DSD eList announcement
Date: Sept. 1, 2021
To: Lead agencies, service providers, people with disabilities, families, interested parties
From: DHS Disability Services Division
Purpose: To announce guidance about life sharing for lead agencies, service providers, people with disabilities, families and interested parties
Effective: Immediately
Contact: DSD.ResponseCenter@state.mn.us
New guidance about the life-sharing matching process and living arrangements
DHS published a new resource with guidance about life sharing: CBSM – Resource: Life-sharing matching process and ongoing support options. This guidance applies to adults age 18 or older on the following waivers:
Over the past few years, we worked with our partners to develop this guidance. It uses existing home and community-based services (HCBS) waiver services to help facilitate meaningful, relationship-based living arrangements where people are matched carefully using person-centered practices. People can choose a variety of ongoing support services once they find an acceptable match.
Instructions
Additional information
Life sharing is a relationship-based living arrangement that carefully matches an adult age 18 or older who has a disability with an individual or family who choose to share life experiences and support the person using person-centered practices. It is one choice among many options for adults with disabilities.
Life sharing is not a formal waiver service. The guidance includes information about how to use existing disability waiver services to create life-sharing arrangements.
In a life-sharing arrangement:
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