Week of Oct. 14, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Oct. 14, 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

* Rate and budget changes on Jan. 1, 2026 [ #Rates ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]

 

DSD messages

* Reminder: DHS seeks new members for the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) advisory group [ #EIDBI_advisory ]
* Reminder: DHS seeks new members for the EIDBI Learning Collective [ #EIDBI_learning ]
* New resource about evidence-based practices [ #Evidence_based_practice ]



Training and event information

* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) information sessions [ #CFSS ]

 

Other messages

* DHS requests public comments on Brain Injury (BI) Waiver application [ #BI ]
* Housing Stabilization Services program to end Oct. 31 [ #Other ]
* Minnesota Paid Leave starts Jan. 1 [ #Other ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

Rate and budget changes on Jan. 1, 2026 [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, case managers, care coordinators and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* Jan. 1, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS will implement rate and budget increases on Jan. 1, 2026.

 

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 September 2025.





DSD messages

Reminder: 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 opened Oct. 1, 2025.

 

Reminder: 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.

 

New resource about evidence-based practices [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People with disabilities, people who support adults and children with disabilities, lead agencies, provider organizations and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS created a new resource about evidence-based practices.





Training and event information

CFSS information sessions [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) or CFSS, their families and friends and other interested parties
* *Event dates:* 10 information sessions from Oct. 20 to Nov. 10, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS will host 10 identical online CFSS information sessions for people who receive services. Each session will cover CFSS basic information and CFSS service delivery plans.





Other messages

Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:


* Oct. 9, 2025: DHS requests public comments on BI Waiver application (DSD message) [ [link removed] ]

 

AASD/DSD also is sharing the following recent announcements:


* Oct. 2, 2025: Housing Stabilization Services program to end Oct. 31 (forwarded message from DHS Housing Stabilization Services) [ [link removed] ]
* Oct. 7, 2025: Minnesota Paid Leave starts Jan. 1 (forwarded message from Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development) [ [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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