Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates

Week of July 9, 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

DSD messages

• Survey about telehealth use with positive behavior support practices and services

Training and event information

• Webinar announcement: Consumer directed community supports (CDCS) unbundling project

DSD messages

Survey about telehealth use with positive behavior support practices and services

• Audience: Self-advocates, caregivers and positive support service providers in Minnesota
• Survey deadline: Aug. 9, 2024
• Summary: DHS and the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration (ICI) seek feedback from self-advocates, caregivers and positive support service providers in Minnesota through a survey. The survey asks questions about telehealth use with positive behavior supports.

Training and event information

Webinar announcement: CDCS unbundling project

• Audience: Lead agency staff and CDCS support planners
• Event dates: July 16, July 17, July 22 and July 30, 2024
• Summary: DHS will host four identical webinar sessions about the CDCS unbundling project. Each webinar session covers the same information, so participants only need to attend one session.

Other messages

Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:

• July 2, 2024: DHS requests public comments on home and community-based services (HCBS) evidentiary packages (AASD message)

AASD ARCHIVE | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE

Visit CBSM – What’s new often for a list of policies/pages we’ve recently updated in the Community-Based Services Manual.