Prevocational Services are designed to prepare persons for paid employment. Prevocational services teach general work skills and concepts rather than specific work skills for a particular job.

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.

Activities included with this service teach the skills necessary for a person to gain greater independence. It teaches skills like:
* Attendance
* Attention span
* Motor skills
* Problem solving
* Safety
* Task completion

Learn more about this service when paid for under the waivers in the Community-Based Services Manual.

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

Under the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) settings rule, tiered standards will be added to prevocational services as of January 1, 2021 or upon federal approval. The tiered standards mean:
* People who received prevocational services (including prevocational services under day training & habilitation services) before January 1, 2021 can continue to receive prevocational services without a time limit
* People who have NEVER received prevocational services and are new to the service on or after January 1, 2021, can only use prevocational services for 3 years (or 36 months)

For more information about the tiered standards and Home and Community Based Services settings transition rule, please visit the HCBS settings website and the HCBS settings rule statewide transition plan.

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

Olmsted County

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

5/12/2023