PUBLIC COMMENT: DRAFT MN OLMSTEAD PLAN

The Dendros Group is working with the Olmstead Implementation Office (OIO) to gather public comment on the draft Olmstead Plan.

The Olmstead Plan is a set of goals for Minnesota state agencies. The goals help fulfill the rights of people with disabilities to live full, integrated lives in their communities.

To collect written public comment, OIO is offering a written survey.(The written survey opens in early April, 2026.)

For people who are unable to submit written comments or who would do better participating in an online group conversation, OIO has contracted with the Dendros Group to host online public comment meetings.

If neither written comment nor an online meeting are accessible to you, please contact us at accessibilty@dendros.com for an accommodation interview.


We have limited spots available in these meetings.

Please prioritize people with disabilities in these meetings by choosing to submit written comments if that is accessible for you. 

We will have seven virtual meetings throughout April. Each meeting is focused on one goal topic area in the plan: Housing, Transportation/Transit, Education, Crisis Services, Health and Safety, Transition (includes waivers), and Employment. These meetings will start with a presentation about the goals within this topic area, then we will have small, facilitated breakout rooms for public feedback on the goals.

The goal of these meetings is to give people an opportunity to make public comments if written public comment isn’t accessible, or isn’t someone’s preferred way to communicate. If written public comment is accessible for you, especially if you don’t have a disability, please consider taking part in a written survey 

Register for a public comment meeting by clicking the link below to the topic area you’d like to register for:

To learn more about what’s covered in each topic meeting, review OIO’s topic descriptions.

To take the written survey, either in addition to attending a meeting or instead of, please go to OIO’s website.