DEVELOPING CFSS CONSULTATION SERVICES IN MINNESOTA

A clearer way forward.

Connect And Care LLC is a Minnesota human-services organization developing CFSS Consultation Services to help participants and families understand their choices, prepare for person-centered planning, and navigate the CFSS process with greater clarity and confidence.

Connect And Care LLC is not Minnesota DHS, a lead agency, or an FMS provider. Connect And Care LLC is developing CFSS Consultation Services and should not be represented as DHS-authorized, contracted, or enrolled unless that status is confirmed. This website provides general information and does not determine eligibility or authorize services.

A CFSS orientation

Understand. Choose. Participate.

What matters to you?
Which model fits your life?
Who handles each step?

Information with room to breathe

Our purpose

Confidence begins with understanding.

CFSS can open meaningful choices, but the language and roles can feel like a lot. We create practical, respectful explanations that help people prepare for conversations and stay connected to what matters in everyday life.

The person remains the decision-maker. Our job is to make information easier to find, understand, and use.

Services Available Now

Learning for the next conversation.

Connect And Care offers public education, supplemental training, and practical support for people and organizations building understanding around CFSS.

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01 · Start with the basics

CFSS Education & Training
Clear, practical learning about CFSS, its roles, and the choices people may encounter.

02 · Available now

Person-Centered Choice & Planning Education
Education that keeps the participant’s goals, preferences, routines, and supporters in view.

03 · Available now

Language Access & Culturally Responsive Practice
Learning shaped for communication access, culture, community, and the person’s preferred way of participating.

04 · Available now

Provider & Worker Supplemental Training
Additional learning for providers and workers who want to strengthen person-centered, respectful practice.

05 · Available now

Resource Navigation & Technical Assistance
Help finding the right official information and framing practical questions for the next conversation.

Developing for the Future

DHS-contracted CFSS Consultation Services

Connect And Care LLC is not currently a DHS-contracted CFSS Consultation Services provider. The consultation services described elsewhere on this website remain a future direction, separate from the five education and training services available now.

Connect And Care training is supplemental and does not replace required Minnesota DHS/MHCP training, certification, enrollment, testing, orientation, or other provider requirements. Nothing here indicates DHS approval, endorsement, authorization, contracting, or enrollment.

The CFSS information hub

Begin where you are.

Choose a starting point. Each page keeps the language clear and points back to official Minnesota DHS guidance.

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CFSS consultation services

What consultation can help with, from education to service delivery plan support.

Explore consultation
02
How CFSS works

A plain-language map of the roles and steps people may encounter.

See the map
03
Your rights and choices

Information to help participants ask questions and direct their support.

Know your choices
04
Agency or budget model

A neutral look at the responsibilities and flexibility in each model.

Compare the models

What we keep in view

Care is more than a service.

It is a person’s routines, relationships, language, culture, goals, and sense of home. CFSS conversations are stronger when all of those parts can be heard.

We use culturally responsive, accessible language and leave room for each person to decide who belongs in the conversation.

Questions are useful

You do not need to know the right words before you begin.

Tradeoffs deserve honesty

Every model has responsibilities. Clear information supports an informed choice.

The person stays central

Planning starts with what matters to the participant—not a template.

A gentle next step

Bring one question.

Request training or information about CFSS and the model choices. Please share only basic contact information and a general reason.

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