Week of Oct. 22, 2024





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Oct. 22, 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

* COVID-19 wind-down policy clarifications [ #COVID ]
* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) implementation updates [ #CFSS ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

COVID-19 wind-down policy clarifications [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff, contracted case management providers, case managers and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Immediately
* *Summary:* DHS identified multiple Alternative Care (AC), Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disabilities (DD) and Elderly Waiver (EW) service agreements that do not align with the COVID-19 wind-down policy. These service agreements have an improperly forced exception code 951 after the wind-down period expired on July 1, 2023. All lead agencies must follow existing eligibility and enrollment policies.

 

CFSS implementation updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) and CFSS services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates early in the transition.





Other messages

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


* Oct. 15, 2024: DHS requests public comments on acute care transitions (DHS Transitions, Tribal & Transformations Division, AASD and DSD message) [ [link removed] ]
* Oct. 16, 2024: DHS requests public comments on home and community-based services (HCBS) evidentiary packages (AASD 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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