Aging and Adult Services Division

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Date: September 21, 2020
To: Lead agency staff, case managers, care coordinators, assessors, home-delivered meals providers
From: DHS Aging and Adult Services Division
Purpose: To provide guidance on ordering an additional home-delivered meal for people who receive services through EW, AC or ECS
Contact: dhs.aasd.hcbs@state.mn.us

People who receive EW, AC or ECS services can receive an additional home-delivered meal through Title III services

Under current policy, people who receive home-delivered meals funded through Elderly Waiver (EW), Alternative Care (AC) or Essential Community Supports (ECS) are limited to one meal per day.

If a person receiving EW, AC or ECS requires more than one home-delivered meal per day, and is age 60 or older, case managers should contact a home-delivered meals provider who receives Older Americans Act Title III funding. These providers will be able to deliver an additional meal to the EW, AC or ECS participant. The home-delivered meal provider that receives Older American Act Title III funding may or may not be the same provider delivering the first meal funded through EW, AC or ECS. In some cases, a person may have two different providers delivering home-delivered meals.

Finding Title III Home-Delivered Meals Providers in Minnesotahelp.info

1. Go to Minnesotahelp.Info
2. In the "What are you looking for?" field, type "Home Delivered Meals"
3. In the “location” field enter the city from which you want to base your search (avoid typing the county – results will not be as accurate)
4. The results will immediately give you DHS approved waiver providers. Click on “view results that are NOT covered by Medicaid waivers.”

 5. Expand the “Payment” category, select Title III.

Making a referral and documenting in the person’s support plan

Once the case manager has located available providers in Minnesotahelp.info:

1. Choose and send a referral to the applicable Title III home delivered meal provider
2. Document the coordination of Title III home-delivered meals and EW, AC or ECS funded home-delivered meals in the person’s support plan. The Title III home-delivered meals provider signature is not required on the person’s support plan.
3. Do not add home-delivered meals provided by Older American Act Title III funds to the service agreement as these meals cannot be authorized on the waiver service agreement.

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