Week of Oct. 28, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Oct. 28, 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

* 2025-2026 National Core Indicators (NCI) initiative [ #NCI ]
* 2025 home and community-based services (HCBS) employee-owned cooperative grants pilot program summary [ #pilot_summary ]

 

DSD messages

* Jan. 1, 2026, Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) component values updates [ #DWRS ]



Training and event information

* HIV care and prevention webinar [ #HIV ]

 

Other messages

* DHS requests public comments on amendments to the disability waiver plans [ #other ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

2025-2026 NCI initiative [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff and all interested parties
* *Effective date:* Immediately
* *Summary:* DHS is participating in the NCI initiative to gather feedback from people with disabilities and older adults who receive HCBS and supports.

 

2025 HCBS employee-owned cooperative grants pilot program summary [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People receiving services, caregiving professionals and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS posted a summary of the HCBS employee-owned cooperative grants pilot program.





DSD messages

Jan. 1, 2026, DWRS component values updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* HCBS providers, lead agency staff and other interested parties
* *Summary:* Effective Jan. 1, 2026, or upon federal approval by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), DHS will start using updated component values for DWRS framework services as required by the Minnesota Legislature.





Training and event information

HIV care and prevention webinar [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Aging and disability services providers
* *Event date:* Oct. 29, 2025
* *Summary:* “Federal Budgets: What’s Ahead for HIV Care and Prevention in Minnesota and Nationally” is a free webinar that will explore how federal budget decisions impact people living with HIV and communities most vulnerable to HIV.





Other messages

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


* Oct. 23, 2025: DHS requests public comments on amendments to the disability waiver plans (DSD message) [ [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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