Prevocational services teach people essential work skills and strengthen their ability to meet the challenging demands of paid employment. These services work with people to develop work skills and abilities that lead to greater opportunities for employment.

More information can be found in the CBSM – Prevocational services.

Minnesota State Operated Community Services (MSOCS) are services run directly by the state of Minnesota. MSOCS provides residential and vocational support services for people with disabilities.

Prevocational services teach and support needed work skills and activities, including:
* Following work instructions, routines and schedules
* Increasing appropriate workplace skills in the following areas:
- Communication
- Positive behavior/mental health functioning
- Problem-solving
- Relationships
- Self-care (personal hygiene, grooming, physical appearance, dress/attire)
- Social skills
* Increasing the following work skills:
- Attendance
- Attention to tasks
- Capacity
- Completion
- Production
- Quality
- Safety
- Self-direction
- Time management
* Providing relevant work-related education, training and development
* Providing worksite transportation, mobility and street-safety skills training

If you have disability waiver funding, the service plan (based on an assessment of your needs) determines which services are funded through your waiver.

• Area Served by County
  • Kandiyohi County 
• Payment
  • Brain Injury Waiver (BI) 
  • Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI) 
  • Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver 
  • Developmental Disabilities Waiver (DD) 

To receive prevocational services, a person must meet both of the following:
* Eligible for the Brain Injury (BI), Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI), Community Alternative Care (CAC), or Developmental Disabilities (DD) waivers or Intermediate Care Facility for Persons with Developmental Disabilities (ICF/DD).
* Have prevocational services as an assessed need in their support plan

People who are new to prevocational services on or after January 1, 2021, can receive services for 3 years (or 36 months).

Kandiyohi County

https://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/people-with-disabilities/services/direct-care-treatment/programs-services

10/2/2024