Week of March 4, 2025
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
*Week of March 4, 2025*
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
* Extension to complete provider costs and wages survey [ #Extension_survey ]
* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) implementation updates [ #CFSS ]
* 2021 Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) Workforce Development Grant report [ #Workforce_dev_report ]
DSD messages
* Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) exception code 635 for transitional services [ #MMIS ]
* Residential support services criteria implementation [ #Residential_criteria ]
Training and event information
* Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ #Culture_safety ]
* Training on Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544 [ #Minn_R_training ]
Other messages
* Medicaid matters in Minnesota: Informing the health care debate (forwarded message on behalf of DHS Minnesota Health Care Programs [MHCP]) [ #Other ]
Joint AASD/DSD messages
Extension to complete provider costs and wages survey [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Lead agencies, providers and other interested parties
* *Survey deadline:* March 21, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS extended the deadline to complete the survey about provider costs and wages for rate methodology evaluation. The new deadline is March 21, 2025.
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.
2021 HCBS Workforce Development Grant report [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* All interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS created a report about the 2021 HCBS Workforce Development Grant.
DSD messages
MMIS exception code 635 for transitional services [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Lead agencies (i.e., counties and tribal nations), case managers, MMIS data entry staff and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Immediately
* *Summary:* DHS is fixing an MMIS programming issue for the exception code 635 (i.e., transitional service limit exceeded) related to transitional service line items (i.e., T2038, T2038 U1 and T2038 U2) for the Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) and Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers.
Residential support services criteria implementation [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Lead agencies, people who receive disability waiver services and their families, disability and behavioral health advocates, providers and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* Effective July 1, 2025, DHS will implement new residential support services criteria.
Training and event information
Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Counties, tribal nations, providers and other interested parties
* *Event date:* April 11, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS offers the Culture of Safety Orientation twice a year. This webinar covers human factors and safety science principles necessary to analyze critical incidents and inform decision-making.
Training on Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544 [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Service providers licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245A (except those also licensed under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 245D and child care providers)
* *Summary:* DHS and partners developed a new optional training on Minnesota Rules, chapter 9544, commonly referred to as the Positive Supports Rule or the rule on positive support strategies and restrictive interventions.
Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:
* Feb. 25, 2025: Medicaid matters in Minnesota: Informing the health care debate (forwarded message on behalf of DHS MHCP) [ [link removed] ]
AASD ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ]
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