KCDC Disability News Message

Here is today's Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC) Disability News message. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Martha K. Gabehart | Executive Director
Kansas Commission on Disability Concerns (KCDC)
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
900 SW Jackson, Suite 100 | Topeka, Kansas 66612
(785) 296-6525 (direct) | (785) 260-4027 (cell)

The information below is from the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). The link in this information is to the website page for Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) programs. The public comment file and proposed change files are attached below.

Physical Disability Waiver Renewal and Frail Elderly Waiver Renewal Public Comment

KDADS is renewing the Physical Disability (PD) Waiver and the Frail Elderly (FE) Wavier, and wants your ideas and feedback. Public comment meetings will be held virtually with an option for attending the virtual sessions at a physical location via a host site. Please join one of these meetings to hear our ideas for improving the waiver and share your own. The published waivers can be found on the KDADS website. https://kdads.ks.gov/kdads-commissions/long-term-services-supports/home-community-based-services-(hcbs)-programs

Regards,

Leigh Smith
HCBS Director
Long Term Services & Supports
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
503 S. Kansas Avenue
Topeka, KS 66603

This information is from the Kansas Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program in the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT).

The Kansas Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program is a multi-faceted effort that promotes walking, biking, and rolling to school using policies, programs, and projects. Thanks to increased staffing and funding over the last year, this program has grown dramatically! Kansas SRTS now includes grant programs, communications efforts, and state-wide resources to support K-12 students walking, biking, and rolling in communities across the state.

The program’s next step is creating a Strategic Action Plan which will determine the SRTS vision, goals, and action items for the next five years. To make sure this plan is reflective of and useful to communities throughout Kansas, we need your help to learn more about what communities are already doing; what is needed to encourage more students to walk, bike, and roll; and what barriers are standing in the way.

Please take our 10 to 20-minute survey here - https://tinyurl.com/KDOT-SRTS-survey - to let us know what’s going on near you and what you’d like to see Kansas SRTS focus on in the future. We want to make sure our program is the best it can be and serves communities across the state! The survey will be open through August 30, 2024.

If you have any questions on the survey or program, please reach out to Ann Katt, KDOT Safe Routes to School Coordinator, at [email protected].

Do yourself a favor and head over to facebook.com/KansasATP right now to follow us. We promise we'll be one of the best things to hit your social media feed.

We need your help building the SRTS network and empowering the SRTS movement here in Kansas! Here are a few ways you can help:

1. Check out our website! saferoutes.ksdot.gov has all sorts of news and information to get you pumped about SRTS.

2. Join the SRTS email list. If you want to stay in the loop about all things Kansas Safe Routes to School-related, make sure to sign up to be the first to know.

3. Register your school. Registering your school gives you access to SRTS resources, events, and networks to help promote walking, biking, and rolling to school. To register, fill out this SRTS registration form.

USA.gov has replaced Benefits.gov as the federal government's program to keep the public informed of services and programs. Here is the latest information from USA.gov.

Starting a new life chapter can be overwhelming but it doesn't have to be! Find the answers to fit your current needs like:

Have any of your clients recently gotten married? Congratulations! They may be able to complete, or at least start, their application online.

If they got married in one of the 21 participating states, they may be able to complete the process online! When your clients visit our Change name with Social Security webpage, they can answer a series of questions that will determine whether they can complete the application process online or start the application online, then bring any required documents to their local Social Security office or card center to complete the application. your client is unable to use the online application, they can visit a local Social Security office to complete the application.

They should wait at least 30 days after the date of the marriage to request a replacement card with a name change. This allows the state time to update its records.

They will need to have their marriage certificate and proof of identification available when using our online application. The current participating states are Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. This list will grow as we continue to work to include more states.

If your client starts their application online and we determine they need to come into the office, they may be eligible to use our new Online Self-Scheduling option. Scheduling online can save your client time when they visit us to complete the application. This option allows them to:

• Select their language preference.
• Select the most convenient office to receive service.
• Choose to receive communications via email or text.
• Choose to receive email or text appointment reminders.
• Conveniently use their mobile device to check in for their appointment.

They can also reschedule, modify, or cancel their appointment online without having to call or visit the office.
Please share this important information with your members, colleagues, affiliates, and other interested parties.

Sincerely,

Dawn Bystry
Associate Commissioner
Office of Strategic and Digital Communications


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