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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Aug. 13, 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
DSD messages
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Training and event information
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: HCBS providers
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Summary: DHS will email HCBS providers the instructions to complete the 2024 HCBS labor market survey on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024.
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Audience: Lead agencies, providers, direct support professionals and other interested parties
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Submission deadline: Aug. 28, 2024
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Summary: DHS seeks proposals from qualified responders to analyze prospective models to fund retirement benefits for self-directed Medicaid services direct support workers.
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Audience: Self-advocates, caregivers, providers, support planners, case managers and other interested parties in Minnesota
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Summary: DHS and the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration seek feedback about barriers to transition from emergency rooms and hospitals.
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DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agency disability waiver supervisors and case managers
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Summary: DHS created a new required course for disability waiver case managers, “Informed Choice: Disability Waiver Case Manager Training.” The course supports recent legislative changes to disability waiver case manager training requirements.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Lead agency staff, case managers, residential supports and services providers, day service providers, basic, intensive, in-home and employment support service providers and all interested parties
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Event dates: Aug. 21 and Dec. 11, 2024
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Summary: The DHS Licensing and Disability Services divisions will host a virtual roundtable series about issues providers face when implementing specific 245D requirements. The next webinar in the series is at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024.
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Audience: Waiver case managers who serve children, child protection and child welfare case managers, children’s mental health case managers, child foster care licensors and other interested parties
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Event date: Aug. 29 or Sept. 10, 2024
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Summary: DHS encourages waiver case managers who serve children to attend the webinar, “Placing Children with Complex Needs: Placement Authority, Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS) and Foster Care Requirements,” on Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, or Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024.
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Audience: Lead agencies, tribal agencies, providers and other interested parties
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Event date: Sept. 5, 2024
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Summary: DHS offers the Culture of Safety Orientation twice a year. This webinar will cover the human factors and safety science principles that are vital to analyze critical incidents and inform decision-making.
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Audience: 245D-licensed providers, tribal nations and lead agencies, particularly people directly involved in agency oversight and leadership, incident data and response, quality assurance, adult protection, licensure and risk management compliance
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Event dates: Sept. 17 and Sept. 19, 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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