Agency Owner
K.I.S.S. - Kenduck Independent Support Services, Inc.
Marion County, Florida, United States
Agency Owner/Operator of a Florida Medicaid Waiver Agency K.I.S.S., Inc. providing Round the clock home and community based services for individual's with intellectual, physical, and mental disabilities. My agency purpose was to help individuals live typical and extraordinary lives in the homes and communities of their choices alternatively to institutionalized living. Help was provided to individual's with everything from personal hygiene and social skills to obtaining employment, formal education, driver's licenses, and purchasing houses of their own whenever possible. I helped individuals develop social capitol, access community resources, and even advocate for them in court, in general, and even provide parenting and relationship coaching when choosing to have families of their own. Additional to working directly with individuals as they learn to live their best lives, I was responsible for intense, administrative responsibilities including meeting strict requirements for AHCA - Agency for Healthcare Administration, meet and exceed the requirements to Florida Medicaid Audits and monitoring, and presenting daily, monthly, quarterly and annual reports and documentation to Delmarva a 3rd party Auditor. Documentation included creating forms, daily case notes, implementation plans, assessments, financial reports, payroll and billing, annual release forms, creating, and updating policies and procedures, legal reports, incident and event reports, and electronic billing among several other skill sets. Public relations and Advocacy were the primary responsibilities when working closely with the community along with APD - Agency for Persons with Disabilities under the umbrella of DCF - Department of Children & Families.