When accessing services for the first time, your first stop should be your local Social and Rehabilitation Services office. The following is a list of items you should take with you when applying for benefits.
Proof of identity:
- Birth certificate
- Drivers license
- Kansas identification card
List of all household income:
- Copies of the last two month’s check stubs
- Employer name, address, phone number, wage, hours and how often paid
- Copies of benefit letters, if applicable, from Social Security, Supplemental Security Income, railroad retirement, veteran’s benefits, trust or annuity payments (list source)
- Income from sources such as interest and child support
- If self-employed (you or your spouse), provide a copy of last year’s federal tax return with all attachments
Expenses:
- Total medical expenses for your household (include source and amount)
- Rent or mortgage payments (including the name, address, and telephone number of the person or lending agency to whom you make payments)
- Homeowners insurance (not included in mortgage payment)
- Electricity (name of company)
- Gas/Propane (name of company)
- Water and sewer (name of company)
- Trash (name of company)
- Phone (name of company
- Child support
- Alimony
- Child or adult care (including the provider’s name and address)
Insurance or Medicare/Medicaid:
- If you receive Medicare/Medicaid, provide a copy of your Medicare/Medicaid card (and your spouse’s, if applicable)
- If you have health insurance, provide a copy of your insurance card, your insurance company’s name and address, type of coverage, effective date, and policy number. (same for spouse, if applicable)
Resources:
- Resources (assets) owned by you or your spouse (including any accounts or properties listing you or your spouse) such as:
- Checking accounts
- Savings accounts
- Care home accounts
- Certificates of Deposit
- Individual Retirement Account
- Copies of last three months of bank statements
- List of stocks and bonds
- Titles to automobiles and or other vehicles
- Life insurance policies (including the insurance company’s name, your policy number, the face value and cash value)
- Other property owned by you or your spouse such as boats, trailers, and oil or mineral rights
- Copies of funeral plans
- Copies of trust funds