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 non-residential 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
  
  
• COVID-19 Prevention Guidance for Youth Programs and Day and Overnight Camps (PDF)
  Updated 12/7/21

Community- and faith-based organizations

• Recommendations for Attendees and Organizers of Events: COVID-19
  
  
• COVID-19 Guidance for Festivals, Fairs, and Large Gatherings (PDF)
  6/30/21
  
  
• Caring for People in Their Homes (PDF)
  Updated 6/30/21
  
  
• 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

• Guidance for Facilities Providing Transportation Services during COVID-19 (PDF)
  Guidance for home and community-based service (HCBS) providers, including day services and residential providers, when offering transportation services to high-risk participants in order to best protect drivers and occupants.
  Updated 10/8/21
  
  
• Minnesota Heading Home Alliance
  For more information and guidance for shelter and congregate living (non-nursing home) providers.

Homeless service providers

• COVID-19 Investigational Toolkit for Homeless and Other Congregate Settings (PDF)
  Updated 11/22/21
  
  
• CDC: Homeless Populations

Jails and correctional settings

• COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Grid for Correctional Settings (PDF)
  Updated 12/15/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Vaccine Facts in Correctional Facilities (PDF)
  4/8/21
  
  
• COVID-19 Investigation Toolkit for Correctional Settings (PDF)
  Updated 12/15/21
  
  
• 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
  • Interim Guidance for SARS-CoV-2 Testing in Correctional and Detention Facilities

DHS licensed residential and non-residential settings

• Recommended Protective Actions in Residential and Non-Residential Settings Licensed by DHS (PDF)
  This document outlines recommendations for additional testing and protective actions that settings licensed by the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) can take in light of the Delta variant.
  Updated 11/8/21
  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

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