Monday 6/19: 6am Sunday – 9pm
Tuesday 6/20: 6am – 9pm
Wednesday 6/21: 6am – 9pm
Thursday 6/22: 6am – 8pm
Friday 6/23: 6am – 8pm
Saturday 6/24: 12pm – 9pm
Sunday 6/25: 6am – Monday 8pm
KDHE Processing Deadlines for FY 2024 has been updated and can be found on the KEES Repository under Other Helpful Information.
ABAWD NOA snippets are designed to display in Food Assistance Approval NOAs any time a client becomes an ABAWD or any time their ABAWD time limit record status changes to Did not meet work/training requirement. KEES is not displaying the ABAWD NOA snippets as intended when an ABAWD has a blank time limit status record in the month prior to adding a record of Did not meet work/training requirement. Until this issue is fixed, staff need to add the standard copy and paste text below to the comments section of the approval NOA if the ABAWD information does not populate in the approval NOA.
*NAME* has *NUMBER* ABAWD month(s) remaining to get Food Assistance, benefits begin *MM/DD/YYYY* and end *MM/DD/YYYY*. Federal law limits food assistance benefits to 3 months out of every 36 month period for people who meet all three of the following: are age 18-49, are able to work but not working or in a training program at least 20 hours per week, and have no dependents or other minor children living in the home. The 3 month limit does not apply to a person who is disabled and unable to work, working at least 20 hours a week, participating in a training program at least 20 hours a week, age 50 or older, pregnant, getting unemployment compensation, participating in an alcohol or drug treatment program, attending high school, college, vocational/technical school or other school. If the person(s) has a change in their situation and you think they may be able to get food assistance, please contact your DCF office for more information.
*NAME* que aparece arriba tiene *NUMBER* de mes(es) restante(s) de ABAWD para recibir asistencia alimentaria, los beneficios empiezan el *MM/DD/YYYY* y terminan el *MM/DD/YYYY*. La ley federal limita los beneficios de asistencia alimentaria a 3 meses dentro de un período de 36 meses para Adultos sanos sin dependientes (ABAWD, por sus siglas en inglés). Usted es un adulto sano sin dependientes si cumple con los siguientes tres requisitos: tiene entre 18 y 49 años de edad, puede trabajar, pero no está trabajando o está en un programa de capacitación de por lo menos 20 horas por semana, y no tiene dependientes u otros menores de edad viviendo en su casa. El límite de 3 meses no se aplica para una persona con discapacidad e imposibilitada de trabajar, que está trabajando por lo menos 20 horas por semana, que está participando en un programa de capacitación de por lo menos 20 horas de semana, de 50 años o mayor, que está embarazada, que está recibiendo compensación por desempleo, que está participando en un programa de tratamiento de alcohol o drogas, que está asistiendo a la preparatoria, universidad, escuela técnica/de formación para el trabajo u otra escuela. Si la persona tiene un cambio en su situación y usted piensa que puede recibir asistencia alimentaria, por favor comuníquese con su oficina de DCF para mayor información.
UPDATE: ABAWD months will start counting July 1, 2023. To reduce the risk of closing a Food Assistance program in error, staff should be completing the Time Limit records when needed. The “Did not meet work/training requirement” record type can be used starting with the July 2023 benefit month beginning on Friday May 19th. This is when July becomes available as a come up month in KEES. As a reminder, “Did not meet work/training requirement” is only added through come up month. All other time limit record statuses are added through the next Review or IR month as shown in the chart below.
Making sure Time Limit records have been entered correctly will help ensure data collection for ABAWDS is accurate when the ABAWD batch resumes in a few months. A month with no Time Limit record will be treated as a countable ABAWD month by KEES. The current ABAWD period is 10/2022-09/2025. Make sure Time Limit records are added to the current ABAWD period. For guidance on how to add an ABAWD period and Time Limit record in KEES, see the KEES User Manual.
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Time Limit Record Considerations |
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Not meeting the work training requirement (See KEESM 2520) |
Enter a Did not meet work/training requirement time limit record. This value should be added only through come-up month. |
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Meeting the work training requirement (See KEESM 2520) |
Enter a Met work/training requirement time limit record. This value should be added for all benefit months through next Review/IR. |
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Exempt from meeting the work training requirement (See KEESM 2521) |
Enter an Exempt from work/training time limit record. This value should be added for all benefit months through next Review/IR. |
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DCF Processing Deadlines – Year 2023 have been updated and can be found on the DCF Intranet under Policy and Procedures and in the KEES Non-Medical User Manual.
The PPS Payment Schedule for FY 2023 has been updated in the KEES Non-Medical User Manual.
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