The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: - Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) - Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: A. Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) B. Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) - Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

Provides the following educational programs for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing: - Accuplacer testing/training: A test that helps place students in the appropriate college courses for their skill level - Adult basic education and tutoring - Case management and citizenship training for refugees who are deaf - Driver's education - High school diploma assistance

Assessment of skills to identify potentials, aptitudes, and career goals to determine employment needs for people with disabilities. Avivo works further with those assessed to find and keep employment they love. An employment counselor will work with the client on a training or employment plan designed to meet life and work goals.

Litchfield School District provides comprehensive educational programs for students with disabilities from birth through 21 years of age. Services for persons who are intellectually challenged, visually challenged, and/or hearing impaired, and those with developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, and emotional disorders: - Adapted physical education - Early intervention programs - Remedial math, reading, and spelling - Transition planning

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

Individualized employment services and support for people living with disabilities include: - Day Training: Provides choices on how to spend time on learning work or leisure activities - Employment Services: Helps individuals to explore work and introduce employment options. This service helps people to make an informed choice about working in competitive, integrated employment. - Habilitation - Prevocational Services: Offers training that focuses on building necessary skills and behaviors that the person needs to succeed in the community. ?

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth to Kindergarten entrance. Learning opportunities through ECFE may occur in a variety of settings, such as the families' homes, district or community sites, and online parenting education and support. Programming and education services often include parents/caregivers and children but may just include parents/caregivers.

- The ODC contracts with local companies to perform work at their place of business. - This provides ODC participants and employees with meaningful work and in some cases, results in a transition from sheltered employment to competitive employment. - Examples of community based work are: - Mobile Work Crews - Jobs such as yard work, cleaning, etc. - Enclave (Small work crew) - ODC contracts with an industry and provides a trainer as needed - The industry provides material and site of work - Individual Work Site - ODC contracts to perform work for just one individual - The work is done at the place of business and a trainer from ODC will be provided as needed

A comprehensive web-based application that integrates assessment and support planning for people who need long-term services and supports in Minnesota. The assessment takes a person-centered approach to ensure services meet each individual's strengths, goals, preferences, and assessed needs. The assessment replaces the following assessment tools: - Developmental Disability Screening - Home Care Nursing Assessment (to be included in a future enhancement) - Long-term Care Consultation Assessment - Personal Care Assistance Assessment The assessment determines eligibility for publicly funded programs and services, including: - Alternative Care Program - Brain Injury Waiver - Case management for people with developmental disabilities - Community Alternative Care Waiver - Community Alternatives for Disabled Individuals Waiver? - Developmental Disability Waiver? - Elderly Waiver - Semi-Independent Living Services

Individual Advocacy includes both advocating and teaching self-advocacy skills to persons with disabilities to solve problems related to their legal, civil, and human rights. Members practice the following skills: - Self-advocacy - Encourage and support others in their self-advocacy efforts

Works to ensure individuals have an accessible and safe environment at home. Projects to keep people safe in their homes may include: - Ceiling-mounted track systems - Elevators - vertical elevators and step elevators - Exterior ramps and interior threshold ramps - Grab bars - Roll-under sinks/vanities - Stairlifts - Walk-in/roll-in showers - Walk-in/roll-in tubs An environmental home assessment is preferred first, but is not a requirement.

- Early intervention services - Special education programs

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

Individual Advocacy includes both advocating and teaching self-advocacy skills to persons with disabilities to solve problems related to their legal, civil, and human rights. Members practice the following skills: - Self-advocacy - Encourage and support others in their self-advocacy efforts

- Adapted physical education - Early intervention services for children birth through age 6 - Remedial math and reading

Provides access to assistive technology, including: - Assistive technology information and referral - Device demonstration: In-person or online demonstration of assistive technology devices - Device loan: Allows individuals the opportunity to try a device/software program before buying - Device reuse: Provides information about selling, exchanging, or donating assistive technology that is no longer needed - Training: Offers online training on how to use accessible features on Word, PDFs, and other common platforms - Workshops for professionals, consumers, and family members related to assistive technology.

Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) is a Minnesota health care program that offers flexible options to meet the unique needs of people. CFSS allows people greater independence in their homes and communities. CFSS replaces personal care assistance (PCA) and the Consumer Support Grant (CSG). CFSS covers the same main services as PCA: - Activities of daily living, such as eating, bathing, grooming and transferring - Health-related tasks - Instrumental activities of daily living, such as shopping, cooking, laundry, and assistance with self-administered medications - Observation and redirection of behavior. Under CFSS, individuals will work with a Consultation Services Provider, like Arc Northland, to be able to choose between the Budget Model or Agency Model. Consultation Services Providers will provide education on their options and provide support in writing their service delivery plan.

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for: Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA) Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age: - Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW) - Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC) Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

Provides services and resources that support students and school sites in the development and implementation of a comprehensive and inclusive continuum of instruction.

Permanent supportive housing providing case management to encourage stability to homeless families who have a family member with a chronic disability including intake assessment, creating a family plan, referral and advocacy, budget debt reduction, life skills, parenting support, job search, housing search, goal planning and tracking.

Engages adults with disabilities assisting them in developing and maintaining life skills so that they can fully participate in the community. Services include: - Activities - Community outings - Door-to-door transportation - Personal hygiene assistance - Snacks - Therapeutic intervention and more...? Nutritious in-house meals may be included for those on waivered services and pre-registered. Otherwise, cost per meal is $4.50.

Provides care in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of hearing and balance disorders through services such as: - Coordination of physician referrals - Hearing aid fittings, follow-up and repair - Hearing evaluations (audiology exams) - Individual and family counseling on preventing and coping with hearing loss

Housing intended for people with lower incomes, where rent is a fixed rate for tenants and slightly lower than market rate. Some properties are available only to older adults and people living with disabilities. Anoka County - Abbey Field Townhomes - Saint Francis - Cutters Grove Apartments - Anoka Becker County: - Pelican River Apartments - Detroit Lakes Benton County: - Oak Street Townhomes - Saint Cloud - Park Plaza Apartments - Saint Cloud Carver County: - Heritage Park Apartments - Chanhassen - Lake Hazeltine Woods Townhomes - Chaska Clay County: - Carriage House Senior Apartments - Moorhead - Village Green Manor - Moorhead Crow Wing County: - Circle Pines Apartments - Brainerd Dakota County: - Parkwood Heights - Burnsville - Rosemount Plaza - Rosemount Faribault County: - Garden Court Apartment - Winnebago Hennepin County: - Plymouth Ponds Apartments - Plymouth - Somerset Oaks Apartments and Townhomes - Saint Louis Park - Sterling Ponds Senior Apartments - Eden Prarie Kanabec County: - North Mora Estates and Townhomes - Mora - Woodcrest Manor Senior Apartments - Mora Le Sueur County: - Centennial Plaza Apartments - Le Center Otter Tail County: - Colonial Village Apartments and Townhouses - Fergus Falls - Broadway Apartments - Fergus Falls Ramsey County: - Afton View Apartments - Saint Paul - Forest Place Apartments - Saint Paul - Lakewood Hills Apartments - White Bear Lake - Maple Ridge Apartments - Maplewood - Shamrock Court Apartments - Saint Paul - Sun Cliffe Apartments - Saint Paul - Victoria Place - Roseville Saint Louis County: - Applewood West and Fairmont Apartments - Duluth - Birchwood Apartments - Virginia - Chesterwood Apartments - Duluth - Eastview Apartments - Eveleth - Lakeside Manor Apartments - Chisholm - Morgan Park Townhomes - Duluth - Munger Terrace - Duluth - Park Villa Apartments - Mountain Iron - Pine Manor Townhouses - Ely Scott County: - Riva Ridge Apartments - Shakoppe Sherburne County: - Elk Ridge Manor - Elk River - Woodview Apartments - Zimmerman Stearns County: - River Oak Heights Apartments - Cold Spring Stevens County: - Pacific Place - Morris Washington County - Waterford Townhomes - Oakdale - Woodmount Townhomes - Cottage Grove Wilkin County: - York Apartments - Breckenridge - York Manor Senior Apartments - Breckenridge