AASD and DSD eList announcement

Date: April 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 March 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 March 2025, DHS made updates to the following pages in the CBSM.

Page	Information about update
ICS settings	We updated the list of settings on CBSM – Resource: Integrated community supports (ICS) settings.
Assisted living facilities licensed by MDH and enrolled to deliver customized living by DHS	We posted CBSM – Assisted living facilities licensed by MDH and enrolled to deliver customized living by DHS, which is a new resource for authorizing customized living services through the Brain Injury (BI) and Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) waivers. For more information, refer to the March 11, 2025, eList announcement.
Transition services provider contact list	We updated information on CBSM – Transition services provider contact list for the following providers: · Accord Care Services, LLC. · Affinity Care Services. · Care Community Services (CCS). · Exodus PCS. · Faladcare, LLC. · Lifebridge Services. · Otter Tail Health Services, LLC.
CSG transition to CFSS	We updated CBSM – Consumer Support Grant (CSG) transition to Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) and made the following changes: · Updated information in the transition process from CSG to CFSS section. · Renamed the lead agency responsibilities section as county/tribal nation responsibilities. · Added information from CFSS Policy Manual – Transition from PCA and CSG to CFSS. · Added county/tribal nation instructions for people who need additional time to complete the transition from CSG to CFSS and county/tribal nation instructions for people who want to start CFSS before their CSG transition service agreement ends. · Clarified information throughout the page.

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