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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Oct. 31, 2023
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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.
In this edition
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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AASD messages
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DSD messages
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Training and event information
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: Organizations that work with new Americans, LTC providers, workforce and employment organizations and other interested parties
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Submission deadline:?Nov. 20, 2023
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Summary:?DHS invites organizations that work with new Americans (people born abroad and their children, regardless of immigration status) to share information about activities, relationships and experiences that support new Americans to secure and maintain employment, meet career goals, undergo training and access education.
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Audience: All interested parties
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Submission deadline: Nov. 27, 2023
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Summary:?DHS seeks proposals from qualified responders to gather feedback and data and conduct a study on ways to simplify and expand access to positive support, crisis, specialist, respite and other intervention services in Minnesota.
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Audience:?Lead agencies, CL providers and case managers, corporate foster care moratorium liaisons and other interested parties
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Summary:?The CL exception to the licensing moratorium will expire Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Providers interested in converting their CL setting to a corporate foster care/community residential setting under the exception must work with their corporate foster care moratorium liaison to verify exception eligibility in a timely manner so they can submit the final request to DHS before the Dec. 31, 2023, deadline.
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Audience:?People using consumer directed community supports (CDCS) and the Consumer Support Grant (CSG), people interested in information about Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) and other interested parties
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Summary:?DHS contracted with 16 organizations to provide FMS in Minnesota. People who use CDCS and CSG do not need to take any action right now unless their current FMS provider will no longer be contracted with the state.
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AASD messages
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Audience:?Service providers and other interested parties
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Effective date:?Jan. 1, 2024
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Summary: The 2023 Minnesota Legislature passed rate increases for select Elderly Waiver, Alternative Care and Essential Community Supports service rates effective Jan. 1, 2024. Each provider that receives a rate increase must use 80% of the marginal increase in revenue to increase compensation-related costs for employees they employ directly. They must prepare and post a distribution plan for new funds by Jan. 1, 2024.
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DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agencies, people who access disability waiver services, family members of people who receive waiver services, disability and behavioral health advocates, providers and other interested parties
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Application deadline:?Nov. 27, 2023
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Summary: DHS seeks applicants to fill 19 open seats on the Waiver Reimagine Advisory Committee. The committee provides feedback on the continuing development and implementation of Waiver Reimagine. Current members who reapply will get priority consideration, followed by non-members who submit an early application before the priority deadline.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Lead agencies, people who access disability waiver services and their support teams, providers and other interested parties
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Event date:?Nov. 15, 2023
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Summary: Join DHS and Minnesota Network and Education for Assistive Technology for a webinar that will introduce some popular smart home devices, explain how they are set up and review how the related apps work to increase automation at home.
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