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Consumer Directed Community Support (CDCS) Manual

Consumer Directed Community Support (CDCS) Manual


Financial management services (FMS)

Page posted: 10/15/18

Page reviewed: 3/20/23

Page updated: 3/20/23

Legal authority

Federally approved BI, CAC, CADI, DD and EW waiver plans, Alternative Care (AC) program (Minn. Stat. §256B.0913)

Definition

Financial management services (FMS): Services that provide help with financial tasks, billing and employer-related responsibilities for people who self-direct their services through consumer directed community supports (CDCS) or the Consumer Support Grant (CSG). FMS providers deliver these services. For information, refer to CDCS – FMS providers.

Covered services

FMS providers perform vendor fiscal/employer agent (VF/EA) tasks. This means the FMS provider’s role is to support the person to fulfill their responsibilities in being the employer of their workers.

In this role, the FMS provider performs tasks that include, but are not limited to:

  • · Billing DHS and paying vendors or the person’s individual workers for authorized goods and services.
  • · Ensuring what the person spends their funds on follows the rules of the program and the lead-agency-approved plan.
  • · Helping the person obtain workers’ compensation.
  • · Educating the person on how to employ workers.
  • · Documenting and reporting all spending of program funds.
  • · Initiating background studies for workers.
  • · Filing federal and state payroll taxes for workers on the person’s behalf.
  • Additional resources

    CBSM – Change of fiscal services for people who participate in CDCS and CSG
    CDCS – FMS providers
    CDCS – FMS document and reporting requirements
    CDCS – FMS reports to lead agencies and people/families

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