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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Dec. 3, 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
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Audience: Lead agencies (counties and tribal nations), case managers, MMIS data entry staff and other interested parties
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Effective dates: Dec. 12-20, 2024
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Summary: Lead agency staff must not add or make changes to Alternative Care (AC), Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Developmental Disabilities (DD), Elderly Waiver (EW), Essential Community Supports (ECS), CFSS and Consumer Support Grant (CSG) service agreements in MMIS from Dec. 12-20, 2024, or until DHS sends an all-clear eList to lead agencies.
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Audience: People who receive services, families, caregivers, providers, community advocates, financial management services (FMS) providers, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) members and other interested parties
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Input period ends: Dec. 30, 2024
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Summary: DHS requests feedback on barriers and potential solutions to simplify EVV compliance for live-in caregivers in Minnesota.
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Audience: People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), CSG and CFSS services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
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Summary: DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates early in the transition.
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Audience: Certified assessors and other lead agency staff who work with people who need interpreter services
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Summary: DHS created a new resource for certified assessors and other lead agency staff who work with interpreters.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:
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