
| Child support collections (IV-D and non-IV-D) | $846.0 million |
| Average monthly temporary assistance families3 | 43,808 |
| Total temporary assistance payments3 | $121.7 million |
| Average monthly food stamp benefit recipients | 937,013 |
| Total food stamp benefits received | $1,427.8 million |
| Facts | Count |
|---|---|
| Children involved in hotline reports4 | 82,467 |
| Children with substantiated abuse or neglect4 | 6,202 |
| Children with family assessments4 | 39,552 |
| Average monthly children in foster care5 | 10,301 |
| Children adopted | 1,168 |
| Total Children’s Services expenditures6 | $155.9 million |
| Average monthly children receiving subsidized child care7 | 49,256 |
| Child care expenditures 7 | $176.7 million |
| Facts | Count |
|---|---|
| Youths committed8 | 951 |
| Average monthly youths in DYS custody | 1,568 |
| Youth Treatment Services/Juvenile Court Diversion Expenditures | $57.7 million |
- 1 Does not include Women's Health Services
- 2 Medicare Buy-In premiums are reported at the statewide level, but not at the county level
- 3 Includes Transitional Employment Benefit cases
- 4 Children based on completed conclusions during the state fiscal year
- 5 Methodology changed in SFY-2010; do not compare SFY-2010 and 2011 to prior years
- 6 Methodology changed in SFY-2011 to exclude all Child Care payments; do not compare to prior years; includes Foster Care, Intensive In-Home Services, Residential Treatment, Children's Treatment, Adoption Subsidy, Psychiatric Diversion, KIDS, Independent Living, Rehab Option for Residential Treatment only; Performance Based Contractor payments included only at the state level
- 7 Methodology changed in SFY-2011; do not compare to prior years; includes ARRA
- 8 9 dual jurisdiction cases, which occur across the state, are not included in the commitment data
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