Week of Aug. 6, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Aug. 6, 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

* Long-term services and supports workforce incentive payments for direct support professionals (DSPs) [ #DSPs ]



Training and event information

* Reminder: Register for the Odyssey webinar "The Principles of Disability Justice" [ #Odyssey ]
* Electronic visit verification (EVV) provider training session [ #EVV ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Long-term services and supports workforce incentive payments for DSPs [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Home and community-based services (HCBS) providers, intermediate care facility providers, nursing facility providers, personal care assistance (PCA) providers, Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) providers, Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) providers, home care services providers, financial management services (FMS) providers and customized living services (CLS) providers
* *Summary:* DHS encourages providers to apply for the Minnesota Care Force Incentive to reward DSPs with incentive payments.





Training and event information

Reminder: Register for the Odyssey webinar "The Principles of Disability Justice" [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, providers and other interested parties
* *Event date:* Aug. 16, 2024
* *Summary:* Registration for the second 2024 Odyssey webinar, “The Principles of Disability Justice,” is open until 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024.

 

EVV provider training session [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Providers of in-scope service for EVV that provide personal care services, including some waiver services, home health services and other interested parties
* *Event date:* Aug. 22, 2024
* *Summary:* DHS and HHAeXchange (HHAX) will host an in-depth training session on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, for providers who already completed the EVV onboarding process 





Other messages

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


* July 30, 2024: State moves quickly to fill HIV service provider gap (DHS message) [ [link removed] ]





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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