Minnesota Prairie County Alliance - Minnesota Prairie County Alliance - Steele County
MnCHOICES Assessment and Support Planning
630 Florence Ave, Owatonna, MN 55060
Eligibility
Application process
Call your county or tribal nation to request an assessment. * Use the Minnesota Tribal and county directory to locate a phone number to call * To identify your county, look up your city on the City-County Listing chart provided by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety For further information, please see MnCHOICES Assessment: How to get help * Hmong * Karen * Oromo * Russian * Somali * Spanish * Vietnamese Videos are available with information about MnCHOICES assessments in the following languages on YouTube – Department of Human Services (DHS) channel: English * MnCHOICES assessment: How to get help, English – A'Tlieana Note: For a video with audio descriptions, refer to Audio descriptions: MnCHOICES assessment: How to get help, English – A'Tlieana * MnCHOICES assessment: How to get help, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, English – Ellen Note: For a video with audio descriptions, refer to Audio descriptions: MnCHOICES assessment: How to get help, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa, English – Ellen Somali * Sidee U helaa cawinaad: Qiimaynta XULASHADDA MN (MnCHOICES assessment), Somali – Fathia Note: For a video with audio descriptions, refer to Audio descriptions: Sidee U helaa cawinaad: Qiimaynta XULASHADDA MN (MnCHOICES assessment), Somali – Fathia Hmong * Yuav Tau Txais Kev Pab Li Cas: Kev soj ntsuam MnCHOICES assessment, Hmong – Mee Note: For a video with audio descriptions, refer to Audio descriptions: Yuav Tau Txais Kev Pab Li Cas: Kev soj ntsuam MnCHOICES assessment, Hmong – Mee Spanish * ¿Cómo la obtener ayuda? La evaluacion MnCHOICES (MnCHOICES assessment), Spanish – Hernán Note: For a video with audio descriptions, refer to Audio descriptions: ¿Cómo la obtener ayuda? la evaluacion MnCHOICES (MnCHOICES assessment), Spanish – Hernán
Fees
There is no fee for this service. You also do not need to be eligible for Medical Assistance (MA) or any other publicly-funded program to have an assessment.
Service area
Steele County, MN
Description
The MnCHOICES process helps identify a person's support needs and the services and programs that could meet those needs. It also helps a person access those services and programs. MnCHOICES is an online application used by counties, tribal nations and managed care organizations to support their assessment and support planning work. Certified assessors from lead agencies (counties, tribal nations and managed care organizations) use the MnCHOICES assessment within the MnCHOICES application to: * Interview the person about their need for services and supports * Identify potential services and program * Give the person a summary of what was learned in the assessment interview and next steps based on their needs The MnCHOICES assessment determines eligibility for publicly-funded long-term services and supports, including: * Alternative Care (AC) * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Community First Services and Supports (CFSS) The MnCHOICES assessment is also used to help identify other programs and services to explore, including: * DD case management (Rule 185) * Moving Home Minnesota * Relocation service coordination targeted case management * Essential Community Supports (ECS) * Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS) When the MnCHOICES assessment determines that a person is eligible for publicly-funded long-term services and supports, staff will provide the person information so they are able to make an informed choice about waiver services and other state programs. This includes using the MnCHOICES application to create a support plan with the person that outlines services and supports based upon the person's needs, and providing them a copy of their plan.
Last Update
02/24/2026
Providing organization
Minnesota Prairie County Alliance