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Supports and Training for Employing People Successfully (STEPS) is a program through which people with disabilities and/or behavioral health conditions may seek a path to employment and independent living without endangering their Social Security benefits or losing medical insurance coverage.

Participants with at least one of the following behavioral health diagnoses and who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and/or Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) may be eligible for STEPS:

Schizophrenia
Bipolar and major depression
Delusional disorders
Personality disorders
Psychosis not otherwise specified
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Post-traumatic stress disorder; or
Substance use disorder (SUD) or co-occurring SUD

Other participants that are currently on the waitlist for the Intellectual or Developmental Disability (I/DD) or Physical Disability (PD) Home and Community Based Service (HCBS) waivers OR those currently on the IDD, PD, or Brain Injury (BI) HCBS waiver and willing to leave may also be eligible for STEPS if they receive SSI-only.

STEPS services include:

Pre-Vocational Services
Independent Living Skills Training
Personal Assistant Services
Transportation
Supported Employment
Assistive Technology
Community Service Coordination

To receive STEPS services, a participant must be interested in finding and maintaining employment as well as the following:

Be between 16 and 65 years old
Be a Kansas resident
Enrolled in or applying for KanCare (Kansas Medicaid)
Meet the Social Security Administration definition of disability
May have countable income up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Limit

Additionally, KDHE reserves the right to require additional documentation of a participant's disability and/or mental health condition.

If you are interested in receiving STEPS services, would be interested in becoming a provider, or would like a presentation on the STEPS program, please contact the STEPS Program Manager, Erin Sanders-Hahs at erin.sandershahs@ks.gov.

STEPS Fast Facts and Information

STEPS Provider Lists

STEPS Provider Choice Form - 9.8.25

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