AASD and DSD eList announcement

Date: July 15, 2025
To: Lead agencies and all interested parties
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services and Disability Services divisions
Purpose: To announce updates DHS made to the Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM) in June 2025
Contact: For BI, CAC, CADI and DD: DSD Contact Form; for AC, ECS and EW: DHS.AASD.HCBS@state.mn.us; for MMIS service agreements and screening documents: Service Agreement and Screening Document (SASD) Support Team

Recent CBSM updates

In June 2025, DHS made updates to the following pages in the CBSM.

Page	Information about update
Transition services provider contact list	We updated information on CBSM – Transition services provider contact list for the following providers: · Community Outreach Services LLC. · Redeemer Services Inc.
Lead agency employment liaison contact list	We updated information on CBSM – Lead agency employment liaison contact list for Anoka County.
ICS settings	We updated the list of settings on CBSM – Resource: Integrated community supports (ICS) settings.
Corporate foster care moratorium liaison contact list	We updated information on CBSM – Corporate foster care moratorium liaison contact list for Le Sueur County.
Assessment applicability and timelines	We updated CBSM – Assessment applicability and timelines to add information about remote annual assessments for Community First Services and Supports (CFSS). For more information, refer to the June 17, 2025, eList announcement.
SASD Support Team	We updated CBSM – Service Agreement and Screening Document (SASD) Support Team to clarify the technical changes request instructions for type B personal care assistance (PCA) services, type B CFSS services and type B home health aide (HHA), skilled nursing visit (SNV) and home care nursing (HCN) services.
EW	We updated CBSM – Elderly Waiver (EW) and made the following changes: · Clarified information in the definition and eligibility sections. · Clarified information and added extended CFSS in the covered services section. · Added instructions for SNVs in the secondary information section. · Removed CBSM – Feedback about services for EW through MCOs from the additional resources section.

Training

AASD

AASD and the Minnesota Board on Aging offer online courses and training materials for staff from counties, tribal nations, managed care organizations, providers and other interested parties about how to better serve and support older adults.

All courses are available in the Older Adult Programs Learning Center in TrainLink.

For additional information, refer to DHS – AASD training and webinars.

DSD

Lead agency staff can take the On-Demand HCBS Disability Waiver Foundations course to learn the basics about the four disability waivers, including eligibility and covered services.

The Supporting A Person’s Move: A Case Manager’s Role course guides case managers through their responsibilities in supporting a person to find a new home. This course also discusses different moving supports, services and tools to help people plan for successful moves, including information about Housing Stabilization Services (HSS). To find the course, go to TrainLink and search for course code “Housing_CM”.

For information about additional trainings, refer to TrainLink – DSD training news and information.

Previous eList announcements

AASD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE | DSD LEAD AGENCY ARCHIVE | DSD STAKEHOLDER ARCHIVE