Business phone system for agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas

The in-home care agency industry in Kansas

Kansas had 411 agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in 2023, according to Census County Business Patterns (NAICS 624120, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities). They employed 9,906 people in mid-March and reported $242.8 million in annual payroll. That is the 28th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities make up 0.54% of the 76,139 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Kansas has 13.8 agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities, 16.9% above the national rate of 11.8. The average establishment has 24.1 employees against 37.9 nationally. Payroll per employee is $24,505, 15.8% below the U.S. figure of $29,098.

Where agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas are concentrated

Census published in-home care agency counts for 16 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Kansas. The largest is Kansas City, MO-KS, with 724 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 52% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas

41.9% of Kansas's agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 35.3% nationally. 58.3% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls an in-home care agency in Kansas has to catch

Non-medical home care agencies schedule caregivers across many client homes, so the phone is used constantly for shift changes, call-outs and new inquiries. Families looking for care often call several agencies in one afternoon. That holds for agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas as much as anywhere.

Calls an in-home care agency in Kansas might handle in a typical week include:

• A case manager calls with a referral.
• A family member calls to adjust the weekly schedule.
• A family calls to ask about care for a parent coming home from the hospital.

Calls after closing time

Caregiver call-outs often come early in the morning or late at night, so after-hours routing to an on-call coordinator is important.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Callata vs. per-seat pricing for agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas

Agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas average 24.1 employees, so the comparison uses a 24-person team. Priced per seat, 24 users would run $720.00 a month on RingCentral RingEX Core and $598.80 on Ooma Office Pro (month-to-month list prices, checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 24 people cost $479.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $2,892. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Kansas

Kansas has 4 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your clients and families know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for agencies providing services for the elderly and persons with disabilities in Kansas

For $99 a month, Callata puts a team of up to 5 on one plan ($20 for each person after that): up to 3 local numbers, unlimited inbound calls, a pooled allowance of 1,500 outbound US and Canada minutes per user, browser and cell calling, voicemail transcription with urgency triage, recorded calls with AI summaries and business-hours routing, with E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Kansas, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.