KANSAS

Support and Training for Employing People Successfully (STEPS)

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: 

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.

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.

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

Here are some things that will help you learn more about EVV and how to use the Time4Care mobile app:

The telephony option is for Providers who do not have a smart phone or tablet, to clock-in and clock-out via the PPL mobile application. To use the telephony option, the member must call Customer Service to sign up. Their landline phone number will be stored in the member’s PPL Profile. The member’s phone number and address must be up to date with PPL.

Telephony will not work until after the member has signed up with Customer Service. You must call the telephony number from the phone that is registered on the member’s profile. If you don’t, you will not be able to submit or approve shifts through the system.