3400 Support Services/Activity Costs/Contracted Employment Services/Employment Services for Work Programs and GOALS
Support Services are available to address the individual client's barriers. These funds are to be utilized for expenditures related to work program participation.
Any single payment exceeding $1,000.00 must have supervisory approval.
The services described in this section will be provided according to
the individual's unique needs and the availability of the regional office's
annual TANF allocation of funds for these types of purchases. Support
Services are intended for the client’s immediate needs and if not used
will age off the clients Kansas Benefits card after three months. If the
client requests that the aged-off payment be reissued, the EES case worker
will determine if an immediate need exists and whether it is appropriate
to reissue a support payment to the Kansas Benefits card. Services are
not entitlements, and the agency will use discretion in providing prioritized
services. Adult members residing in eligible TANF and/or Food Assistance
households but who are a fugitive felon, probation or parole violator,
disqualified for a fraud conviction, or an ineligible non-citizen are
not eligible for services described in this section.
Good business practices and common sense should be used when authorizing
support services payments for client goods and/or services. The Administrative
Services Manual guidelines shall be followed when purchasing goods or
services in behalf of a work program client. The Assistant Regional Director
of Operations should be consulted when questions arise regarding purchase
of needed support services.
NOTE: In order to promote fair, reasonable and uniform cost
and price determination, the Department of Administration requires prior
authorization for certain agency purchases with a purchase price of $5,000
or over. A form to request prior authorization must be completed for all
such purchases $5,000 or over. (Each Region has been provided a copy of
a coding guide to determine items that need to be prior authorized.) If
two DCF Divisions or Sections contribute funds to purchase an item for
a mutual client and each contribution is less than $5,000, prior authorization
is still required if the total purchase price is $5,000 or over.