Week of Feb. 3, 2026





Minnesota Department of Human Services





Aging & Disability
Weekly Updates



*Week of Feb. 3, 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

* MnCHOICES data sharing survey [ #survey ]
* Ongoing efforts to improve MnCHOICES security [ #MnCHOICES ]
* Recent Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) updates [ #CBSM ]

 

DSD messages

* Connecting families project grant opportunity [ #grant ]



Training and event information

* Reminder: Webinar about assistive technology and the aging population [ #AT ]

 

Other messages

* Adult day care temporary licensing moratorium [ #ADC ]
* Return to compliance with final Social Security disability determinations [ #SMRT ]





Joint AASD/DSD messages

MnCHOICES data sharing survey [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Counties that administer MnCHOICES assessments and long-term services and supports
* *Survey deadline:* Feb. 13, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS requests feedback from county managers, supervisors, data analysts and other county employees that regularly use MnCHOICES data in their work.

 

Ongoing efforts to improve MnCHOICES security [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency staff and other interested parties
* *Summary:* DHS is working on changes to improve MnCHOICES security.

 

Recent CBSM updates [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agencies and all interested parties
* *Summary:* This announcement provides a summary of the updates DHS made to the CBSM in December 2025.





DSD messages

Connecting families project grant opportunity [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Minnesota family support organizations serving families of children with disabilities
* *Submission deadline:* March 9, 2026
* *Summary:* DHS is accepting applications from family support organizations for a grant opportunity to provide support to Minnesota families of children with disabilities through individual and group support services, resource connections and Charting the LifeCourse (CtLC) education.





Training and event information

Reminder: Webinar about assistive technology and the aging population [ [link removed] ]

* *Audience:* Lead agency assessors, case managers, care coordinators, providers, people who receive services and caregivers
* *Event date:* Feb. 5, 2026
* *Summary:* Join DHS and Minnesota Networking in Education and Assistive Technology (MN-NEAT) for the webinar, “Assistive Technology for Aging Adults,” on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026.





Other messages

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


* Jan. 28, 2026: Adult day care center temporary licensing moratorium (joint AASD/DSD message) [ [link removed] ]

 

AASD/DSD also shares messages from other areas of DHS. We are sharing the following announcement:


* Feb. 3, 2026: Return to compliance with final Social Security determinations (forwarded message from DHS Health Care Eligibility and Access Division) [ [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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