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Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM)

Community-Based Services Manual (CBSM)


DSD eList announcement

Date: Sept. 29, 2026
To: Lead agency case managers who support people using consumer directed community supports (CDCS)
From: DHS Disability Services Division
Purpose: To share information about adaptive or one-on-one swimming lessons in CDCS community support plans
Effective: Immediately
Contact: DSD Contact Form

Adaptive or one-on-one swimming lessons in CDCS community support plans

The lead agency may approve the entire cost of adaptive or one-on-one swimming lessons listed in a person’s CDCS community support plan if all the following are true:

  • · The person has a disability that puts them at a higher risk of drowning.
  • · The person has a qualified instructor.
  • · The person uses CDCS on the Brain Injury (BI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) or Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers.
  • · The adaptive or one-on-one swimming lessons meet the criteria for allowable expenditures on CDCS – Allowable and unallowable goods and services under CDCS.

    • For more information, refer to CDCS – CDCS service category: Individual-directed goods and services.

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