Week of Feb. 20, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Feb. 20, 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

* MnCHOICES revision application user survey [ #MnCHOICES ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]

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AASD messages

* Consumer directed community supports (CDCS) budget changes for Elderly Waiver (EW) and Alternative Care (AC) [ #CDCS ]



Training and event information

* Disability waiver case manager employment training now available [ #Employment_training ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

MnCHOICES revision application user survey [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff, service providers and other interested parties
* *Survey deadline:* March 5, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS asks all MnCHOICES revision application users to complete a survey to share feedback about their experience with the application, communication and engagement with DHS.

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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 January 2024.





AASD messages

CDCS budget changes for EW and AC [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, case managers, care coordinators and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Immediately
* *Summary:* As of Jan. 1, 2024, EW/AC CDCS case mix budgets are equal to traditional EW/AC case mix budgets. During the 2023 session, the legislature approved EW/AC CDCS case mix budget increases.





Training and event information

Disability waiver case manager employment training now available [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Disability waiver case managers
* *Summary:* DHS now offers a new self-paced online course that meets disability waiver case manager training requirements for employment planning.





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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