Community Residential Services covers training and/or habilitation, ongoing residential care, and supportive services. The services are individualized and based on the person's needs, as identified in the support plan.

More information can be found in the CBSM – Community residential services.

Services may include increasing and maintaining the person's physical, intellectual, emotional, and social function in the following areas:
* Assistance with activities of daily living
* Communication skills
* Community participation and mobility
* Health care
* Household management
* Interpersonal skills
* Leisure and recreation
* Medication oversight to the extent permitted under state law (e.g., Minn. Stat. 245D.05)
* Money management
* Positive behavior and mental health support
* Self-care
* Sensory and motor development
* Socialization

Settings licenses:

* Community Residential Setting (CRS): A licensed residential setting that serves adults and where the license holder does not reside. This setting typically uses a shift-staff model of support (i.e., paid staff work shifts on a 24-hour basis). In this type of setting, at least one person receives community residential services funded by an Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waiver program.

* Child corporate foster care: A licensed residential setting that serves children and where the license holder does not reside. This setting typically uses a shift-staff model of support (i.e., paid staff work shifts on a 24-hour basis). In this type of setting, at least one person receives community residential services funded by an HCBS waiver program.

Difference between Community Residential Services and Family Residential Services:
* Community residential services are provided in a corporate foster care or community residential setting (CRS), using a shift-staff model.

* Family residential services are provided in a licensed family foster care setting where the license holder resides in the home. For more information, see CBSM – Family residential services.

Community Residential Services can be delivered through remote support. Services delivered through remote support must meet all the requirements listed on CBSM – Remote support.

Additional policy including service limitations, provider qualifications and additional information can be found in the CBSM - Community residential services.

• Area Served by County
  • Mille Lacs County 
• Service Availability
  • Capacity 4
• Specialization
  • Disabilities 

To receive community residential 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
* Have community residential services as an assessed need in their support plan.

Mille Lacs County

https://www.voamnwi.org/residential-care-home-support

https://www.voamnwi.org/minnesota

12/5/2024