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Get Kansas Benefits

• Apply or claim unemployment benefits in the state of Kansas

To get started the user must create a Get Kansas Benefits account and obtain a unique PIN to file a Kansas Unemployment Insurance application.  Creating a PIN allowed a user to save information/claim, check on the status of a Kansas Unemployment Insurance claim, file a weekly claim and update account information.  The site also offers a helpful Unemployment Benefits calculator that will provide the user with an ESTIMATED amount of money they are likely to receive under the  Kansas Unemployment Insurance program (as the site states “The estimated benefits amount is an estimate only and does not guarantee that you will receive unemployment insurance benefits. You must meet all requirements before you are eligible to receive benefits.”)

Please note…

• The applicant must live and work in the state of Kansas in order to receive unemployment benefits
• Previous employees information such as phone number and address is required PLUS the gross amount of severance pay received for the week being claimed
• Any questions about the Get Kansas Benefits Unemployment application can be directed to 785-296-3249
• 30 minutes of inactivity while filing for a UI claim will result in a system time out
• The Kansas Unemployment Insurance Kansas Department of Labor
• Fraud can be reported by email to: Fraud@dol.ks.gov

To check the status of a Kansas unemployment claim please contact one of three specific centers in the state of Kansas as follows: Kansas City 913-596-3500, Topeka 785-575-1460, and Wichita 316-383-9947.

PLEASE report any Get Kansas Benefits Unemployment Insurance FRAUD to (785) 581-7300 or via US MAIL: UI Fraud Investigations Unit Kansas Department of Labor, 401 SW Topeka Boulevard Topeka, KS 66603-3182.  Please include as much information as possible in all fraud claims i.e. address, phone number, birth date, the last four digits of his or her Social Security number.

Primary Sources

1. www.getkansasbenefits.gov