Summary
In May 2025 Public Assistance cases totaled 2,046,048 (3,136,548 persons) representing a 5.76% decrease from May 2024. Total cases decreased by 125,146 and persons by 279,288.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
- Total TANF Benefits: There were 26,973 TANF cases (74,115 persons) in May 2025, down 79 cases and down 194 persons from April 2025. The caseload is 0.16% higher than the May 2024 total.
- TANF-Basic: In May 2025, TANF-Basic (primarily single-parent) families increased, from April 2025, by 12 cases (increased by 95 persons) for a total of 24,664 cases (63,389 persons) in May 2025.
- Two-Parent Cases: Two-parent cases decreased in May 2025 by 91 cases (289 persons) from April 2025 for a total of 2,309 cases (10,726 persons) in May 2025.
- Approvals: There were 1,684 assistance approvals this month, including 977 new grants (up 21 since April 2025) and 486 reinstatements (down 83 since April 2025). A reinstatement is defined as approval of any case that was active within the previous 24 months.
- TANF Cancelled due to earnings: In May 2025 there were 137 cases cancelled due to earnings from new employer or increased earnings from an existing employer.
- Total Grant amount: $16,089,927 was the total in May 2025. This is down $153,867 from the total in April 2025. May 2025 shows a 1.82% decrease from May 2024.
Assistance to the Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)
The total number of AABD Cash cases in May 2025 are up 374 cases or 2.14% from the number of cases a year earlier.
- AABD Case Details: AABD Cash cases decreased by 28 cases in May 2025 from April 2025 for a total of 17,816 cases in May 2025. This total includes 8,573 persons who qualified for Old Age Assistance; 178 persons who qualified for Blind Assistance; and 9,065 persons who qualified for Disability Assistance. The total grant amount decreased by 3.32% from April 2025 ($2,984,605) to May 2025 ($2,885,323).
Medical Assistance - No Grant (MANG)
May 2025 had a program total of 1,892,457 cases (2,901,035 persons). Of the total MANG cases, there were 30,528 cases (46,199 MANG persons) in All Kids, Disabled Workers, Breast and Cervical Cancer, Veteran Care, Medically Fragile Technology Dependent, and Department of Corrections programs. Overall, MANG cases in May 2025 show an 6.27% decrease (126,773 cases) since May 2024.
- MANG: MANG recipients represent 92.49% of total cases and 92.49% of total persons in May 2025. In May 2024, MANG recipients represented 93.00% of total cases.
- Family Health Plans: In May 2025, families decreased by 19,984 cases from totals in April 2025 for a total of 727,622 cases in May 2025. Persons decreased 60,372 in May 2025 to 1,749,192 persons.
- ACA Adult: ACA Adult saw a decrease of 4,778 cases from April 2025 for a total of 754,655 cases in May 2025. Persons decreased by 4,920 for an May 2025 total of 782,592 persons.
- AABD Clients: AABD customers who were categorically qualified for Medical Only, increased 3.52% in May 2025 from April 2025 totals to 410,180 cases in May 2025.
- Foster Care: Foster Care Assistance totals were not available at the time of this report.
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
- SNAP Assistance was given to 1,036,891 Illinois households (1,879,812 persons) in May 2025. This is a decrease of 33,261 households from May 2024 levels.
- A total of 108,802 households (143,582 persons) received SNAP with no other assistance in May 2025. This an increase of 1,208 households from May 2024 levels.
- The total SNAP assistance amount for May 2025 was $370,927,243. This is a decrease of $13,349,763 from May 2024.
SNAP Summary of Cases and Persons May 2025
| PROGRAM |
CASES |
PERSONS |
| TANF |
26,973 |
74,115 |
| AABD Cases |
17,816 |
17,816 |
| Family Health Plans |
727,622 |
1,688,820 |
| AABD MANG |
410,180 |
429,623 |
| ACA |
754,655 |
782,592 |
| SNAP with no other assistance |
108,802 |
143,582 |
| Foster Care |
N/A |
N/A |
| Refugee Cash & Medical |
1,204 |
1,204 |
| Total |
2,050,252 |
3,137,752 |
Emergency Food, Shelter and Support
Homeless families and individuals receive food, shelter, and support services through local not-for-profit organizations. A "continuum of care" includes emergency and transitional housing and assistance in gaining self-sufficiency and permanent housing.
- The Emergency and Transitional Housing Program served 7,690 households in shelters during the January-March 2025 Quarter. Of those, 1,467 were households with children.
- The Emergency Food Program served 320,677 households (duplicative) in April 2025 and 294,898 in May 2025.
- The Homeless Prevention Program helps families in existing homes and helps others secure affordable housing. During the January-March 2025 quarter, 2,357 households were served. Of those, 1,173 were families (Households with children under age 18).
- The Supportive Housing Program funds governments and agencies which serve families and transitional facility residents. In the January-March 2025 Quarter, 748,115 nights of Supportive Housing were provided.
- The New Americans Initiative funds the provision of English language, civics, and U.S. history instruction as well as application services. This program has served 2,098 clients in April 2025 and 1,608 in May 2025.
- Of the refugees served, 174 received employment services, and 140 of the client's entering employment were still employed 90 days later from January-March 2025.
- The Outreach and Interpretation project assures access to IDHS benefits. This program served 5,301 in April 2025 and 4,518 in May 2025.
Social Service Block Grants
Service funding is provided through the Federal Title XX Social Services Block Grant to manage and monitor contracts which help customers achieve economic self-support and prevent or remedy abuse and neglect.
- Crisis Nurseries served 1,585 families/customers during the January-March 2025 quarter.
- The Estimated Donated Funds Initiative aided 2,763 customers with 39,961 rides provided for Senior's during the January-March 2025 quarter.
Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)1
The purpose of WIC is to provide nutrition education and counseling, breastfeeding promotion and support, nutritious supplemental foods, and referrals to services for eligible pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, infants, and children to age five. The program has been housed under the Department of Human Services since 1997. To be eligible, participants must be at 185% of the federal poverty level, be a resident of the State of Illinois, and have a nutrition risk.
Program Statistics - WIC
| Eligibility Category |
Clients in March 2025 |
Clients in April 2025 |
| Pregnant Women |
15,826 |
15,825 |
| Breastfeeding Women |
15,478 |
15,670 |
| Postpartum Women |
8,353 |
8,399 |
| Infants |
44,327 |
44,397 |
| Children |
90,129 |
90,491 |
| Total |
174,113 |
174,782 |
What's New in WIC
It has been 5 years now since the new WIC Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) implementation was implemented in March 2020. WIC staff have been continuing to work with local WIC agencies to address training and system issues in the Clinic modules in I-WIC that have arisen to ensure a quality customer experience. Central office staff have also continued to review and resolve I-WIC system documentation and related issues with the Vendor, Administration, and Nutrition modules. The increase in the dollar value of the fruit and vegetable benefits provided to WIC participants has been extended and the dollar value was enhanced. Started in June 2021 as a temporary increase, it has now been extended through September 2023 and allows participants to receive significantly more fresh fruits and vegetables through their Cash Value Benefit (CVB) on their EBT card. Clients have welcomed the increase, and it has improved their intake of these nutritious foods.
Family Case Management1
The program target population is low-income families (below 200% of the federal poverty level) with a pregnant woman, an infant. The goals of the program are to help women have healthy babies and to reduce the rates of infant mortality and very low birth weight. To achieve these goals the program conducts outreach activities to inform expectant women and new mothers of available services and then assists them with obtaining prenatal and well-childcare. The program works with community agencies to address barriers to accessing medical services, such as childcare, transportation, housing, food, mental health needs and substance abuse services. Services are provided statewide through local Health Departments, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and community-based organizations. Home visits by program staff are provided in the first year of life.
Program Statistics - Family Case Management
Active Participant Counts for April 2025
Family Case
Management |
Total |
| Cook County |
14,631 |
| Downstate |
25,145 |
| Statewide |
39,776 |
Bureau of Program & Performance Management
1Current month's Women, Infants, and Children, and Family Case Management data is not released until the end of the following month resulting in a one-month lag for this report.
