| Adoption
Services: |
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Services
to benefit children whose parental rights have been
terminated or relinquished by providing the child
with a permanent family.
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| Adoption
Assistance: |
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State
and federal statutes provide for adoption support
payments to assist adoptive families in meeting
the special needs of the children they adopt. SRS
staff are responsible for identifying children who
have special needs that present financial barriers
to adoption.
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| Adult
Protective Services: |
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Services
to vulnerable adults age 18 and above, without regard
to income, to prevent or alleviate abuse, neglect,
exploitation, or fiduciary abuse. Vulnerable adults
are those individuals who are unable to protect
their own interests and who are harmed or threatened
with harm through action or inaction by themselves
or others.
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| Alcohol
and Drug Abuse Assessment Centers: |
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SRS
funds five regional alcohol and drug assessment
centers that provide on-site assessment and referrals
to the treatment service that best meets customer
needs.
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Assistive Technology:
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SRS
receives state general funds to provide assistive
technology for Kansans with disabilities. Through
a cooperative agreement, the administration of this
fund is out-sourced to
United Cerebral Palsy of Kansas (UCPK), Wichita.
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| Blind,
Services for the: |
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Services
for persons who are blind, visually impaired or
deaf-blind including Vocational Rehabilitation;
The Rehabilitation Center for the Blind (RCB); Kansas
Seniors Achieving Independent Living (KAN-SAIL);
The Business Enterprise Program (BEP); Kansas Industries
for the Blind (KIB).
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| Child
Care: |
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The
Child Care program provides subsidized child care
to welfare recipients to help them obtain employment,
leave welfare, and stay employed; to low-income
employed families and to Food Stamp recipients engaged
in employment, education, and training.
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| Child
Care and Quality Initatives: |
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Over
$2 million annually is provided to the Kansas Department
of Health and Environment for licensing and monitoring.
Quality child care is promoted by grants to public
agencies, non-profit agencies, and private employers
who establish child care for employees. Grants are
also made available to individual licensed home
providers through the resource and referral net-work.
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| Child
Support Enforcement: |
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CSE
is a federal, state, private, and county operation,
providing a full range of child and medical support
services, from establishing paternity and establishment
of support orders to modifications and enforcement
through state staff and contractors.
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| Commodity
Food Distribution: |
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The
five federally-funded commodity programs provide
food for distribution to low-income households,
charitable institutions, soup kitchens, elderly
food programs, pregnant or nursing women,
and children under the age of five.
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| Community
Developmental Disability Organizations (CDDO) Grants:
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These
grants are designed to provide funding to CDDOs
for day, residential and support services for persons
with developmental disabilities who do not require
more intensive services funded by the HCBS/MRDD
waiver.
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| Community
Mental Health Services |
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Since
mental health reform, the focus has been and continues
to be reducing the dependence on costly and intrusive
services provided by state mental health hospitals
(SMHHS). The role of SMHHS is seen as a provider
of acute care, thus providing a safety net for
Kansans who require inpatient mental health services.
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| Community
Residential Services (for Adults): |
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SRS
Medical Policy Division oversees
the Medicaid reimbursement for the 13 nursing facilities
for mental health (nfmh) in the state which are
licensed by the Kansas Department of Health and
Environment.
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| Community
Supports and Services |
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This program sets policy for the delivery of community
services to persons with disabilities and the use
of state and federal funds. Services are delivered
through Community Developmental Disability Organizations,
Centers for Independent Living, and other community
partners.
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| Consumer-run Organizations |
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SRS
provides funding for local mental health consumer-run
organizations. These groups provide a range of consumer-run,
self-help services throughout the state and are
independent of local community mental health centers.
Services include drop-in centers, temporary shelter,
and transportation.
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| Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Kansas Commission for |
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KCDHH
offers advocacy, information and referral, sign
language interpreter registration, coordination
of interpreting services, and the Kansas Quality
Assurance Screening for certification of sign language
interpreters.
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| Developmental Disabilities - State Institutions: |
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Parsons
State Hospital and Training Center and the Kansas
Neurological Institute provide training and support
for residents toward meeting their individual goals.
Staff work closely with Community Developmental
Disability Organization staff to create and support
opportunities for placement of clients in their
respective home communities.
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| Disability
Determination Services: |
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(DDS)
makes initial and first-level appellate disability
and blindness determinations for the Social Security
Administration on Social Security Disability Insurance
(SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) claims
filed in Kansas. DDS also conducts reviews of the
cases of individuals already receiving benefits
to determine if they continue to quality for benefits;
conducts hearings in cases where SSDI or SSI eligibility
is found to have ceased; and makes Medicaid eligibility
determinations for individuals who do not meet the
financial requirements for SSI.
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| Family
Preservation: |
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Intensive
in-home services offered to families who are in
imminent danger of having a child come into the
custody of the department and removed from their
home unless the family can make the changes necessary
to provide adequate care and safety. These services
assist the family in identifying and understanding
the problems within the family that place a child
at risk of out-of-home placement and assist them
in finding ways to change how the family unit functions.
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| Family
Services: |
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Essential
services to children and families including child
protective services, family based assessments, family
support services, eligibility determination, and
information and referral. These services are provided
by Children and Family Services staff in the local
srs offices.
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| Food
Assistance (FS): |
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The
food assistance (food stamp) program is offered
to individuals and families with income below 130
percent of the
national poverty level .
During
fiscal year 2000, the program supplemented the food
budgets of 51,116 households with an average household
benefit of $132.67 per month. Forty-eight percent
of Food Stamp households are persons who are elderly
and disabled. Of the remaining households, nearly
half are employed. Approximately 50 percent of Food
Stamp recipients are children.
The Food Assistance Program is a nutrition assistance
program which provides a Vision card (plastic debit
card) to eligible persons for use in purchasing
food from local grocery stores. Below is a summary
of the major eligibility provisions of the Food
Stamp Program. Complete information regarding food
stamp eligibility can be obtained by contacting
your local Social and Rehabilitation Services Office.
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| Foster
Care/Reintegration: |
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Services
provided to children and families when the court
has found the child to be in need of care and the
parents are not able to meet the safety and care
needs of the child.
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| Funeral
Assistance: |
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The
Funeral Assistance program provides funds for low-cost
funerals for some public assistance recipients.
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| General
Assistance (GA): |
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A
state-funded cash assistance program for adults
who cannot support themselves because of a serious
physical or mental disability. General Assistance
recipients must pursue Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) eligibility.
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| Grandparents as Caregivers |
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Grandparents as Caregivers Assistance (GP as CG) program will provide monthly financial assistance to grandparents or other relatives raising children.
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| Head
Start and Early Head Start: |
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In
1998, the Kansas Legislature approved a state Early
Head Start initiative as a joint endeavor with the
federal government. Early intervention through high-quality
programs enhances children’s development during
their formative years, enables parents to be better
caretakers and teachers to their children, and helps
parents meet their own goals, including economic
independence.
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| Health
Wave |
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Health
Wave began January 1, 1999 under Title xxi of the
Social Security Act, providing health insurance
for uninsured children through a combination of
state and federal funds.
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| Home
and Community Bases Services (HCBS) |
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Home
and Community Based services for persons with mental
retardation or other developmental disabilities
are made possible through Medicaid waivers.
These services are intended as an alternative to
institutional services. Each waiver offers services
for a specifc group: Head Injury, Technology Assistance,
Physical Disability, Frail and Elderly, Developmental
Disabilities, and Children with Severe Emotional
Disturbance. Under each waiver category you will
find information about the eligibility group, level
of care requirements, case management, financial
eligibility rules, services, quality assurance,
and other waiver facts.
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| Independent
Living (medical) |
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The
division manages programs in independent living
which offer an array of services for individuals
requiring assistance with personal, nursing/medical,
and social needs. These services allow individuals
to remain in their own home as an alternative
to costly institutional care.
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| Independent
Living (youth): |
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Services
to youth over age 16 who are in foster care or who
were in foster care to help them transition to independence.
These youth are to be assessed in their knowledge
and skills related to daily living, money management,
education, and employment.
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| Intermediate
Care Facilities/MR (Private): |
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These
are privately operated intermediate care facilities
for persons with mental retardation or related conditions.
The facilities are funded by Medicaid, must serve
at least four persons per facility, and provide
continuous active treatment in compliance with federal
regulations.
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| Kansas
Works |
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work
program services exist to maximize the effectiveness
of public resources; to empower individuals and
families to become more self-sufficient through
employment; and to develop opportunities for present
and future generations to escape dependence on
public assistance.
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| Low
Income Energy Assistance (LIEAP) : |
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The
LIEAP provides energy assistance to households with
income under 130 percent of the national
poverty level during state fiscal year 2000.
The elderly and disabled, and families with
children are the primary groups assisted. Applications
for the annual benefit are taken during January
through March.
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| Medicaid: |
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Medicaid
is a federal/state matching-funds program that provides
preventive, primary, and acute health services for
low-income individuals, children and families.
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| Medical
Assistance: |
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The
Division of Health Care Policy sets policy for programs
that deliver an array of health care services to
eligible Kansans. Included within the Health Care
Policy Division is Medicaid and Medical Policy;
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery;
Community Supports and Services, which includes
oversight and policy for the systems serving persons
with physical and developmental disabilities; and
Management Operations. Also included is oversight
of the state’s mental health and retardation hospitals
and the Sexual Predator Treatment Program.
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| Medical
Assistance - Children: |
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The
Division of Health Care Policy sets policy for programs
that deliver an array of health care services to
eligible Kansans. Included within the Health Care
Policy Division is Medicaid and Medical Policy;
Mental Health, Substance Abuse Treatment and Recovery;
Community Supports and Services, which includes
oversight and policy for the systems serving persons
with physical and developmental disabilities; and
Management Operations. Also included is oversight
of the state’s mental health and retardation
hospitals and the Sexual Predator Treatment Program.
This Section of Information and Links focuses on
Medical Assitance and Services for Children.
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| Mental
Health Hospitals |
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State
Mental Health Hospitals provide safe and supportive
environments for people with serious mental illness
needing acute care services or long term treatment.
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| Mental
Health State Aid: |
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State
funds are used to subsidize the cost of providing
services to individuals who do not have third-party
reimbursement.
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| Mental
Health Reform: |
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SRS
strives to provide mental health treatment services
for adults with severe and persistent mental illness
and children and adolescents with severe emotional
disturbance in the least restrictive setting of
the individual’s choice. The mental health
reform effort is focused on increasing the development
of community-based treatment alternatives to enable
children and adults to live in normal community
environments and be empowered to become as independent
and self-sufficient as possible.
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| Mental
Health Grants: |
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Mental
Health Grants increase the number of adults and
children served by community-based mental health
providers. For adults the grants: increase
community tenure, improve vocational status; and,
improve independent living status. For children
and adolescents the grants: significantly reduce
the need for out-of-home/community placement; improve
functioning of the family unit; and improve social
functioning in school, vocational training, and
other environments.
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| Newborn
Protection: |
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Having
a baby is a life changing event that can be both
joyful and scary. Because of this, not everyone
is ready to care for an infant and raise a child.
The parent or parents of an infant less than 45
days old can leave their unharmed baby with an
employee of a city or county health department,
fire station, or medical facility under the Newborn
Protection Act without being prosecuted.
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| Permanent
Guardianship: |
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While
foster care does provide safety and structure for
many children, its very nature implies lack of permanency.
When the courts have determined that a child cannot
go home, permanent guardianship is an option that
can be used.
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| Refugee
Assistance: |
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The
Refugee program provides essential services to households
to aid in their resettlement in the United States.
Kansas first received federal reimbursement for
refugee services in 1975 under the Immigration and
Naturalization Act. The Refugee Assistance Act of
1980 authorized federal funding for social services.
The program provides both cash assistance and social
services to eligible refugees.
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| Safe at Home Program: |
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The Safe at Home (SaH) Program (SB 2928) was enacted by the Kansas Legislature in 2006 to provide a confidential address program to benefit victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking and/or human trafficking who have moved to a new location that is unknown to their abuser. SaH Program is administered through the Secretary of State’s (SOS) office.
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| Sexual
Predator Treatment Program: |
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Ensures
the safe, secure and humane care of residents committed
by the courts to the program. The program strives
to: provide a safe and secure commitment confinement
for the residents, public and staff; provide treatment
opportunities and behavioral education activities
for residents; maintain positive facility/unit living
and working environments; manage human, equipment
and fiscal resources responsibly; and, maintain
cooperative working relationships with the external
environment.
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| Substance
Abuse Treatment and Recovery: |
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SRS
(satr) administers state and federal funds, assures
quality of care standards, promotes effective public
policy, and develops and evaluates programmatic
and human resources to reduce tobacco, alcohol,
and other drug use in Kansas.In
five service delivery regions, satr contracts with
a statewide network of 70 private providers to provide
treatment services including detoxification, outpatient,
residential, and clinically indicated continuing
care services.
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| Temporary
Assistance for Families (TAF): |
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TAF
is an employment support program for families with
children. Services provided or contracted
for include job readiness training, job retention
training, subsidized employment, structured job
search, vocational education, intensive case management,
work experience placements, on-the-job training,
job coaching, job development/placement, mentoring,
and job skills training.
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| Vocational
Rehabilitation (VR): |
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Vocational
Rehabilitation services are the cornerstone of our
efforts to help people with disabilities become
gainfully employed and self-reliant. VR plans emphasize
individualized community-based services, integration
and consumer choice. Services may in-clude
vocational assessment; counseling and guidance;
physical and mental restoration; training; rehabilitation
technology; job placement, supported employment,
and transition planning services for students with
severe disabilities.
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| Weatherization
(K-WAP) |
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The
Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program (K-WAP)
operates year round and is an energy conservation
program that helps qualified households pay for
home weatherization needs. Stop getting zapped by
those high energy bills. Take steps toward conserving
energy and lowering utility bills by applying for
weatherization today. |
