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General Information
Application Name Kansas Automated Eligibility Child Support Enforcement System 
Application Acronym KAECSES 
State KANSAS 
ACF Region Region VII 
Federal Program TANF Program 
Profile Last Updated 7/20/2004 13:43:35 

State Information
Administration State Administered 
Additional State Programs General Assistance & Medikan 
Responsible Program Agency Economic and Employment Support Division of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services 
Responsible System Agency Information Technology Services Division of the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services 
Other Contributing Agencies   

Application Information
Maintained By State Maintained 
Development Source Transferred 
If Transfered, from which State   
Application Status Operational 
Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational 1988 
Functional Description Client Certification functions are used by eligibility staff for eligibility determination and service delivery to clients. Direct services include all cash programs (Temporary Assistance for Families, General Assistance and Refugee Assistance); all medical coverage including Title XIX Medicaid, Title XXI CHIP and state funded Medikan; and food stamp benefits. Major functions are: 1. Intake (Application registration, interview scheduling, timeliness tracking, storage of individual client information and program involvement) 2. Eligibility Determination based on non financial and financial criteria 3. Automated referrals are made to other programs/systems for CSE & Work Programs. 4. Payment Determination (Cash payments, medical coverage, food stamp benefit amounts, HCBS/NF obligation; spenddown amount and CHIP premium charges) 5. Notification includes printed notices to client, facility, case manager, collaterals and responsible person. 6. Rollover (Automated process of moving case data forward from one benefit month to the next) 7. Maintenance (Accommodate changes in household composition, household name, address, income, resources, termination of assistance and completion of periodic reviews) Financial Management functions include tracking and reporting cash assistance, food stamp benefits, and medical eligibility; calculation, collection and tracking of claims for all programs covered by system. Case Management functions include: 1. Quality Control (Identifies the QC universe, selects the sample cases, as defined by the user and provides limited information about the cases selected) 2. Case Management (Generates alerts and reports 3. Mass Change (Batch jobs are run each month to recalculate the resources, income, expenses, and determine continued eligibility; authorizes benefits or creates deauthorization alerts for the new month. At designated times of the year, additional batch jobs are run to mass change income or program standards.)4. Caseload Management (Data entered by field users provides information to create state, federal and field reports.) management reports) 
Interfaces The KAECSES system has more than 50 interfaces including data from federal, state and private sources 
No. of System Users Approximately 3400 
No. of Clients Served TANF = 15,000 families, FS = 75,000 families 
Certifications/Assessments   
Application Future Plans The agency currently plans to build an integrated enterprise wide web based system which will include the current functionality of KAECSES and 8 other current agency systems. KAECSES will be maintained until existing system functionality is incorporated into this new system. 
Other Relevant Information   

Contractor Usage
Planning Operational since 1988 
Implementation Operational since 1988 
Operations State supported since 1988 
Monitoring State supported since 1988 
Other   

Hardware and Software Environment
Type of Application Single Database 
Type of Platform Single Platform 
Hardware Platform Mainframe - AMDAHL 
Operating System OS390 
Languages COBOL; Natural 2 
DBMS ADABAS 

Programs and Services Information
Other Programs and Services Supported (Note: Check boxes below are images that are for information purposes and not real controls)
checked boxAdoption unchecked boxAdult Protective Services unchecked boxChild Care
unchecked boxChild Care Licensing unchecked boxChild Care Resource Referral unchecked boxChild Care Subsidy
unchecked boxChild Family Services unchecked boxChild Protective Services unchecked boxChild Support Enforcement
unchecked boxChild Welfare unchecked boxEmployment Services unchecked boxFamily Preservation Support
unchecked boxFood Stamp checked boxFoster Care unchecked boxIndependent Living
unchecked boxInterstate Compact unchecked boxJuvenile Justice unchecked boxLIHEAP
checked boxMedicaid unchecked boxProvider Services checked boxTANF
Additional Program or Services Information  ** KAECSES supports the foster care and adoption programs with the transmission of Medicaid eligibility information to the state`s MMIS for payment of claims and the issuance of subsidy payments. 

Contact Information
Program Contact
Name Lauri Corcoran 
Address RM 681W; 915 SW Harrison
 
Topeka    KS    66612-1505 
Telephone (785) 368-8123  
Fax (785) 296-6960  
Email lxc@srskansas.org
Website http://www.srskansas.org/srseescomm.html 
IT Contact
Name Mike Worthington 
Address 6th Floor, 503 S Kansas
 
Topeka    KS    66603  
Telephone (785) 296-3888  
Fax (785) 296-5427  
Email MLW@srskansas.org
Website http://www.srskansas.orf/admin/its/default.html 

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