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Date: Sept. 14, 2021
To: Lead agency staff, service providers and all interested parties
From: DHS CFSS Policy Team
Purpose: To provide information about CFSS implementation
Contact: For questions about CFSS, email dhs.cfss@state.mn.us. For questions about the MnCHOICES revision project, email dhs.mnchoices@state.mn.us.
DHS will not implement Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) in 2021. The earliest possible implementation date is now June 1, 2022. This delay will not impact people’s ability to continue receiving services or access assessments to start services.
The delay is due to DHS’ need for additional time to receive approvals on waiver and state plan amendments from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand on state and federal staff to prepare, review and authorize peacetime emergency amendments. This has limited their capacity for CFSS and other important, non-peacetime-emergency amendments.
To learn more, including how the delay will affect MnCHOICES assessments, visit the full announcement: CFSS implementation update.
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