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| The Minnesota Department of Human Services Disability Services Division manages publicly funded programs that support people with a variety of disabilities, including developmental disabilities, chronic medical conditions, acquired or traumatic brain injuries and physical disabilities. |
| Over the past two decades, Minnesota has successfully transitioned from high use of institutional services, such as regional treatment centers, and nursing facilities, to effectively serving people with disabilities with flexible, cost effective home and community based services. These services promote CHOICE. |
| Human services consumers, families, advocates, providers and program administrators are invited to attend initiative update meetings across the state in April. Several face-to-face forums and videoconferences across multiple sites are being held to address upcoming changes to the home and community-based services rate setting and provider enrollment structure. |
| DHS has engaged in a planning process with numerous internal and external stakeholders that will drive the implementation of the new rate-setting methodologies and provider enrollment processes. These new processes begin implementation in January 2011, with complete implementation by December 2011. |
| The Disability Services Division wants to hear from consumers and learn how services support you in maintaining your quality of life. If you would like yourself or an individual you know to be featured in a Consumer Spotlight, answer the following questions. |
| • In which county do you (or the individual) live or receive services? |
| • What services do you (or the individual) receive? |
| • How long have you (or the individual) been receiving services? |
| • Why are the services you receive important to you (or the individual)? |
| • How have these services made a difference in your life or the life of the individual? |
| • Are there any interests, activities or employment you (or the individual) would like us to know about? |
| Consent to publish. You must sign the consent form and submit it with the information for publication. If you have a picture you would like to appear with the spotlight, please send it along with the consent form signed for both information and the picture to be used. The picture will be returned to you. |
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