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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Sept. 16, 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: 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
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Summary: DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates throughout the transition.
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Audience: Home and community-based services (HCBS) providers, direct care professionals and other employers or employees working in Minnesota
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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.
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Audience: Lead agencies and all interested parties
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Summary: This announcement provides a summary of updates DHS made to the CBSM in August 2025.
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DSD messages
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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
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Summary: DHS is recruiting new members for the EIDBI advisory group. Applications open Oct. 1, 2025.
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Audience: EIDBI providers, autism researchers, educators and other interested professionals
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Summary: DHS is recruiting new members for the EIDBI Learning Collaborative, which is a small, focused group of provider representatives, autism researchers and educators.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Lead agency staff, disability waiver case managers, 245D licensed providers and other interested parties
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Event date: Oct. 1, 2025
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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.
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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
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Event dates: Oct. 21-23, 2025
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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.
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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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