Week of April 1, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of April 1, 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

* MnCHOICES initial assessments validity extension [ #MnCHOICES ]
* Waiver-funded assistance for community emergencies or disasters [ #Emergency_disaster_assistance ]



DSD messages

* Grant opportunity to reduce hospital discharge delays for medically complex pediatric patients [ #Grant ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

MnCHOICES initial assessments validity extension [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* Effective July 1, 2025, MnCHOICES initial assessments will be valid for up to 365 days from the initial assessment interview date to establish program eligibility.

 

Waiver-funded assistance for community emergencies or disasters [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies and service providers
* *Summary:* DHS may approve lead agencies to authorize the use of respite services or residential services during a community emergency or disaster. This waiver-funded assistance applies to people who receive home and community-based services (HCBS).





DSD messages

Grant opportunity to reduce hospital discharge delays for medically complex pediatric patients [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Home care nursing agencies
* *Submission deadline:* 4 p.m. on April 18, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS is accepting applications from licensed home care nursing agencies to develop a pilot program that addresses hospitalization and discharge delays for medically complex pediatric patients.





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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