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Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates
Week of Jan. 27, 2026
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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
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DSD messages
Training and event information
Other messages
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DSD messages
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Audience: Lead agencies and other interested parties
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Summary: The 2025 Minnesota Legislature passed a new requirement to implement disability waiver service agreement review.
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Audience: EIDBI provider agencies
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Summary: DHS posted the EIDBI provisional licensing application in the DHS Provider Hub.
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Training and event information
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Audience: Providers, social workers and other professionals who support people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who have complex or higher-level behavioral needs and receive support through targeted, individualized and intensive positive supports
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Event dates: Jan. 27, Feb. 10, Feb. 17, March 3, March 17, April 7, April 28 and May 5, 2026
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Summary: Registration is open for the Project Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes (Project ECHO) eight-session pilot series, “Targeted, Individualized and Intensive Positive Supports for Children and Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,” presented by the TeleOutreach Center, University of Minnesota ICI and DHS.
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Audience: All interested parties, including counties, tribal nations and managed care organizations
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Event date: Jan. 29, 2026
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Summary: DHS is hosting a webinar about the new EW hospital high-needs exception. Participants will learn about when and how to request the exception using a new form.
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Other messages
Occasionally, AASD/DSD needs to send more timely messages. We sent the following announcement in the past week:
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