PA DHS - Number of People Enrolled in Department Benefit Programs

Number of People Enrolled in Department Benefit Programs

PA Citizens Enrolled in Welfare Pie Chart. People receiving benefits: 3,268,998. People not receiving benefits: 9,533,505.

* Total count of recipients enrolled in any type of welfare assistance program at any time during February 2018. A recipient is only counted once regardless of whether they are enrolled in one or multiple programs during the month.

The Department of Human Services oversees services that offer vital support to approximately 25.5 percent of Pennsylvania citizens. Below are links that break out some of the department's most utilized programs and show enrollment numbers for each program.

Application for Benefits - Received and Processed

The chart and table below show the total number of applications received for all types of benefits offered by the department.

DHS Total Applications Received Statistics Line Chart

	Mar 2017	Apr 2017	May 2017	June 2017	July 2017	Aug 2017	Sep 2017	Oct 2017	Nov 2017	Dec 2017	Jan 2018	Feb 2018
Total Applications	263,831	238,281	257,546	255,479	244,689	279,368	253,896	283,777	305,969	283,335	296,861	246,011

	Mar 2017	Apr 2017	May 2017	June 2017	July 2017	Aug 2017	Sep 2017	Oct 2017	Nov 2017	Dec 2017	Jan 2018	Feb 2018
Applications Processed	182,697	161,850	176,666	173,386	167,265	190,173	173,932	182,689	201,799	207,003	215,149	174,102
Applications Approved	103,750	95,190	103,132	101,631	96,275	108,732	97,517	102,656	111,506	108,190	115,153	96,866
Applications Rejected	78,947	66,660	73,534	71,755	70,990	81,441	76,415	80,033	90,293	98,813	99,996	77,236

Most Common Reasons Why an Application for Benefits is Rejected

Failure to furnish required information
Failure to keep appointment
GA Categorical Eligibility requirements not met
Application submitted more than once
Application entered in error
Household income exceeds eligibility limits
Client does not meet the definition of medically needy to be eligible for Medicaid
Client voluntarily withdraws their application

Full Time employment
Client's gross income, before any allowable deduction, exceeds eligibility limits
Client's net income, with all allowable deductions, exceeds eligibility limits
The amount of Unemployment Compensation client is receiving makes them ineligible
Other
Part Time employment
Client is already receiving Social Security Administration disability benefit

The Department of Human Services (“DHS”) does not warrant or guarantee the data provided for any purpose except its own use. Further, the data provided is only from sources available to DHS, and only purports to demonstrate the status of the data at a certain point in time. DHS is not liable or responsible for outside use of this data, or for any indirect or consequential damages which may result from the use of this data.