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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Oct. 14, 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: Lead agencies, case managers, care coordinators and other interested parties
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Effective date: Jan. 1, 2026
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Summary: DHS will implement rate and budget increases on Jan. 1, 2026.
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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 September 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 opened 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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Audience: People with disabilities, people who support adults and children with disabilities, lead agencies, provider organizations and other interested parties
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Summary: DHS created a new resource about evidence-based practices.
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Training and event information
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Audience: People who receive personal care assistance (PCA), Consumer Support Grant (CSG) or CFSS, their families and friends and other interested parties
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Event dates: 10 information sessions from Oct. 20 to Nov. 10, 2025
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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.
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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 is sharing the following recent announcements:
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