DSS Caseload Counter

Download historical information in Excel format Updated 12/21/09
(includes monthly data beginning in May 2004)

	Oct 2008	Nov 2008	DEC 2008	JAN 2009	FEB 2009	MAR 2009	APR 2009	MAY 2009	JUN 2009	JUL 2009	AUG 2009	SEP 2009
MO HealthNet Enrollees (Eligibles)¹	817,279	820,873	821,590	823,972	829,268	833,545	838,519	844,604	845,816	850,722	857,319	865,477
Persons with Disabilities	150,495	151,090	151,457	151,906	152,380	153,738	152,632	154,161	154,575	155,706	156,675	157,596
Elderly	76,698	76,692	76,742	76,718	76,696	76,924	77,787	77,344	77,336	77,170	77,217	77,418
Custodial Parents	73,086	73,673	74,046	73,979	74,672	74,888	75,088	75,293	74,970	75,216	76,294	78,701
Children	488,293	490,498	491,681	493,538	497,298	499,520	503,750	508,355	509,811	513,106	517,290	521,883
Pregnant Women	28,707	28,920	27,664	27,831	28,222	28,475	29,262	29,451	29,124	29,524	29,843	29,879

Women's Health Services MHN ²	18,850	18,619	18,498	18,258	18,894	20,148	21,780	23,735	25,265	26,926	28,526	29,895

Child Support Cases³	356,668	356,450	356,824	357,263	357,788	358,518	358,466	357,685	357,239	357,450	357,544	357,990

Food Stamp Families⁴	332,156	337,094	342,661	347,004	351,848	357,055	362,837	366,388	372,365	376,914	383,058	387,572
(Food Stamp Individuals)*	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Temporary Assistance Families⁵	40,053	40,498	41,452	41,518	41,650	42,116	42,148	42,177	42,610	42,931	43,406	43,715
43,715 (Temporary Assistance Individuals)	101,916	103,172	106,070	106,213	106,720	108,033	108,135	108,344	109,585	110,360	111,785	112,602

Foster Care Children⁶	9,244	9,187	9,177	9,104	9,218	9,252	9,391	9,376	9,191	9,228	9,216	9,238

Children Awaiting Adoption⁷	2,056	2,041	2,017	1,985	2,047	2,059	2,077	2,045	2,037	2,036	2,057	2,051

Children Receiving Subsidized Child Care⁸	42,356	42,038	43,398	42,774	41,984	43,378	43,983	44,445	44,843	44,306	42,272	44,859

Youth in DYS Custody⁹	1,558	1,542	1,507	1,504	1,505	1,503	1,491	1,477	1,451	1,446	1,476	1,454

1 Family Support Division/MO HealthNet Division-Monthly Management Report, Table 23, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/fsd_mhdmr.htm),

This is a point-in-time count that represents the first day of each month. 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 MAWD Premium, Workers with Disabilities MAWD 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 (BCCP), Independent Foster Care Children; 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, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/fsd_mhdmr.htm). 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, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/fsd_mhdmr.htm). This count represents anyone eligible during the month.

5 Family Support Division/MO HealthNet Division-Monthly Management Report, Table 1, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/fsd_mhdmr.htm). This count represents anyone eligible during the month.

6 Children's Services Management Report, Table 25, Legal Status 1 only, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/csmr.htm). This is a point-in-time count at the end of each month.

7 Children's Services Management Report, Table 23, Children with a goal of adoption--termination of parental rights (TPR) both complete and incomplete, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/csmr.htm). 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, (http://www.dss.mo.gov/re/oecmmr.htm). 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.

*Food Stamp Individual numbers are currently under review