Quick Facts About Department of Social Services

State Fiscal Year 2012

MO HealthNet¹

Facts	Count
Number of people enrolled for MO HealthNet services	893,976
MO HealthNet dollars spent state fiscal year 20122	$7,004.8 million
Estimated federal portion of MO HealthNet dollars spent	$4,370.8 million
MO HealthNet dollars for inpatient hospital services	$645.4 million
MO HealthNet dollars for physician services	$535.9 million
MO HealthNet dollars for nursing home services	$930.6 million
MO HealthNet dollars for pharmacy services	$1,098.0 million
MO HealthNet dollars for managed care payments	$1,028.8 million

Family Support

Facts	Count
Child support collections (IV-D and non-IV-D)	$862.2 million
Average monthly temporary assistance families3	42,969
Total temporary assistance payments3	$118.1 million
Average monthly food stamp benefit recipients	950,345
Total food stamp benefits received	$1,460.7 million

Child Protection and Permanency

Facts	Count
Children involved in hotline reports	93,242
Children with substantiated abuse or neglect4	6,639
Children with family assessments4	44,576
Average monthly children in foster care	11,059
Children adopted	1,143
Total Children’s Services expenditures5	$194.6 million
Average monthly children receiving subsidized child care	48,486
Child care expenditures	$171.7 million

Youth Services

Facts	Count
Youths committed6	920
Average monthly youths in DYS custody	1,543

• 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 (TEB) cases
• ⁴ Children based on completed investigations/assessments
• ⁵ Excludes all Child Care payments Performance Based Contractor payments included only at the statewide level
• ⁶ Does not include seven (7) dual jurisdiction cases statewide