Week of Jan. 13, 2026





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Jan. 13, 2026*






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





AASD messages

* Updates to the Alternative Care (AC) and Essential Community Supports (ECS) eligibility worksheets [ #AC_ECS ]

 

DSD messages

* Rates Management System (RMS) Worksheet – Day and Employment Services, DHS-6790M updates [ #RMS ]
* Interagency employment supports alignment study phase 1 report [ #Employment ]

 

Training and event information

* Webinar announcement: 2026 Culture of Safety Three-Day Advanced Practical Trainings [ #CoS ]

 






AASD messages

Updates to the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* AC and ECS program assessors and case managers
* *Effective date:* Jan. 1, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS updated the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets because of the annual updates to the federal income and eligibility standards.





DSD messages

RMS Worksheet – Day and Employment Services, DHS-6790M updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Employment and day service providers, case managers, lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DSD updated RMS Worksheet – Day and Employment Services, DHS-6790M to include fields for additional information.

 

Interagency employment supports alignment study phase 1 report [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Employment and day service providers, case managers, lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS and Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) vocational rehabilitation services (VRS) completed phase 1 of the interagency employment supports alignment study.





Training and event information

Webinar announcement: 2026 Culture of Safety Three-Day Advanced Practical Trainings [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* 245D-licensed providers, lead agencies and people directly involved in agency oversight and leadership, incident data and response, quality assurance, licensure or risk management compliance
* *Event dates:* March 3-5, July 21-23 and Oct. 21-23, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS is offering three identical series of the Culture of Safety Three-Day Advanced Practical Training in 2026.





AASD ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ] | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE [ [link removed] ]

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