AASD and DSD eList announcement

Date: June 27, 2022
To: Direct support professionals (DSPs), service providers, lead agencies, people who access services and other interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To encourage health and human service workers to sign up for frontline worker bonuses
Application deadline: 5 p.m., July 22, 2022
Contact: mnfrontlinepay@submittable.com

Submit applications for frontline worker pay

People who provided direct support services to older adults, people with disabilities and people with mental health care needs in Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic may be eligible for frontline worker pay. Examples of facilities and/or organizations that employ eligible frontline workers may include:

Details

To determine your eligibility for the bonus, go to the Minnesota Frontline Worker Pay site (expand the “guidelines” section for detailed information on eligibility). The deadline to apply is 5 p.m., July 22, 2022.

For more information on frontline worker payments, review the Frontline Worker Pay Outreach Toolkit.

Authority

Gov. Tim Walz signed frontline worker payments into law (Minn. S.F. 2677, art. 2), on April 29, 2022, to thank people who worked on the frontlines in Minnesota during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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