Week of Sept. 1, 2026





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Sept. 1, 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





Joint AASD/DSD messages

* Reminder: Consumer directed community supports (CDCS) unbundling project ends Sept. 1, 2026 [ #CDCS ]
* New direct care professionals email subscription list [ #DCP_eList ]



Training and event information

* Workplace Rights Week, Sept. 13-19, 2026 [ #Workplace_rights ]
* Reminder: Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ #CoS ]
* DirectCourse Administrator Conference [ #DirectCourse ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

[ [link removed] ]Reminder: CDCS unbundling project ends Sept. 1, 2026 [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff supporting people receiving CDCS
* *Effective date:* Sept. 1, 2026
* *Summary:* The rolling implementation of the CDCS unbundling project ends Sept. 1, 2026.

 

[ [link removed] ]New direct care professionals email subscription list [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* All types of direct care professionals
* *Summary:* DHS created a new email subscription for direct care professional news announcements from DHS and other state agency partners.





Training and event information

[ [link removed] ]Workplace Rights Week, Sept. 13-19, 2026 [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* All Minnesota employers and workers
* *Event dates:* Sept. 13-19, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS encourages people to review information about Workplace Rights Week from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI).

 

[ [link removed] ]Reminder: Webinar announcement: Culture of Safety Orientation [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Counties, Tribal Nations, providers and other interested parties
* *Event date:* Sept. 16, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS will host a Culture of Safety Orientation webinar that covers the human factors and safety science principles necessary to analyze critical incidents and inform decision-making.

 

[ [link removed] ]DirectCourse Administrator Conference [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* DirectCourse administrators at disability services providers and lead agencies
* *Event date:* Sept. 30, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS, in partnership with Elsevier/DirectCourse, will host a virtual, one-day DirectCourse Learning Administrator Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026.





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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