KANSAS

Support and Training for Employing People Successfully (STEPS)

STEPS – Healthy Blue

PROGRAMS FOR

IDD

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (Adult)

PD

Physical Disability (Adult)

BI

Brain Injury (Adult)

MB

Mental/Behavioral Needs (Adult)

Overview

Supports and Training for Employing People Successfully (STEPS) is a voluntary pilot program operating within the Kansas 1115 demonstration called KanCare. STEPS is designed to provide individualized employment and independent living supports available for up to 500 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) beneficiaries who meet pilot eligibility criteria. STEPS purpose is to help the State determine whether providing services designed to support competitive, integrated employment and independent living support result in successful employment and independent living outcomes.

If you qualify, you will be able to:

Participants can 

Work with a support broker to develop a budget.

Find, hire, manage, and dismiss your careworkers.

Use MyAccount to review your budget and approved services.

Use MyAccount or Time4Care to review, approve, and submit your careworker’s timesheets.

Services include

Payroll – We process payroll for your careworker using money from your budget.

Employment tax requirements – We handle all employment-related taxes for you, including federal, state, local, and unemployment.

Enrollment support – We help you and your care worker with enrollment and training through your enrollment specialist,

Customer service – Our friendly and professional customer service agents are available five days a week to help you with any questions.

Payments for additional services – We process payments for goods and services purchased by the participant using their allocated budget funds

How to get started

Are you wondering if self-direction is right for you or your loved one?

Take the questionnaire

Time4Care™

Both participants (employers) and caregivers (employees) have lots of timekeeping to do when working in a self-direction program.

Time4Care is our highly rated mobile solution for Apple and Android smart devices.

Reminders to submit timesheets

Timesheet submission and approval alerts

Timesheet error checking

Offline time entry

Simple calendar interface

Privacy features

Documentation

Instant timesheet approval

Works right in the MyAccount/BetterOnline portal

MyAccount

MyAccount has everything you need to make sure your self-direction journey is a success. Designed for participants and caregivers, it lets you complete and check all required paperwork, timesheets, budgets and spending, with a focus on making the enrollment process easy.

It’ll make smooth sailing of any choppy waters you encounter while you’re getting set up, giving you the answers and forms you need, right when you need them.

MyAccount Training

MyAccount CSC Agency Role Video Tutorial

MyAccount PPL, CSC, MCO Forum May 30, 2024

MyAccount PPL, CSC, MCO Forum October 24, 2024

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV)

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) is used in your program. Submit and approve timesheets with Time4Care EVV, our easy-to-use mobile app.

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Telephone Option for EVV

The telephony option is for Providers who do not have access to a smart device, such as a smart phone or tablet, to clock-in and clock-out via the PPL mobile application. In order to use the telephony option, the Participant’s landline must be registered with Customer Service. 

Telephony will not work until after the landline is registered. If you call the telephony number from any phone that is not registered, you will not be able to submit or approve shifts through the system. 

01. 
Phone Line Registration

Participant should first call PPL customer service to register their landline phone. Customer Service can be reached at: 833-771-1838

02.
Submitting and Approving Shifts

To submit a shift as a Provider or approve/reject a shift as a Participant you will call this dedicated telephony number: 833-930-3542

03.
Providers will

  1. Dial 833-930-3542
  2. Enter last 4 digits of your Social Security Number (SSN) and Date of Birth
  3. Select Program Participant from list
  4. Follow prompts to start new, modify, or end shift
  5. If needed follow prompts to correct and resubmit entries

04.
Participant/Authorized Representative will

  1. Dial 833-930-3542
  2. Verify identity by entering Last 4 digits of SSN and DOB
  3. Select Provider from list
  4. Follow prompts to review and approve or reject any submitted shifts 

Log in

Select the system your program uses to go to the login page.

Time4Care™

Log time, review, approve, and submit timesheets, and handle electronic visit verification with ease.

Learn more about the benefits of Time4Care

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MyAccount

Our complete web app that puts everything you need as a self-director (or case manager, or caregiver!) right at your fingertips.

PPL Connect

If you’re looking to hire a caregiver, PPL Connect lets you search people available to interview in your area.

If you’re a caregiver; sign up, highlight your unique capabilities, and get ready to interview!

Program Documents

FILTER DOCUMENTS

Procedures & Information

KS STEPS Worker’s Compensation Reference Guide NEW

Referral & Enrollment Process

Employer Agreement NEW Federal Form 2678 NEW Federal Form W-9 NEW Federal SS-4 Form NEW K-CNS 032 NEW KS DO-10 – POA NEW KS Form K-4 NEW KS UHC Child Abuse Registry NEW KS-STEPS-Employment-Agreement NEW KS-STEPS-IP-Background-Check-Consent NEW KS-STEPS-IP-Difficulty-of-Care NEW KS-STEPS-IP-Tax-Exemptions NEW KS-STEPS-PA-Enrollment NEW Kansas Abuse Registry Check Form (ES-1021) NEW USCIS Form I-9 USCIS Form I-9 Instructions USCIS Form I-9 Instructions, Spanish (FOR REFERENCE ONLY) USCIS Form I-9, Spanish (FOR REFERENCE ONLY)

Payroll Documents

FILLABLE KS STEPS Participant Transportation Reimbursement (Reading 4.87 w Red-lining) NEW IRS Form W-4 IRS Form W-4 (Spanish) KS STEPS Agency Transportation Invoice NEW KS STEPS Healthy Blue Pay Schedule 2025 NEW KS STEPS Invoice Schedule 2025 NEW KS STEPS Participant Transportation Reimbursement (Reading 4.87 w Red-lining) NEW Participant Direct Deposit Form (Fillable) NEW

Contact Information

Customer Service / General Questions:
1-833-771-1838

Customer Service Email: 
kssteps-cs@pplfirst.com

For Work Related Injuries: 
1-800-804-9382

PPL Enrollment Paperwork Fax:
1-833-772-0991