Week of Aug. 15, 2023





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Aug. 15, 2023*






This weekly digest is a method to communicate updates, initiatives and policy changes from the Aging and Adult Services Division (AASD) and Disability Services Division (DSD) in a simplified way. We send this announcement every week on Tuesdays. For more information about this digest, refer to the March 10, 2023, eList announcement [ [link removed] ].

In this edition





Joint AASD/DSD messages

* Conversational Agent tool now available for MnCHOICES assessors [ #Conversational_agent ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]



Training and event information

* Reminder: Webinar Announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ #Culture_of_safety ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Conversational Agent tool now available for MnCHOICES assessors [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency certified MnCHOICES assessors
* *Trial period:*?Aug. 1 to Sept. 8, 2023
* *Summary:* From Aug. 1 to Sept. 8, 2023, Conversational Agent will be available for lead agency assessors to use. DHS asks for at least one representative from every agency to use the system and supply feedback to help build the tool?s collection of realistic responses to MnCHOICES assessment items.

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Recent CBSM updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:*?Lead agency staff and all interested parties
* *Summary:*?This announcement provides a summary of updates DHS made to the CBSM in July 2023.





Training and event information

Reminder: Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, tribal agencies, providers and other interested parties
* *Event date:*?Sept. 7, 2023
* *Summary:*?Remember to register for the Culture of Safety Orientation. This webinar will cover the human factors and safety science principles that are vital to analyze critical incidents. It also will explain how and why DHS uses this incident review model to study the disability services system.





AASD ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ]

Visit CBSM ? What?s new [ [link removed] ] often for a list of policies/pages we?ve recently updated
in the Community-Based Services Manual [ [link removed] ].








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