KANSAS DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN
AND FAMILIES
Family Services
DCF Administration Building
555 S. Kansas Ave., 6th Floor
Topeka, KS 66603

To:

Regional Directors
Economic and Employment Services Program Administrators
Economic and Employment Services Staff
Prevention and Protection Services Administrators
Other Staff

Re:

Summary of Changes for Kansas Economic and Employment Services Manual (KEESM) Revision No. 105 effective January 1, 2022

OVERVIEW OF CHANGES

A brief overview of the major changes is described below. Other clarifications and technical corrections are also included and described in the next section. Additional technical corrections not mentioned here are being incorporated in KEESM as needed.

DESCRIPTION, PURPOSE, AND DETAILS OF POLICY CHANGE

  1. Employment Services

    1. Changes

      1. Work Requirements – 3100 is being changed to show that all Food Assistance only clients 18 and over and no longer in high school who are not meeting work requirements must be referred to SNAP Employment Services.

      2. Work Registrant Able-bodied Adults Without Dependents – Appendix E-26 has been changed to the updated Work Registrant & Able-bodied Adults Without Dependents Rights and Responsibilities. This must be read to Work Registrants or Able-bodied Adults Without Dependents at application, review and if there is a change in the status of an adult in the household.

    2. Clarifications

      None

FORMS (Explanation provided if not mentioned previously in this summary.)

APPENDIX (Explanation provided if not mentioned previously in this summary.)

Employment Services

E-26, Consolidated Work Requirements

MISCELLANEOUS FORMS (Explanation provided if not mentioned previously in this summary.)

EFFECTIVE DATE

All changes are effective January 1, 2022.

EFFECT ON LOCAL STAFF (No significant effect if not explained below.)

MATERIALS OBSOLETED BY THIS REVISION

COORDINATION EFFORTS

This change was coordinated with staff in Economic and Employment Services (EES), Executive leadership, and the EES Program Administrators.

Sincerely,
Sandra Kimmons, EES Director
Economic and Employment Services
SK:am

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