Spring 2026 Public Comment Period for Draft Olmstead Plan

A draft of Minnesota’s next Olmstead Plan was accepted by Olmstead Subcabinet in March 2026. State agencies and Inclusion Consultants worked together to write the plan and its goals.

An important next step is to get feedback about the draft plan from Minnesotans with disabilities, their supporters, and professionals. Feedback received during public comment will be shared with agency staff and Inclusion Consultants. They will work on updating the goals based on the feedback received. The Olmstead Plan will be finalized in Fall 2026.

There are two main ways to provide feedback during this public comment period: a written survey and virtual meetings.

Written Survey
Virtual Meetings
We are working with the Dendros Group to host virtual public meetings.

There will be seven virtual meetings throughout April. Each meeting is focused on one goal topic area in the plan: crisis services, education, employment, health & safety, housing, transit & transportation, and transition.

These meetings will start with a presentation about the goals within this topic area. Then there will be small, facilitated breakout rooms for public feedback on the goals.

We have limited spots available in these meetings. We want to prioritize people with disabilities.

The goal of this meeting is to give people an opportunity to give feedback if the written survey isn’t someone’s preferred or most accessible way to communicate. If written feedback is accessible for you, especially if you don’t have a disability, please consider taking the survey instead.

Please sign up for these meetings if you are:
- A person with a disability
- A person who does better discussing in a small-group meeting format than sharing written comments
Register for a public comment meeting on the Dendros Group website

The meeting dates and topics are:

Topic Descriptions

Below you can find information about each topic and its goals. We will be sharing guides about each topic later in March.

Crisis Services
Education
Employment
Health & Safety
Housing
Transit & Transportation
Transition

The transition draft goals are about transition services. This includes waiver services and people with disabilities leaving segregated settings.

Some goal topics include people with disabilities moving into integrated settings, Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center (AMRTC), Forensic Mental Health Program (FMHP), abuse and neglect, restraint and seclusion, and locked facilities.