Work Opportunities Reward Kansans (WORK) is a program through which people enrolled in Working Healthy receive personal assistance services (PAS). Working Healthy beneficiaries cannot receive Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) waiver services. In addition to PAS, WORK services include Supported Employment/Individual Employment Support Services, and Assistive Technology Independent Living Counseling (ILC).
To receive WORK services, people must be eligible for Working Healthy, and
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be receiving services through one of these HCBS waivers: the Intellectual/Developmental Disability (I/DD), Physical Disability (PD), or Brain Injury (BI), or
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be on the waiting lists to receive services through these waivers (waivers screenings must have been conducted within the last 12 months or new waiver screenings will be required), or
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be screened for I/DD, PD, or BI waiver eligibility before a WORK assessment can be conducted.
Additional Eligibility Criteria
KDHE reserves the right to require additional documentation of a member's disability and/or conditions.
In order to receive WORK Services, members with physical disabilities must demonstrate a need for physical assistance with a minimum of two ADLs, i.e., getting in and out of bed, bathing and personal hygiene, dressing, toileting, eating, assisting to put on prosthetic or orthotic devices, and support during the night for toileting and repositioning. Members with intellectual/developmental disabilities or brain injury must demonstrate a need for physical assistance, or cuing/prompting, to perform ADLS and/or demonstrate a need for Supported Employment.
WORK Fact Sheet -- English
WORK Fact Sheet Spanish