Minnesota's Olmstead Plan
The Olmstead Plan is a set of goals for Minnesota state agencies. The goals help fulfill the right of people with disabilities to live full, integrated lives in their communities.
The plan covers a variety of topics including individual choice, person-centered planning, housing, education, employment, transportation, and more.
Olmstead Plan draft now available
A draft of the next Olmstead Plan is now available. Throughout spring, OIO collected feedback about the draft from the public. There were surveys and virtual conversations. The agency teams are now using this feedback to update this draft.
Read the draft planMinnesota is committed to choice, dignity, and true inclusion
In June, the U.S. Department of Justice released a memo about the Olmstead decision. The opinion is a significant departure from accepted and longstanding interpretation of the Olmstead decision.
Minnesota remains committed to its work on a new Olmstead Plan and to promoting choice, dignity, and true inclusion for Minnesotans with disabilities.
Read more about this commitment
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Why Olmstead?
The Minnesota Olmstead Plan is named after the groundbreaking 1999 U.S. Supreme Court decision Olmstead v. L.C. The ruling stated that segregating people with disabilities without a valid reason is discrimination and public entities must provide community-based services when appropriate. The lawsuit was brought forward by Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, pictured left.
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