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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of May 21, 2024
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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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DSD messages
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Training and event information
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: ?Providers of in-scope service for EVV that provide personal care services, including some waiver services, home health services and other interested parties
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Effective date: Immediately
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Summary: The DHS EVV team will no longer monitor the [email protected] email inbox for EVV inquiries. DHS will continue to use this email for non-EVV purposes.
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Audience: All lead agencies that use the MnCHOICES PartnerLink webpages
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Effective date: May 31, 2024
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Summary: Over the next several months, DHS plans to review, update and archive the MnCHOICES PartnerLink webpages as we continue to support lead agencies to implement the MnCHOICES revision project.
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Audience: Lead agency supervisors and staff who enter MMIS service agreements
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Effective date: July 1, 2024
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Summary: Effective July 1, 2024, DHS will no longer allow lead agencies to manually bypass MMIS exception code 951 to align with continuous coverage requirements.
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DSD messages
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Audience: People who receive waiver services, families of people who receive waiver services and other interested parties
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Survey deadline: May 30, 2024
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Summary: DHS seeks community feedback on disability waiver reform through a voluntary survey. The deadline to complete the survey is May 30, 2024.
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Training and event information
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Audience: People who support adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, lead agencies, provider organizations, mental health services providers and other interested parties
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Event date: May 28, 2024
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Summary: DHS and the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration (ICI) invite you to register for the third of four sessions in an introductory training series about evidence-based positive support practices, ?Tiered Approach to Trauma-Informed Practices: A Systems Approach,? on May 28, 2024.
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Audience: Lead agencies, providers and other interested parties
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Event date: May 30, 2024
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Summary: Registration for the first session in the 2024 Odyssey webinar series, ?From Either/Or to Both/And: When Disability and Aging Intersect? on Thursday, May 30, 2024, is open until 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, 2024.
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Audience: Cost report preparers for family providers who provide DWRS services
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Event date: June 5, 2024
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Summary: The DWRS Cost Reporting Team will host a demonstration and question and answer (Q&A) session about cost reporting for family providers on Wednesday, June 5, 2024.
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Audience: 245D-licensed providers, tribal nations, lead agencies and other interested parties
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Event dates: June 24 and 25, 2024
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Summary: This two-day advanced practical training covers how to use safety science principles to respond to critical incidents, engage employees in safety and improvement efforts and analyze systemic factors related to unintended outcomes.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:
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