Re: ACES$ Service Providers

[Guest guest]

Mileage reimbursement should be separate from wages. They will be taxed on

wages, they should not be taxed on mileage reimbursement. The workers should

provide you with a mileage log of where they went, when, and number of miles.

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> Hi,

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> Would any Employer/Parent who uses ACES$ for their PSW's know if mileage is

paid separately by ACES$ or as an Employer/Parent should we try to approximate

mileage driven per month and include it in pay rate?

>

> We will begin to use ACES$ on 8/1 and that is 1 question I forgot to ask. My

husband will be Employer/Parent and we are trying to figure out a pay rate for

our PSW's. We would like to increase what they are currently getting from our

current Service Facilator, Easter Seals. Currently, Easter Seals pays them

separately for mileage.

>

> Any thoughts, help is most appreciated. I do have an email in to our new

Service Facilator but I thought I would try to find out the info over the

weekend.

>

> Many thanks!

>

> Anne Enk

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[Guest guest]

Anne, check out the Frequently Asked Question Document of the homepage of

the FSN at

http://www.familysupportnetwork.org/miscellaneous%20pdfs/2009%20Frequently%2

0Asked%20Questions.pdf. <http://www.familysupportnetwork.org>

Transportation can be reimbursed. but NOT for Developmental Training

programs. That is considered included in the DT rate. And NOT for medical

appointments. Those can be reimbursed directly by Medicaid.

Your service facilitator should be able to help you. Charlotte

From: IPADDUnite [mailto:IPADDUnite ] On

Behalf Of raskles1

Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 2:12 PM

IPADDUnite

Subject: ACES$ Service Providers

Hi,

Would any Employer/Parent who uses ACES$ for their PSW's know if mileage is

paid separately by ACES$ or as an Employer/Parent should we try to

approximate mileage driven per month and include it in pay rate?

We will begin to use ACES$ on 8/1 and that is 1 question I forgot to ask. My

husband will be Employer/Parent and we are trying to figure out a pay rate

for our PSW's. We would like to increase what they are currently getting

from our current Service Facilator, Easter Seals. Currently, Easter Seals

pays them separately for mileage.

Any thoughts, help is most appreciated. I do have an email in to our new

Service Facilator but I thought I would try to find out the info over the

weekend.

Many thanks!

Anne Enk

[Guest guest]

Gd. question. We've been doing mileage separatly for his other PSW, but not for

me. I'm his rep payee & he has his SSDI for that.

Liz

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> Hi,

>

> Would any Employer/Parent who uses ACES$ for their PSW's know if mileage is

paid separately by ACES$ or as an Employer/Parent should we try to approximate

mileage driven per month and include it in pay rate?

[Guest guest]

Not sure if you are referring to travel fee's for the PSW to get to/from

work or if you are referring to transportation provided by the PSW with

your son/daughter to access the community.

If it is the former, then the employer would have to take that into

consideration when determining the hourly pay rate for that PSW.

If it is the later, non-medical transportation services can be paid to a

provider (PSW) through the Home-Based Support Service Program but is not

through Aces$. The provider (PSW) would have to also enroll as a

'transportation provider' with DHS, which the Service Facilitator can

help with. This service only includes traveling WITH the HBSS recipient

and when it is to gain access to waiver and other comminity services,

activities and resources that are specified in the service plan. They

would have to keep a log of the destinations and mileage and submit it

to the Service Facilitator monthly. Any transportation provided to

medical services would be excluded from this as that is techincally

covered by Medicaid and should be able to use a Medicaid provider for

that (even though we all know that may not be convienent).

Hope this helps but feel free to ask anything else if I did not answer

your question.

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Would any Employer/Parent who uses ACES$ for their PSW's know if

mileage is paid separately by ACES$ or as an Employer/Parent should we

try to approximate mileage driven per month and include it in pay rate?

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

So when you are referring to a " transportation provider " with DHS, does that

" transportation provider "  get money out of the recipients HBSS (Home based

support service program) monthly fund? Or is it a seperate fund with it's own

budget? I am fairly new to the HBSS program, still trying to get educated on

what other funding options are out there for my sister. 

She has a higher IQ/independance, yet she requires some medical care (g-tube

bolus feedings-mostly independant, meds, rare mouth suctioning-mostly

independant). My sister has been on the PUNS as an emergency candidate

for awhile now,  yet we are not able to find an open CILA, that can fullfill her

medical needs, within 1.5 hours from home/family.  We did find a place that was

wanting to expand their horizons and try putting more medical into an exsisting

CILA, and had to back out of the deal because they felt it might cost them to

much money/liability, they didn't want to take on.  Like I said before

her independance/IQ is to high for an ICF.  So in the meantime we are every

month trying to make ends meet with HBSS money. Does anyone else know of other

ways to get additional funding? I don't understand why the state can't pay

some CILA's what they need to support people in the middle ground like my

sister, yet expect the family (no

parents, just siblings) to be able to support them on our own income.  I can't

afford for a person to come into the home and care for her 24/7 (excluding day

program), so I do it, at a financial loss. If people want to stay in the home,

what other funding is available that I am missing besides SSI, that can help

people like my sister get a caregiver/supports. Has anyone ever opened their own

CILA and or have any information to share about opening a CILA?

 

thanks D.R.

[Guest guest]

Dawn:

Some people are starting their own CILA's through the establishment of a

Microboard.

The Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities is funding a project that

helps families do this. Contact Vicki Niswander at vniswander@...

Ellen

Ellen Garber Bronfeld

egskb@...