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: 3,229,564. People not receiving benefits: 9,572,939.

* Total count of recipients enrolled in any type of welfare assistance program at any time during March 2019. 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 25.2 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

	Apr 2018	May 2018	June 2018	July 2018	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	Nov 2018	Dec 2018	Jan 2019	Feb 2019	Mar 2019
Total Applications	265,293	265,840	257,836	280,395	297,641	262,923	302,502	293,006	274,659	295,047	232,901	282,504

	Apr 2018	May 2018	June 2018	July 2018	Aug 2018	Sep 2018	Oct 2018	Nov 2018	Dec 2018	Jan 2019	Feb 2019	Mar 2019
Applications Processed	172,652	180,340	168,624	185,830	239,773	211,872	248,203	235,745	236,495	257,067	210,554	228,497
Applications Approved	101,126	103,203	96,926	102,584	146,479	124,207	143,507	132,427	129,337	144,481	117,491	138,285
Applications Rejected	71,526	77,137	71,698	83,246	93,294	87,665	104,696	103,318	107,158	112,586	93,063	90,212

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.