Where can Minnesota DHS race/ethnicity dashboards for SNAP, MFIP/TANF, Medicaid and housing assistance be downloaded for 2024–2025?
Executive summary
The Minnesota Department of Human Services hosts several public demographic and program dashboards on its website, including a Long‑Term Services and Supports (LTSS) demographic dashboard; however, program‑specific race and ethnicity dashboards for SNAP, MFIP/TANF, Medicaid and housing assistance are not all linked to a single public download page in the materials provided here, and some program reports are distributed on request or via a Tableau server that may require access credentials [1] [2] [3] [4]. The clearest paths to obtain 2024–2025 race/ethnicity breakdowns are to (a) use DHS’s public dashboard pages where available, (b) request program reports from DHS.HSPM@state.mn.us, and (c) pursue Tableau access instructions that DHS references for other dashboards [1] [4] [5].
1. Where the public dashboards live now on the DHS site
Minnesota DHS publishes interactive demographic dashboards on its website — for example, the LTSS demographic dashboard that lets users select counties and view changing demographics, which demonstrates DHS’s public dashboard approach and is directly accessible from the DHS site [1]. DHS also maintains many topic pages and bulletin lists (including 2024–2025 bulletins) on its site, indicating that program materials and periodic reports are centralized there even if not every dataset is surfaced as a one‑click download [6].
2. Program dashboards that appear public vs. those distributed on request
Some dashboards are explicit and public, like the LTSS demo dashboard referenced on DHS pages [1], and DHS publishes child welfare and other program dashboards with Tableau integrations that can be public or require authentication [5]. By contrast, certain program‑level reports historically have been emailed to county directors and made available on request — the DHS guidance page notes that reports are emailed to county directors and that copies can be obtained by submitting requests to DHS.HSPM@state.mn.us, which implies that SNAP, MFIP/TANF, Medicaid or housing assistance breakdowns for specific years may be available through that request process rather than a direct public download link [4].
3. Tableau server access and technical delivery
DHS’s operational dashboards (for example, PSOP/child welfare) are implemented in Tableau and include instructions about access and user IDs for county/agency staff, signaling that some program dashboards are on a Tableau Server and may require established credentials or a formal access request to download raw data or specific years like 2024–2025 [5]. The presence of Tableau dashboards for other DHS programs suggests the same technical architecture could host race/ethnicity views for SNAP, MFIP/TANF, Medicaid and housing assistance; whether those specific views are public isn’t explicit in the provided pages [5].
4. Practical next steps to obtain 2024–2025 dashboards
The most direct, documented route to get program reports that are not obviously public is to email DHS.HSPM@state.mn.us to request copies — that address is explicitly cited for obtaining reports that DHS typically emails to county directors [4]. For publicly posted dashboards, start on DHS’s performance and demographic dashboard index pages (for example the LTSS page) and scan linked Tableau or download options; for dashboards hosted in Tableau that require credentials, request access through the contact pathways DHS provides [1] [5].
5. Caveats, context and data standards that affect interpretation
Federal changes in race and ethnicity standards in 2024 mean the way DHS and other state entities classify and present race/ethnicity may have shifted in 2024–2025, which affects comparability across years and may influence which data tables are published or require custom requests [7] [8] [9]. State demographic resources such as the Minnesota State Demographic Center and external data assemblers (MN Compass, USAFacts) provide complementary population benchmarks but do not replace program administrative dashboards hosted by DHS [2] [10] [9]. The reporting here is limited to the sources provided; no single explicit download link for 2024–2025 race/ethnicity dashboards across SNAP, MFIP/TANF, Medicaid and housing assistance was found in the supplied materials, so obtaining those program‑specific 2024–2025 files will likely require using DHS’s public dashboards where present or submitting a request to DHS.HSPM@state.mn.us and seeking Tableau access if needed [1] [4] [5].