Week of Nov. 11, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Nov. 11, 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





DSD messages

* What federal autism announcements mean for policy, coverage and supports in Minnesota [ #autism ]

 

Other messages

* DHS program integrity and fraud response [ #other_program_integrity ]
* Assisted Living Report Card updates [ #Other_AL ]





DSD messages

What federal autism announcements mean for policy, coverage and supports in Minnesota [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Families, providers and policymakers
* *Summary:* Federal officials recently made statements on the prevalence of autism, maternal health and treatment research. These statements might raise questions for families, providers and policymakers. DHS, in collaboration with the Department of Health, is reviewing the implications for state policy, coverage and family supports. This message contains some common questions and current responses based on the best available evidence and guidance.





Other messages

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


* Nov. 10, 2025: DHS program integrity and fraud response (joint AASD/DSD message) [ [link removed] ]

 

AASD/DSD also shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement from the past week:


* Nov. 10, 2025: Assisted Living Report Card updates (forwarded message from Minnesota Assisted Living Report Card) [ [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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