Thursday 2/16: 6am – 8pm
Friday 2/17: 6am – 9pm
Saturday 2/18: 6am – 9pm
Sunday 2/19: 3pm – Monday 8pm
Final KDHE Processing Deadlines - Fiscal Year 2023 has been updated and can be found on the KEES Repository under Other Helpful Information.
The Federal Poverty Guidelines and the State Median Income Levels were updated within KEES effective April 1, 2023. On February 18th, the Family Plan Income Limits Batch will apply the updates to all Active Family Plans, recalculate the Family Plan, run EDBC and send the appropriate notices. Overridden Family Plans will be skipped for each overridden month, however a notice will still be sent to the families.
Timeline of Events:
2/16: KEES was updated with the table changes effective 4/1/2023. Note: The changes will not affect Family Share Deductions already attached to existing Family Plans. This will occur with the federasl poverty guideline batch process. New plans written after this date will reflect the new amounts.
2/17: Come-up Month becomes available. Any cases processed for April benefits will have the table changes applied.
2/18: Family Plan Income Limits updated – KEES will apply updates and recalculate all Active Family plans, run EDBC and send appropriate notices. KEES changes that were implemented with the 2/26 release will prevent FSDs from increasing before the end of an existing eligibility period.
Overridden Family Plans will be skipped for each month that is overridden. EDBC will run and a NOA will be sent.
On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Consolidate Appropriations Act, 2023. The Act ends Food Assistance EA that was provided by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The law terminates EA after issuance of February 2023 benefits. Kansas issues EA the month after the benefit month, which means that the last issuance for EA will be in March 2023. A mass notification was mailed to active Food Assistance households at the end of January. Tonight, another mass notification will be sent to Food Assistance households approved for benefits since the January mailing. The notice will not show in Distributed Documents until late next week.
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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