Week of Sept. 16, 2025
Minnesota Department of Human Services
Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
*Week of Sept. 16, 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
* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) implementation updates [ #CFSS ]
* Workplace Rights Week [ #Workplace_Rights ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]
DSD messages
* DHS seeks new members for the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) advisory group [ #EIDBI_Advisory ]
* DHS seeks new members for the EIDBI Learning Collaborative [ #EIDBI_Learning ]
Training and event information
* Webinar announcement: Waiver Crisis Respite Updates [ #Crisis_Respite ]
* Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Three-Day Advanced Practical Training [ #CoS ]
Other messages
* Dementia grants promote early diagnosis and caregiver resources [ #Other ]
Joint AASD/DSD messages
CFSS implementation updates [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) and Community First Services and Supports (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 throughout the transition.
Workplace Rights Week [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Home and community-based services (HCBS) providers, direct care professionals and other employers or employees working in Minnesota
* *Summary:* DHS encourages people to review information about Workplace Rights Week from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI). Workplace Rights Week is Sept. 21-27, 2025.
Recent CBSM updates [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Lead agencies and all interested parties
* *Summary:* This announcement provides a summary of updates DHS made to the CBSM in August 2025.
DSD messages
DHS seeks new members for the EIDBI advisory group [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related conditions, parents, caregivers, providers, lead agencies, advocates and other people interested in early intervention services for ASD and related conditions
* *Summary:* DHS is recruiting new members for the EIDBI advisory group. Applications open Oct. 1, 2025.
DHS seeks new members for the EIDBI Learning Collaborative [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* EIDBI providers, autism researchers, educators and other interested professionals
* *Summary:* DHS is recruiting new members for the EIDBI Learning Collaborative, which is a small, focused group of provider representatives, autism researchers and educators.
Training and event information
Webinar announcement: Waiver Crisis Respite Updates [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* Lead agency staff, disability waiver case managers, 245D licensed providers and other interested parties
* *Event date:* Oct. 1, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS will host a training session to help lead agencies, waiver case managers and providers understand the changes and updates to waiver crisis respite services.
Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Three-Day Advanced Practical Training [ [link removed] ]
* *Audience:* 245D-licensed providers, lead agencies, particularly people directly involved in agency oversight and leadership, incident data and response, quality assurance, licensure and risk management compliance
* *Event dates:* Oct. 21-23, 2025
* *Summary:* This training covers how to use safety science principles to respond to critical incidents, engage employees in safety and improvement efforts and analyze systemic factors related to unintended outcomes.
Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:
* Sept. 9, 2025: Dementia grants promote early diagnosis and caregiver resources (forwarded message from Minnesota Board on Aging) [ [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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