With Community First Services and Supports, you direct your own care — you help choose your support worker and set the schedule. Saylac handles the hiring, training, and payroll, so support fits your life. Not the other way around.
The CFSS agency model, in one picture.
Community First Services and Supports is Minnesota's program for people who want a say in their own care. Here's exactly how the partnership works under the agency model:
You stay in charge of your own care — always.
All the employment work disappears from your plate.
Trained support workers help people live and work in their own communities — at home and beyond.
Hands-on help with the essentials — bathing, dressing, grooming, mobility and transfers, toileting, and meals — done with dignity and patience.
Support with health-related tasks and routines that keep you well at home — carried out carefully, the way your plan describes.
Attentive observation and monitoring for safety and wellbeing — a steady, watchful presence families can rely on.
Answer four quick questions — based on Minnesota's actual CFSS eligibility rules — and see where you stand.
Do you live in the community — not a facility like a nursing home?
Can you direct your own care — or do you have someone who can direct it for you?A family member or trusted person can act as your representative.
Are you enrolled in a Minnesota health care program?Medical Assistance, an HCBS waiver, Alternative Care — or some MinnesotaCare.
Have you had a CFSS assessment — or are you open to getting one?An assessment of needs is how the state confirms eligibility.
This is a guide, not a decision — final CFSS eligibility is determined through the state assessment process. Unsure about anything? Call us at (612) 607-2615 and we'll walk through it together.
Saylac accepts Medical Assistance and all six major Minnesota waivers.
Fill out our online intake below (about 5 minutes), or call and we'll complete it with you.
The state confirms eligibility through an assessment. We help you connect with the right office and stay by your side.
Bring someone you trust for us to hire — or we'll recruit and match a great fit. Your call.
Your worker starts on your schedule. We handle employment, training, and payroll behind the scenes.
A note on step 2: if you're on a waiver, Alternative Care, or straight Medical Assistance, you'll work with your county or tribal nation; seniors enrolled in a health plan contact their health plan's member services. Not sure which applies to you? That's exactly what we're here for.
No printouts. No fax machines. Complete your full intake online in about five minutes, or leave your number and we'll call you.
Leave three details — we'll reach out within one business day.
Whether Saylac recruited you or a client chose you, every new support worker completes two federal forms. Do them right here — we fill the official IRS and USCIS PDFs with your answers, on your own device.
Service area: Anoka County
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Intake & general questions
Living at home, in the community
Tell us about the person who'll receive services.
If someone else helps with decisions or should be reachable, add them here. Everything on this step is optional.
Best guesses are fine — we'll confirm every detail with you.
Check anything that applies — this shapes the first conversation, not a contract.
This is the heart of CFSS — you have a real say in who supports you.
Make sure everything looks right — then sign with your name below.
Our team will call you within one business day. Print or send your intake now so nothing gets lost — it's ready below.
Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is stored or sent until you print or email it.
Exactly as it should appear on your federal forms.
Check the one box that applies to you — the same four choices as the official form.
We put your answers in the right boxes. For advice on what to choose, ask a tax professional.
Step 3 applies if your income will be $200,000 or less ($400,000 or less if married filing jointly).
Check your answers, then generate your completed official forms.
Your W-4 is securely signed! Your I-9 has been pre-filled and sent to the office. Please bring your physical IDs (like a Passport, or a Driver’s License and Social Security card) to Saylac on your first day to sign your I-9 in ink.
Your answers stay on this device until you tap sign or submit — then they go only to Saylac.