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Minnesota Aging Pathways (formerly known as the Senior LinkAge Line (SLL) is the State of Minnesota's source for free objective information and assistance for older Minnesotans and their families. Minnesota Aging Pathways helps Minnesotans with many aging-related issues, including but not limited to: * Finding help and services in the community * Helping people return home from a nursing facility or hospital stay * Offering health insurance counseling - including Medicare, long-term care planning, and prescription drug costs * Providing forms assistance, including help applying for Medical Assistance and extra help with Medicare options * Helping people of all ages apply for prescription drug payment assistance * Processing pre-admission screenings for nursing facility admissions Minnesota Aging Pathways is Minnesota's designated Long-Term Care Options Counseling service, State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP), Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), and the aging side of the Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC). Minnesota Aging Pathways is a service of the Minnesota Board on Aging in partnership with Minnesota and serves all 87 counties in Minnesota. Minnesota Aging Pathways helps older Minnesotans and caregivers find answers and connect to the services and support they need. In addition, this service uses a language line service to help callers who speak languages other than English. Minnesota Aging Pathways also has a variety of volunteer roles, ranging from providing health insurance counseling, to administrative office tasks, to presentations to the public.

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

Program that helps people understand and successfully complete forms, paperwork or documents that are required to receive benefits or services MORE INFORMATION Helps with filling out forms and applications for county services and MNsure and with job searches. No appointments needed for this service. Help can be provided for: * Application process for Employment and Economic Assistance * Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for Seniors * Applications for medical insurance and county programs * Job searches * Housing options

County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include: * Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA * Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs * Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income * County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include: * Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA * Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs * Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income * County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include: * Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA * Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs * Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income * County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include: * Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA * Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs * Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income * County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

County programs that can help cover the cost of health care include: * Emergency Medical Assistance (EMA): Covers the cost of emergency medical care for people with low-incomes * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance (MA): Minnesota's Medicaid program that provides health care coverage to low-income children, families, pregnant women, adults without children apply online, people 65 or older apply online, and people with disabilities apply online * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA * Medicare Savings Programs - Service Limited Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB), Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB), Qualified Individual (QI) and Qualified Working Disabled (QWD): Programs help people on Medicare who have low-to-modest incomes to pay for Medicare premiums and sometimes other Medicare costs * Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA): A Minnesota Health Care Program (MHCP) that provides health care insurance coverage to refugees with low income * County Burial Assistance: Financial assistance with final expenses when families don't have the resources themselves. County workers will assess for eligibility for burial and other expenses.

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

County programs for people with disabilities include: * Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS): Allows participants in MN waiver programs or Alternative Care to manage their own services and supports * Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA-EPD): Work incentive that allows people with disabilities to work and keep their Medical Assistance (MA) * Medical Assistance - Tax Equity Fairness and Responsibility Act (MA-TEFRA): An insurance option for children with disabilities who live with their parent(s), need a high level of care, and whose parents have too much income for their child to qualify for MA

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)

Accepts applications for waiver programs: * Alternative Care (AC) Program * Brain Injury (BI) Waiver * Community Access for Disability Inclusion (CADI) Waiver * Community Alternative Care (CAC) Waiver * Developmental Disabilities (DD) Waiver * Elderly Waiver (EW) * Essential Community Supports (ECS)