~~“HRS Erase Inc. dba Resolute was awarded a statewide 2019 CMS Navigator Cooperative Agreement serving “Left behind” populations, defined as: consumers with part-time employment, contract workers, bus drivers, re-entry, and individuals who have lost their healthcare insurance due to business closure. There are no Sub-awardee/Subrecipient Contracted Organizations. They will partner with Olathe Medical Center, Miami County Medical Center, and CoverKC Health Coalition. For more information, please contact the designated project lead. Contact: Glenn Hughes Phone: (816) 524-9477 Email: ghughes@hrserase.com ”
Kansas HCBS-I/DD Waiver Number: KS. 0224. R06.00 Supported Employment
Supported Employment is part of this waiver.
“The following supported employment activities by Supported Employment agency staff are designed to assist individuals in acquiring and maintaining employment:
Individualized assessment.
Individualized job development and placement services that create an appropriate job match for the individual and the employer.
Ongoing support services necessary to assure job retention as identified in the Person-Centered Support Plan and Person-Centered Service Plan.
Training in related skills essential to secure and retain employment.
Transportation between the participant’s residence and the employment site is included in the rate paid to providers of Supported Employment services.”
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state of Kansas that competitive and integrated employment shall be considered its first option when serving persons with disabilities who are of working age to obtain employment. This policy applies to programs and services that provide services and support to help obtain employment for persons with disabilities. All state agencies shall follow this policy and ensure that it is effectively implemented in their programs and services. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any employer to give preference to hiring people with a disability.”
“In order to ensure the Oversight Commission can effectively carry out its duties, the law places certain requirements on state agencies to help ensure that the law will be effectively and fully implemented. The law also places requirements on state agencies to provide the Commission information documenting measurable progress on the Goals and objectives established by the Commission and proving effective implementation of the law….Although the Employment First law requires all state agencies to implement its requirements, the Oversight Commission has identified a handful of state agencies that have programs and activities directly impacted by Employment First. These are referred to as “relevant state agencies” throughout this document. The relevant state agencies are:
•Kansas Department for Children and Families (KDCF –formerly Kansas Dept. of Social and Rehabilitation Services)
•Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS – formerly Kansas Dept. on Aging)
•Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
Kansas Medicaid State Plan and HCBS Transition Plan
Medicaid is a federal-state partnership. Federal regulations provide a framework for each state to build a unique Medicaid program. States must all comply with some basic requirements such as:
• Serving certain mandatory populations like poverty-level children and low-income pregnant women;
• Providing certain mandatory services like hospital care and physician services;
• Providing services that are “sufficient in amount, duration, and scope to reasonably achieve (their) purpose;” and,
• Providing services throughout the state.
This page provides information on the Medicaid State Plan and HCBS Transition Plan.
Kansas State VR Plan – Attachment 4.8(b)(4) (2014)
“Kansas Rehabilitation Services (KRS) enters into provider agreements with a variety of community agencies for the provision of supported employment services. Providers include community developmental disability organizations, mental health centers, independent living centers, and other public and private entities. Through customized employment provider agreements, six key components or milestones are specified for supported employment services: 1) Creation of a job development action plan; 2) Placement; 3) Stabilization; 4) 45 days of continuous, successful employment; 5) Finalization of an extended ongoing service plan; [and] 6) Successful VR case closure in accordance with all of the requirements set out in federal regulations.”
The purpose of the Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (KCDD) is to support people of all ages with developmental disabilities so they have the opportunity to make choices regarding both their participation in society, and their quality of life.
In their current plan the KCDD has identified “4 areas of priority” of which one is employment
Kansas Department of Education “Special Education Services Process Handbook”
When the IEP team is considering a child’s post-secondary goals and transition services needed to assist the child in reaching those goals, the school is required to invite a representative of any agency that is likely to provide or pay for transition services. The school must obtain parental consent to invite the representative from that agency because confidential information about the child would be shared at the meeting.
