Week of July 1, 2025





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of July 1, 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

* New Moving Home Minnesota (MHM) supplemental services available July 1, 2025 [ #MHM ]
* Direct support professionals survey [ #DSP ]

 

AASD messages

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



DSD messages

* Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention (EIDBI) legislative updates [ #EIDBI ]

 

Training and event information

* Reminder: Webinar announcement: Disability Waiver Rate System (DWRS) Cost Reporting Demonstration and Q&A – Residential Service Providers [ #DWRS ]
* Reminder: Webinar announcement: MnCHOICES Initial Assessment Review – Overview and Q&A [ #IAR ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

New MHM supplemental services available July 1, 2025 [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* MHM service providers and lead agency staff
* *Effective date:* July 1, 2025
* *Summary:* New MHM supplemental services are available to support a person’s transition to the community.

 

Direct support professionals survey [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Direct support professionals, including home health nurses, personal care assistants and nursing home aides, and other interested parties
* *Survey deadline:* 5 p.m. on Aug. 29, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS is conducting a short, voluntary survey about the home and community-based services (HCBS) direct support labor market.





AASD messages

Reminder: 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

EIDBI legislative updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* EIDBI providers, people who receive services and their families and other interested stakeholders
* *Summary:* The 2025 Minnesota Legislature passed changes that affect the EIDBI benefit.





Training and event information

Reminder: Webinar announcement: DWRS Cost Reporting Demonstration and Q&A – Residential Service Providers [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Cost report preparers for residential service providers
* *Event date:* July 16, 2025
* *Summary:* The DWRS Cost Reporting Team will host a demonstration and Q&A session about DWRS cost reporting for residential service providers.

 

Reminder: Webinar announcement: MnCHOICES Initial Assessment Review – Overview and Q&A [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff, including MnCHOICES mentors, certified assessors, case managers and care coordinators
* *Event date:* Aug. 5, 2025
* *Summary:* DHS will host a webinar about the MnCHOICES initial assessment review implementation. We will go over basic implementation information and answer pre-submitted questions.





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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