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DSD Service System · Practice
Use accurate information about disability, race and incarceration to protect benefits, plan reentry and design services and hiring processes that do not needlessly exclude people with criminal records.
About 48 minutes, plus optional practice · 4 lessons · Voluntary learning
Describe what federal survey data show about disability among people in prison.
Distinguish suspension from termination for Social Security and SSI during incarceration.
Plan the core elements of a disability-aware reentry plan.
Explain what a DHS background study disqualification, reconsideration and set-aside mean.
Pick one contract template, provider standard or internal practice you work with and list any criminal record exclusions, noting for each whether a law requires it and whether it allows individual assessment.
Use accurate information about disability, race and incarceration to protect benefits, plan reentry and design services and hiring processes that do not needlessly exclude people with criminal records.
Pick one contract template, provider standard or internal practice you work with and list any criminal record exclusions, noting for each whether a law requires it and whether it allows individual assessment.
Participation and course completion in this program do not count toward DHS-required training credits unless management, a director, or DHS leadership expressly approves an exception.
Supports the share of state and federal prisoners reporting a disability, the comparison with the general population and cognitive disability as the most common type. Self-reported data covering prisons only.
Supports the comparison of Black and American Indian shares of Minnesota's adult population with their shares of people sentenced for felonies.
Supports the rules on suspension of Social Security, SSI suspension and termination after twelve consecutive months, prerelease agreements, release documents and Medicare Part A.
Supports the statement that Medicaid is currently suspended for enrolled people in jail or prison, and the proposed pre-release services. A proposal summary, not an approved program description.
Supports the grounds for reconsideration, possible outcomes, the meaning of a set-aside and that only the licensed entity may request a variance.
Supports the response timelines, preeminent weight to safety, the risk-of-harm factors and the specific set-aside path for the substance use disorder treatment field.
Supports the summary of Minnesota's ban-the-box law, including the interview or conditional offer timing, exceptions for legally required checks and MDHR enforcement for private employers. Questions about DHS hiring go to Human Resources.