Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates

Week of Jan. 23, 2024

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

Joint AASD/DSD messages

• Reminder: Volunteers from lead agencies needed to participate in focus groups about proposed MnCHOICES assessment changes

Training and event information

• Self-paced online course: Applying for a DSD Grant: What You Need to Know
• Reminder: Acute Care Transitions Advisory Council to meet Jan. 25

Joint AASD/DSD messages

Reminder: Volunteers from lead agencies needed to participate in focus groups about proposed MnCHOICES assessment changes

• Audience: Lead agencies and other interested parties
• Candidate pool deadline:?Jan. 24, 2024
• Summary:?DHS and Public Consulting Group invite lead agency staff members to enter a candidate pool from which DHS will select 60 people to participate in two virtual focus groups about proposed changes to extend the time an initial MnCHOICES assessment remains valid.

Training and event information

Self-paced online course: Applying for a DSD Grant: What You Need to Know

• Audience: Grant seekers, grant applicants and other interested parties
• Summary: DSD created a new self-paced training video to guide and support DSD grant applicants. This training provides an overview of the DSD grant application process.

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Reminder: Acute Care Transitions Advisory Council to meet Jan. 25

• Audience: Lead agencies, providers, families, people with lived experience and all other interested parties
• Event date:?Jan. 25, 2024
• Summary: The Acute Care Transitions Advisory Council will meet Jan. 25, 2024. DHS invites all interested parties to attend.

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