Community Settings: COVID-19

By taking these actions, community organizations can help slow the spread and reduce demands on the health care sector so the most seriously ill people get the supportive care they need.

On this page:
Music, camp, and youth programs
Community- and faith-based organizations
Congregate living and care facilities
     Homeless service providers
     Jails and correctional settings
     DHS licensed residential and nonresidential settings
     Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ICF-IID)

• Minnesota Department of Health Process for Assessing Situational Risk for Transmission SARS-CoV-2 (PDF)

Music, camps, and youth programs

• Recommendations for Music Activities and Performances During COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 6/30/21
  
  
• Best Practice Recommendations for COVID-19 Prevention in Youth Programs, Day and Overnight Camps (PDF)
  Updated 3/24/22

Community- and faith-based organizations

• COVID-19 Planning Recommendations for Funeral Services and Ceremonies (PDF)
  Updated 6/30/21
  
  
• Recommendations for Hmong Funerals during COVID-19 (PDF)
  Updated 6/30/21
  
  
• FEMA: COVID-19 Funeral Assistance
  How to apply, who is eligible, and more.
  Flyers with information on accessing this assistance:
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance (PDF)
  • Coronavirus (COVID-19) Funeral Assistance in Spanish (PDF)
    
    
• Mortuary Science
  Includes COVID-19 specific guidance.
  
  
• CDC: Community Organizations and Gatherings

Congregate living and care facilities

• Strategies to Mitigate Resource Constraints During COVID-19 Surges in Shelter and Correctional Settings (PDF)
  3/3/22
  
  
• Minnesota Heading Home Alliance
  For more information and guidance for shelter and congregate living (non-nursing home) providers.

Homeless service providers

• Shelter-in-place Guidance During COVID-19 Surges in Homeless Shelters (PDF)
  Updated 3/3/22
  
  
• COVID-19 Investigation Toolkit for Homeless and Other Congregate Settings (PDF)
  Updated 4/4/22
  
  
• CDC: Homeless Populations

Jails and correctional settings

• COVID-19 Vaccine Facts in Correctional Facilities (PDF)
  Updated 3/28/22
  
  
• COVID-19 Investigational Toolkit for Correctional Settings (PDF)
  Updated 4/4/22
  
  
• Minnesota Judicial Branch COVID-19 Information
  
  
• CDC: Correctional and Detention Facilities
  • Interim Guidance on Management of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Correctional and Detention Facilities

DHS licensed residential and nonresidential settings

• Recommended Protective Actions in Residential and Nonresidential Settings Licensed by DHS (PDF)
  This document outlines recommendations for protective actions for settings licensed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS).
  Updated 4/8/22
  DHS-licensed settings that this guidance applies to includes: adult foster care, chemical dependency residential treatment facilities, children's residential facilities, children's residential facilities with a mental health certification and/or chemical dependency certification, community residential settings, intensive residential treatment services, mental health residential treatment facilities, psychiatric residential treatment facilities, withdrawal management and detox services facilities, adult day centers, and day service facilities.

Adult day centers and day service facilities

• CDC: Guidance for Adult Day Services Centers

Home and community based community residential settings

• CDC: Guidance for Group Homes for Individuals with Disabilities
• CDC: Guidance for Direct Service Providers

Intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ICF-IID)

Must continue to follow federal guidance and infection prevention and control recommendations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

• CMS: Policy and Memos to States and Regions
• CDC: Interim Infection Prevention and Control Recommendations for Healthcare Personnel During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

Contact us

• IDEPC Comment Form
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• Contact the State of Minnesota
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