External Program Review Committee (EPRC) minutes

Date: Dec. 4, 2025
DSD liaisons: Jessica Little and Ari Dionisopoulos, Stacie Enders
Type: Whole committee
Attendees: Sharon Momanyi, Kim Frost, Daniel Baker, Jodi Greenstein, Susie Haben, Lindsay Nash, Melanie Eidsmoe, Antonina Puente, Brenda Kinney,
Not present: Laura Daire

Agenda items

Vote

The committee voted on the minutes from November 2025:

· Daniel Baker: Yes

· Laura Daire: Absent

· Melanie Eidsmoe: Yes

· Sharon Momanyi: Yes

· Brenda Kinney: Yes

· Kim Frost: Yes

· Antonina Puente: Yes

· Jodi Greenstein: Yes

· Susie Haben: Abstain

· Danielle Bishop: Absent

· Linsday Nash: Yes

Updates to share

Please see agenda for addition information.

Regional positive support capacity building meetings

Committee members are invited to give any updates they may have on this topic. More information can be found at: Regional Capacity Building – Positive Supports (qualitycouncilmn.org).

Discussion: Statewide regional meeting Dec. 10. 2025. Twin Cities meeting had an RRS speak on assistance and technical support they offer lead agencies. At the Arrowhead meeting the main topic was a presentation by an intern. Discussion led to doing things within the area that involved more arts-based themes to bring in more people from the community.

Simplify and organize online DHS materials and training resources related to positive support services

Communication resource is done, currently with eDOCs for posting.

Intervention services redesign

The project continues to move forward. The project is delayed at least six months based on procedural issues with the survey approval. The recent announcement of a service moratorium on 245D licenses will delay project implementation until at least 2028. Currently the group is focused on crisis respite updates and have added proposed language for specialist support surrounding demanding outdoor physical activities for individuals it would benefit.

Direct care workforce shortage

Service rates and compensation project is expected to be published next week. Next project will focus on determining training requirements for those direct care positions throughout Minnesota.

Culture of Safety report has been published. Here is the link to Collaborative Safety Report. Material comes from the parent company Collaborative Safety LLC.

Subcommittee updates

Requests for approval subcommittee

Variety and consistency of therapy seems to be beneficial.

Emergency use of manual restraint subcommittee

This subcommittee has been conducting business as usual.

Discussion

Annual goal

The committee’s goal is: Create and maintain training materials as needs are discovered and as project opportunities emerge. Some projects may include: PSTP examples, reinforcement (token) programs, implementing Minnesota Rule 9544 for 245D-licensed providers, trainings for specific behaviors or disorders (PICA, fecal smearing, self-harm ingestion), and relating that to state regulations.

Training opportunities

DHS-5148A (Instructions for using the Minnesota Incident Reporting System [MIRS])