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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of July 29, 2025
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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
Other messages
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Joint AASD/DSD messages
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Audience: Counties and tribal nations
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Effective date: Immediately
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Summary: DHS updated MMIS to help counties/tribal nations save time when they enter type B service agreements.
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Audience: Businesses interested in becoming a Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) consultation services provider
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Summary: DHS invites applications from businesses interested in becoming a CFSS consultation services provider.
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Audience: Organizations that work with new Americans, LTC providers, workforce and employment organizations and other interested parties
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Application deadline: Sept. 4, 2025
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Summary: DHS is accepting applications for grants to support new Americans in the LTC workforce.
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DSD messages
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Audience: EIDBI providers, people who receive services and their families and other interested parties
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Summary: The 2025 Minnesota Legislature passed changes that affect the EIDBI benefit.
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Audience: EIDBI providers, people who receive services and their families and other interested parties
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Summary: The 2025 Minnesota Legislature passed EIDBI clinical supervision requirements. DHS updated the EIDBI Policy Manual and the Individual Treatment Plan (ITP) form to reflect these requirements.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Lead agency staff, case managers, day service providers, employment support service providers and basic, intensive, in-home and residential support service providers
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Event date: Aug. 6, 2025
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Summary: DHS Licensing and Disability Services divisions will host a webinar about how organizations can support direct support professionals in their efforts to implement positive supports, person-centered practices and skills needed to meet 245D requirements.
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Audience: Home and community-based services (HCBS) employment and day service providers and other interested parties
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Event date: Aug. 14, 2025
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Summary: “Staying the Course: Navigating the Ups and Downs of Provider Transformation” is a virtual training opportunity hosted by the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration (ICI) on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025.
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Audience: Cost report preparers for unit-based service providers
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Event date: Aug. 20, 2025
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Summary: The DWRS Cost Reporting Team will host a demonstration and Q&A session about DWRS cost reporting for unit-based service providers on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:
AASD/DSD also shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:
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