Resources for case managers

Resources for case managers who work with people whose customized living providers will no longer deliver services:

BI and CADI Waiver customized living setting size limit
There are two scenarios in which DHS may approve an exception for the setting size limit. See the Customized living CBSM page for more information on the customized living size-limit exception request.

This size limit applies to customized living settings that were operational on Jan. 10, 2021. For people younger than 55, up to four people who are unrelated to the principal care provider may reside in a customized living setting.

The setting location and size limitation does not apply if the residence meets both of the following requirements:
- Was developed before May 1, 2001
- Has provided CL waiver services continuously.
Community-Based Services Manual pages
- Person-Centered, Informed Choice and Transition Protocol. Case managers must use this protocol any time support planning happens, including when a person has a change in circumstances that affects the plan.
- My Move Plan Summary. When a person moves from one residence to another and does not intend to return, the Person-Centered, Informed Choice and Transition Protocol requires the case manager/care coordinator or support planner to work with the person to create a summary of the move plan.
- Crisis respite. Crisis respite is a short term (180-day) intervention waiver service to support a person in a licensed community residential setting or a Minnesota Department of Health-licensed hotel.
Finding providers
- MinnesotaHelp.info is a database of human services providers who serve people across the state.
- DHS Licensing Information Lookup
- MDH Health Care Provider Directory
- Websites that list provider openings:
  - MafoMN – Openings
  - Metro Crisis Coordination Program search for residential openings
HB 101
Resources for people who use services:
- Moving out of a facility, group home, or foster care. This article talks about how a person decides whether they want to move out of a facility, ways to get the care a person needs at home and the programs that might help a person transition from a facility to their own home.
- Changing your home. This article provides a list of questions for a person to ask themselves when thinking about where they want to live.
- Renting a place. This article provides information for people who want to consider renting their own home or apartment.
Housing Stabilization Services web manual
Person-centered planning resources
The person or their family/guardian may request a formal person-centered plan before they move. In this situation, the case manager for a person on a disability waiver may authorize the family training and counseling waiver service. The person and their family/guardian may use this service to develop a person-centered transition plan with:
- A person-centered plan facilitator. See the Person-centered practices webpage for a list of facilitators by region (XLS)
- A case manager who completed the University of Minnesota's Picture of a Life, Person Centered Plan Facilitation Training.
Regional resource specialists
Resources to help people pay for housing
- Minnesota Supplemental Aid Housing Assistance. Minnesotans who receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or who do not get an SSI payment only because they have countable income that is too high for SSI may receive up to $392 to help pay for housing costs. Applicants must spend more than 40% of their income on housing.
- RentHelpMN COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance. This resource will help eligible renters with overdue rent since April 2020, up to three months of upcoming rent at a time, and related utility payments. The program will be open for applications in the coming weeks. Eligible renters will include households that earned 80% or less of area median income in 2020 or in the most recent month. Landlords will be able to apply on behalf of their eligible tenants as well.
- Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program. FHPAP provides supportive services and/or financial assistance to families, youth and single adults who are homeless or at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Funds help households to retain or obtain housing.
Technology for HOME