Week of June 18, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of June 18, 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

* Olmstead disability inclusion and choice survey [ #Olmstead ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]

 

AASD messages

* Updates to the Alternative Care (AC) and Essential Community Supports (ECS) eligibility worksheets [ #AC_ECS ]



DSD messages

* Disability waiver case manager employment training update [ #Emplyment_training ]

 

Training and event information

* Reminder: Webinar announcement: Advancing Your Skills: Enhancing Support Plans [ #AYS ]
* Update to webinar announcement: Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) Quarterly Webinars [ #DWRS ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Olmstead disability inclusion and choice survey [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People with disabilities, families and other interested parties
* *Survey deadline:* June 30, 2024
* *Summary:* The Olmstead Implementation Office seeks feedback about disability inclusion and choice through a survey.

 

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 May 2024.





AASD messages

Updates to the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* AC and ECS program assessors and case managers
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS updated the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets because of annual updates to the federal income and eligibility standards.





DSD messages

Disability waiver case manager employment training update [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Disability waiver case managers
* *Summary:* DHS is monitoring total statewide enrollment and completion progress for the new disability waiver case manager employment training. All disability waiver case managers must complete this training by Aug. 1, 2024.





Training and event information

Reminder: Webinar announcement: Advancing Your Skills: Enhancing Support Plans [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff who use the MnCHOICES Support Plan, including waiver case managers, care coordinators and certified assessors
* *Event dates:* June 26, Sept. 25 and Dec. 18, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS plans to hold quarterly webinars that focus on advanced topics related to support planning.

 

Update to webinar announcement: DWRS Quarterly Webinars [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Providers, lead agencies, people who receive services, direct care workers and other interested parties
* *Updated event dates:* Sept. 25 and Dec. 11, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS canceled the June 26, 2024, session because we do not have any timely updates to share.





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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