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Presentation giving an overview and utilization statistics on two major Department of Commerce programs for economic development in Kansas.

Presentation giving an overview and utilization statistics on three Kansas Department of Commerce programs for economic development in Kansas.

Discusses HB 6367, an Act Implementing the Governor's Budget Recommendations for Human Services Programs.

Discusses whether other states require random drug tests for "state assistance" recipients. Alos discusses whether the Dept. of Social Services (DSS) periodically checks the financial circumstances of such recipients to ensure that they still meet a particular program's eligibility criteria.

Discusses the state's electronic benefits transfer (EBT) program for welfare recipients, including whether Dept. of Social Services' clients can convert benefits into cash. Also discusses whether a program that tests welfare recipients for drug use still exists.

Testimony regarding the impact of FY 2010 budget reductions on the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The SRS FY 2010 SGF budget is 15.7 percent lower than the FY 2008 actual SGF and has been reduced $147.2 million SGF since the beginning of the FY 2009 Legislative session. While the ARRA enhanced FMAP reduction was $66.9 million SGF, the remaining $80.3 million in SGF reductions was achieved by cuts in administration and assistance programs.

Testimony regarding the impact of FY 2010 budget reductions on the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services. The SRS FY 2010 SGF budget is 15.7 percent lower than the FY 2008 actual SGF and has been reduced $147.2 million SGF since the beginning of the FY 2009 Legislative session. While the ARRA enhanced FMAP reduction was $66.9 million SGF, the remaining $80.3 million in SGF reductions was achieved by cuts in administration and assistance programs.

Testimony on the 2010 Governor's budget for SRS.

Testimony on the 2010 Governor's budget for SRS.

Federally required hearing before the Kansas Legislature to provide information on the Federal Block Grant programs administered by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Federally required hearing before the Kansas Legislature to provide information on the Federal Block Grant programs administered by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Summarizes Human Services bill favorably reported to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee.

Discusses FaithWorks, Connecticut's faith-based initiative, established through Executive Order 31 on Oct. 24, 2003. to foster broader collaboration between the faith community and the government in the delivery of social services.

Federally required hearing before the Kansas Legislature to provide information on the Federal Block Grant programs administered by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Provides a recent history of the cash portion of the General Assistance (GA) program, caseload trends, and a discussion of the state's and towns' obligation to provide for the poor.

Federally required hearing before the Kansas Legislature to provide information on the Federal Block Grant programs administered by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Provides a section-by-section analysis of the governor's bill to implement the Department of Social Services' budget, HB 5023.

Describes process the legislature uses to amend the SSBG allocation plan.

Testimony to provide information on the Federal Block Grant programs administered by the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services.

Discusses whether there is any coordination of federal and state public assistance benefits to ensure that a federal benefit increase does not trigger a state benefit reduction.

Discusses how the Department of Social Services (DSS) tells Medicaid, cash welfare, and Food Stamps recipients that the department can collect money from them or their legally liable relatives to repay the cost of government assistance.

Discusses how much child support a TFA recipient can keep, whether the amount received affects the TFA benefit, and if any administrative costs associated with collecting the support is subtracted from the amount the client receives.

Discusses job training funding.

Discusses whether Electronic Data Services (EDS) could delay the payment process for SAGA-covered medical bills by not certifying them for payment until the last quarter of FY 1997-98 when towns must begin to pay some of those costs (rather than in earlier quarters where towns paid nothing) and, if so, if anything is being done to address this possibility.

Discusses actions legislative committees took this session to restore programs affecting poor people and minority groups that the governor proposed to cut and actions committees took to bolster programs for these groups where the governor made no proposals.

Discusses programs that use AFDC as a factor either in a funding formula or for some other aid program.

Discusses how the Dept. of Social Services treats certain tax refunds and education-related loans and scholarships in AFDC eligibility and benefit determinations. Also discusses how an AFDC recipient goes about applying for a RAP certificate.

Discusses federal waivers to modify the existing research and demonstration programs authorized in state law.