Requires reporting of the number of individuals receiving public assistance in each city, town, village, municipality, or county over 1,000 inhabitants

HB 1817 requires Missouri's Department of Social Services to publish monthly, publicly accessible reports on its website. These reports must show, for each city, town, village, or county with over 1,000 residents, the number of households enrolled in public assistance programs (like SNAP, TANF, and WIC), the total people served, average household benefits, and households that lost eligibility. The bill specifies that only aggregate, non-identifiable data may be reported, protecting individual privacy. It applies to all local jurisdictions meeting the population threshold and aims to increase transparency around public assistance usage.