Successful Families Program - The Successful Families Program provides three types of assistance funded by the federal TANF Block Grant authorized by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA):
Cash Assistance - known as Temporary Assistance for Families (TAF);
Work Program Services - designed to strengthen families and remove barriers to employment;
Work Program Support Services - for work, as well as training and education.
Refer to 2000 and 3000 for more specific information on cash assistance and work program services available in the Successful Families Program.;
General Assistance (GA) - The General Assistance program provides cash assistance to disabled single adults and to married couples (with no minor children) when both are permanently disabled. GA is considered a temporary program while the person is pursuing disability benefits. General Assistance is 100% State-funded.
1112 Food Stamp Program (FS)- The Food Stamp Program is designed to promote the general welfare and to safeguard the health and well-being of the nation's population by raising the levels of nutrition among low-income households by supplementing food budgets.
Benefits of the FS program are 100% federally funded.
1113 Health Benefit Programs - Several health benefit programs are provided to low income Kansans to help cover the cost of health care.
1113.1 Medicaid - The Medicaid program is a joint federal/state-funded program that covers a majority of low income persons in the State including children, pregnant women, and the elderly and disabled. Policies for family related Medicaid coverage are found in the Kansas Family Medical Assistance Manual (KFMAM).
1113.2 HealthWave - The HealthWave program is based on a federal block grant program and is intended to serve children under the age of 19 who are uninsured and who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid . Policies for family related Medicaid coverage are found in the KFMAM.
1113.3 MediKan - The MediKan program is a totally State-funded program and covers disabled individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid but who are eligible for benefits under the General Assistance program.
1113.4 State Only Plan - Other medical assistance coverage is also available to persons in need of updated TB care and persons residing in NFMH facilities between the ages of 21 and 65 through state only medical programs.
1114 Child Care (CC) - The primary goals of the Child Care program are to promote family economic self-sufficiency and to help children succeed in school and in life through affordable, high-quality early care and education and after school programs.
The AE child care subtype is used for cases in which child care payments are being made by VR. See 2836.
The JO child care subtype code is used for TAF households. This code is used if anyone in the household receives TAF. See 2831.
The EM child care subtype is used for households that receive no TAF assistance. This code is used when no one in the household receives TAF. See 2831.
A quality initiative using Head Start and Early Head Start sites began in State Fiscal Year 1999. Infants, toddlers and preschoolers are determined eligible by the Early Head Start/Head Start agencies for full-day, full year services. Child care subsidy is only utilized in certain circumstances. See 10021.1 (8). Coordination will be necessary between the local SRS offices and the EHS/HS agencies. See 1728.
The Child Care Program pools funding from the following funding streams: State funds, Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) Federal funds, Social Services Block Grant Transfer funds, TANF Transfer funds into CCDF and direct TANF spending.
1115 Funeral Assistance - The funeral assistance program provides a maximum benefit for persons who at the time of death do not have sufficient resources to meet funeral expenses. The program is State funded.
1116 Adult Protective Services - Adult Protective Services (APS) are intervention activities directed towards safeguarding the well-being and general welfare of adults in need of protection. The intent of APS is to protect the most vulnerable adults from harm while safeguarding their civil liberties. Vulnerable adults are persons 18 years of age or older who are unable to protect their own interests and who are harmed or threatened with harm through action or inaction by themselves or others. Typically this includes the elderly, physically disabled, mentally ill and developmentally disabled individuals.
1117 Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) - The LIEAP program is 100% federally funded and provides a supplemental payment to eligible low income households for the purpose of assisting them in meeting their heating and/or cooling energy costs. The type and amount of assistance will vary from year to year according to the amount of federal funding which supports the program.
1118 Grandparents as Caregivers Program (GP as CG) - The Grandparents as Caregivers program is a state funded program. It gives financial assistance to grandparents or other qualifying relatives raising children, if certain eligibility requirements are met including age, legal custody, and income guidelines.