245D waiver services

By employing a person-centered approach, individuals will have the chance to develop and exercise their decision-making, choice, and personal advocacy skills to support their preferences for who will support them and how they are supported. Together, the individual receiving services and their guardian decide what is important to and for the person, which may involve choosing and hiring suitable workers including family members, friends, coworkers, and neighbors.

   - For people who need reminders, cues intermittent/moderate supervision or physical assistance to remain in their own homes.

   - 24-hour emergency assistance: On-call counseling and problem-solving and/or immediate response for assistance at a person's home due to a health/personal emergency. 

   - Companion services: Non-medical care, supervision and socialization to a person age 18 or older.

   - Homemaker services: Eligible services range from light household cleaning to household cleaning with incidental assistance with home management and/or activities of daily living. 

   - Night supervision: Provides overnight assistance and monitoring by an awake staff in the person's home. 

   - Personal support: Services provided in the person's home or community in support of achieving potential, increasing independence and meeting community inclusion goals. 

   - Respite care services: Short-term care due to the absence or need for relief of the family member(s) or primary caregiver normally providing the care.

Integrated Community Supports (ICS)

Integrated Community Supports (ICS) is a DHS service that offers supportive services to persons 18 and older who live in ICS settings under provider supervision. ICS services cover household management, adaptability, and community involvement.

ICS provides instruction and support to help a person achieve their unique needs and goals in at least one of the following types of community living services:

   - Community participation.
   - Health, safety and wellness.
   - Household management. 
   - Adaptive skills.

  ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for Integrated Community Supports (ICS) through the state of Minnesota Disability Services, a person must be:

-18 years or older

- Living in an integrated community supports setting, in provider-controlled apartments 

- Eligible for the Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), or Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers