About us

The Disability Services Division is part of the Minnesota Department of Human Services Continuing Care Administration (CCA). DSD manages publicly funded programs that support people with a variety of disabilities. Disabilities include developmental disabilities, chronic medical conditions, acquired or traumatic brain injuries and physical disabilities.

DSD recognizes the importance of helping people live where they choose, with appropriate services that assure their health and safety. Community-based services promote individual and family self-sufficiency and maintain an individual's or family's optimum level of independence in the community. Services include home care, residential and work-related services.

DSD also includes the HIV/AIDS Unit, which helps Minnesotans living with HIV to access health care through insurance, drug reimbursement, dental, nutrition and case management programs. The HIV/AIDS Unit also consults with other parts of DHS and state government on HIV policy and statewide needs assessment, planning and evaluation.

Submit a question on the DSD contact form if you are unable to find information about Disability Services Division programs and services.

Priorities

Goals

Quality system

From 2006 to 2007, the DHS Continuing Care Administration contracted with Advanced Strategies, Inc. to develop a quality system that integrated all home and community-based service (HCBS) quality activities undertaken statewide into a single comprehensive system.

Find about more about the Continuing Care Administration Quality System Architecture.

The CCA Quality System Architecture Value Chain is an important part of the CCA Quality System Architecture. The value chain identifies activities that take place to ensure a person entering the DHS service system receives needed services.

Find out more about the CCA Quality System Architecture Value Chain.

Goal 1:	Improve service and administration to increase access, consistency, transparency and accountability.
Goal 2:	Provide access to the right service at the right time.
Goal 3:	Provide accountability to/and improve quality.
Goal 4:	Strengthen partnerships and collaboration.
Goal 5:	Foster a shared vision and a culture of innovation.
Goal 6:	Make person centered assessment and decision making the foundation of the service system (self-determination).