Week of May 27, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of May 27, 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

* More information about MnCHOICES initial assessments validity extension [ #MnCHOICES ]
* Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) implementation updates [ #CFSS ]

 

AASD messages

* Alternative Care (AC) and Essential Community Supports (ECS) eligibility worksheet updates [ #AC_ECS ]

 

DSD messages

* Residential support service criteria (RSSC) implementation resources [ #RSSC ]



Training and event information

* Reminder: Webinar announcement: Personal Care Assistance (PCA) and CFSS Cost Reporting Demonstration and Question and Answer (Q&A) [ #CR ]
* Webinar series about serving children with complex needs in foster care [ #complex_needs ]

 

Other messages

* DHS requests public comments on a home and community-based services (HCBS) evidentiary package [ #EP ]
* Help design mobile contact & time entry [ #mobile_contact ]
* New ratings for Assisted Living Report Card [ #AL_RC ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

More information about MnCHOICES initial assessments validity extension [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS is working to answer lead agency questions and update resources to provide guidance about the MnCHOICES initial assessment validity extension and eligibility update policy change.

 

CFSS implementation updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* People who receive PCA, Consumer Support Grant (CSG) and CFSS services, families, providers, lead agencies and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS began the transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS on Oct. 1, 2024. We will provide regular updates throughout the transition.





AASD messages

[ [link removed] ]AC and ECS eligibility worksheet updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* AC and ECS program assessors and case managers
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS updated the AC and ECS eligibility worksheets because of annual updates to the federal income and eligibility standards. The updates are effective July 1, 2025.





DSD messages

RSSC implementation resources [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies, people who receive disability waiver services, families of people who receive disability waiver services, disability and behavioral health advocates, providers and other interested parties
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS created resources about RSSC implementation effective July 1, 2025.





Training and event information

Reminder: Webinar announcement: PCA and CFSS Cost Reporting Demonstration and Q&A [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Cost report preparers for PCA and CFSS agency model providers
* *Event dates:* June 11, July 9 and Aug. 6, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS’ CFSS Cost Reporting Team will host three webinars that will include a demonstration and Q&A session about cost reporting for PCA and CFSS agency model providers. Participants only need to attend one of the three webinars.

 

Webinar series about serving children with complex needs in foster care [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Counties, tribal nations, contracted case managers, supervisors, workers and leaders who serve children in foster care with complex needs who require residential placement
* *Event dates:* June 24, July 24, Aug. 14, Sept. 16 and Oct. 23, 2025
* *Summary:* The Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is hosting a webinar series about how to navigate residential placements for children with complex needs in foster care.





Other messages

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


* May 23, 2025: DHS requests public comments on an HCBS evidentiary package (AASD message) [ [link removed] ]

 

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


* [ [link removed] ]May 22, 2025: Help design mobile contact & time entry (forwarded message from DCYF) [ [link removed] ]
* [ [link removed] ]May 23, 2025: New ratings for Assisted Living Report Card (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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